Living Lightly

The Wisdom of Emptiness

Thursdays | 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Cost: $10 | Free for members
This class is live-streamed for members.

In this series, we will learn to live lightly, experiencing the mental freedom from understanding Buddha’s teachings on emptiness. With this wisdom, we will be able to respond to the challenges of our life around our relationships, job, health, and finances in a creative, dynamic, and relaxed way. We cannot control all external things, but we can shift our thinking to respond in a peaceful and constructive manner.

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, a meditation master and founder of the New Kadampa Tradition, gave very clear teachings on Emptiness from the initial understandings to the deepest insights. While there is incredible profundity in these teachings, they will be offered in an accessible way for any level, so we can all start to find a little more liberation and awakening day-by-day amidst our daily life.

Everyone is welcome!

Class Topics

April 23 – Wisdom and World Peace: What is Emptiness?
April 30 – Finding Peace through Accepting Change

May 7 – Developing a Healthy Relationship with the Body
May 14 – Finding Clarity in daily life through meditating on awareness Itself
May 21 – A special meditation on the emptiness of Awareness
May 28 – Who do I think I am? – The first step to inner Freedom

June 4 – Dissolving the Illusion of a Fixed, Painful Self
June 11 – Enjoying your “Roles” without grasping at Them
June 18 – Finding fulfillment in life with wisdom and Compassion
June 25 – Living Lightly

Registration

There is no need to pre-register for this drop-in class. Come into the bookstore before class to register. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please contact [email protected] for financial hardship.

Live Streaming

For monthly members, we are offering live streaming for Thursday classes. Membership discounts are taken at checkout. Click here for more live stream info.