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Saturday afternoon Class
on Meditation & Self-Transformation
Designed to introduce newcomers to meditation while
putting meditation in the context of a lifestyle of self-enhancement, this course
will be held weekly on Saturday afternoons (note there will be some gaps) from 1.30
- 3.15p.m. The course starts on 18 April 2009 and consists of nine lessons.
The course will be held at the Dhammakaya Centre for Buddhist Meditation in Knaphill,
Woking, Surrey GU21 2TG.
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, tea & biscuits.
The meditation course will be led by Ven. Phra Nicholas
Thanissaro who is a Thai Buddhist monk of UK origin. He has been a monk for twelve
years and has over twenty years of Buddhist experience. He has been giving popular
meditation courses in Europe since 1997 and has several TV guest spots, audio CD's,
books and book translations to his name.
The course is usually attended by a group of twenty comprising seasoned me ditators
and newcomers alike. Each session consists of stretching exercises, a forty-minute
guided meditation, a tea-break and a lecture on one of the topics below.No special
introduction is given for newcomers who come from the second session onwards. Thus
if you wish to commence half way through the course please reserve yourself a 30
minute induction session by selecting 'mid course induction session for Saturday
course' choice from the online reservation form
and we will contact you by phone or email to find a mutually convenient time.
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Session 1: 18 April 2009
SELF-TRANFORMATION: STARTING OVER
- Orientation - Models of Transformation
- Challenges for the self-cultivator
- Meditation - 7 Bases of the Mind
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Session 6: 30 May 2009
GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS
- Emotional Bank Accounts
- Keeping even the friends you must criticize
- Kind speech, a helping hand & consistency
- Meditation - visualization w/o mantra
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Session 2: 25 April 2009
WHAT YOU'RE LETTING YOURSELF IN FOR
- What to change about yourself
- Coping with what you canĒt yet change
- Assessing your potential to change things
- Meditation - 7 Bases of the Mind
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Session 7: 13 June 2009
INTEGRATING INNER & OUTER LIFE
- How everyday life relates to meditation
- the Buddhist wisdom of the Eightfold Path
- Meditation - pure inner observation
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Session 3: 9 May 2009
WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST
- Nasty things that happen each time you try to do something good . . .
- Learning not to put the blame on others
- Meditation - visualization w/ mantra
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Session 8: 20 June 2009
PERFECTIONISM & COMMITMENT
- Personal Integrity
- Perfectionism in the workplace, study, relationships & the cultivation of
virtue
- Meditation - pure inner observation
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Session 4: 16 May 2009
USING CONSUMERISM AS A TRAINING
- Avoiding immorality is only a start
- Is moderation always the answer?
- Meditation - visualization w/ mantra
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Session 9: 27 June 2009
RELUCTANT PATH TO LEADERSHIP
- 3 levels of responsibility for human dignity
- The minimum social unit & social structure
- Debriefing
- Meditation on Loving Kindness
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Session 5: 23 May 2009
STRATEGIES FOR YOUR DECISIONS
- Different perspectives on any action
- Personal, Interpersonal & Social Issues
- Ten ways to make a decision
- Meditation - visualization w/o mantra
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It would be appreciated if you would reserve your place in advance by selecting 'Meditation
& Self-Transformation (18 April - 27 June 2009)' choice from the online
reservation form and we will acknowledge
your reservation, sending you a reminder three days before the course starts.
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