# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Talk & Guided Meditation: The Art of Transforming Adversity
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Every living being has the same basic wish – to be happy and to avoid suffering. But how are we able to do this, when life can be so difficult at times? Can our loneliness, fears, obstacles, and worries themselves be fuel for our growth and development?

Buddha teaches that in order to change our world, we first have to examine and change our own mind. Contained within Buddha’s teachings is a special set of instructions called Lojong, or Training the Mind, which show us how to transform whatever circumstances we meet, whether good or bad, into opportunities for spiritual growth. 

Registration details
Cost: $15 per class; free for members

Register online or at the door – drop-ins always welcome!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rock-island/talk-and-guided-meditation-the-art-of-transforming-adversity/200029530025906
- **Event Categories**: meditation, workshops, health-wellness, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 17

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://meditationinmadison.org/qc/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rock+island-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rock Island
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Wilson Center, Augustana College 3750 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201, United States
- **lat**: 41.50443
- **long**: -90.54851
- **full address**: Wilson Center, Augustana College 3750 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Lamrim Kadampa Buddhist Center (https://allevents.in/org/lamrim-kadampa-buddhist-center/14331176)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wilson Center, Augustana College 3750 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Lamrim Kadampa Buddhist Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meditation, workshops, health-wellness, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Talk & Guided Meditation: The Art of Transforming Adversity ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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