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Wednesday Evening Class
Meditation made Simple & Emotions Workshop
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This eight-week course running from 27 April to 15 June
2011 will introduce five different meditation techniques and application of meditation
knowhow to help work constructively with the emotions including anger, obsession,
delusion, stinginess, arrogance, dissatisfaction and blindness to virtue. The course
will be held on Wednesday evenings at the Northwest Centre for Buddhist Meditation
in Stockport.(the lesson content is shown below).
Teaching is free, however it would be appreciated
if you would make a minimum donation of £5.00 each time you attend a session
towards the cost of centre upkeep and the breaktime tea & biscuits.
The meditation course will be led by Ven. Phra Nicholas Thanissaro B.Sc., M.A., PGCE
who is a Thai monk of UK origin. He has been a Buddhist monk for fourteen years and
has twenty years of Buddhist experience. He has been giving popular meditation courses
in Europe since 1997 and has several television programmes, audio CD's, in-flight
relaxation channels, books and book translations to his name.
The course is usually attended by a group of twenty comprising seasoned meditators
and newcomers alike. A brief introduction to meditation is provided even for newcomers
joining mid-course and the group meditates together each time for approximately forty
minutes.
The lesson roster below shows the content of the talk given at each week's workshop.
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Session 1: Wednesday 27 April 2011
- Meditation: 7 Bases of the Mind
- The Nature & function of the Mind
- Mindfulness
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Session 5: Wednesday 25 May 2011
- Meditation: Visualizing with no mantra
- Stinginess & shortcomings in generosity
- Developing effective generosity
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Session 2: Wednesday 4 May 2011
- Meditation: visualizing@centre of body
- The 'rust' in the mind
- Dealing with mental impurities
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Session 6: Wednesday 1 June 2011
- Meditation: Pure Observation
- Sensuality: Transcending rather than repressing
- Non-attachment to meditation results & other facets of independenc
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Session 3: Wednesday 11 May 2011
- Meditation: visualizing@centre of body
- Faults of implementation & lack of thoroughness
- awaking from the drunkenness of life
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Session 7:
Wednesday 8 June 2011
- Meditation: Pure Observation
- The Slippery slope of anger & hate
- Nipping anger in the bud
- Demystifying ignorance
- Life attitudes that facilitate meditation
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Session 4: Wednesday 18 May 2011
- Meditation: visualizing with no mantra
- The Slippery Slope of Materialism
- Contentment & cultivating it
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Session 8: Wednesday 15 June 2011
- Meditation: Loving Kindness
- Arrogance & self-satisfaction
- Ingratitude & Blindness to Virtue
- Patience as elixir for all ills
- Progress towards purity of mind
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It would be appreciated if you would reserve your place
in advance by submitting a the online reservation form
to help us estimate numbers for catering and room layout.
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Last update 19-2-2011
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