BUDDHISM IN KEMPSEY
Kempsey Buddhist Meditation Group
A Triratna Community
Courses
and Timetable:
Mindfulness For Living
A Six Week Course In Mindfulness
Life With Full Attention is a practical course in mindfulness, helping us learn how to find more enjoyment, vibrancy and depth in the midst of life - even in a busy modern life.
No previous experience of mindfulness or meditation is needed.
We start with simple supportive conditions then each week introduce another aspect such as awareness of the body, feelings, thoughts, beauty, other people and ultimately the nature of life itself.
The course is very practical - the emphasis is on things you can do that really make a difference. Each week you'll get new things to try - ways to apply mindfulness to your everyday life. Finding more enjoyment in your daily commute, turning washing up into a "mindful moment", handling difficult conversations without getting heated.
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Your Course Leaders
Beth Sherlock
A Buddhist practitioner of 15 years, Beth established the Kempsey Buddhist Meditation Group and is a principle teacher. She is also a volunteer Buddhist Prison Chaplain and qualified adult trainer.
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has taught meditation and other mindfulness practices for more thana decade. These practices have been transforming in her own life and she has seen them transform the lives of people who come to them.She was ordained in the Triratna Buddhist Order in 2007. She is a member of the team offering meditation and Buddhist teachings to the public.
***October ***
Monday 9 October
VISITING SPEAKER - Meditation 5.30 - 6.30pm, Food to share 6.30 -7.00, 7.00 -8.00 Mel Shiskin, Radical Inclusivity - personal account of Buddhist practice cross-culturally.
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Monday 16 - Meditation 5.30 - 6.30pm, Food to share 6.30 -7.00,
Exploring the Teachings on the theme: Finding Your Spiritual Aptitudes. Introduction to the Five Spiritual Faculties
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Monday 23 - Meditation 5.30 - 6.30pm, Food to share 6.30 -7.00,
Exploring the Teachings on the theme: Finding Your Spiritual Aptitudes. Faith and Wisdom
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Monday 30 - Meditation 5.30 - 6.30pm, Food to share 6.30 -7.00,
Exploring the Teachings on the theme: Finding Your Spiritual Aptitudes. Vigour and Concentration
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***November ***
Monday 6- Meditation 5.30 - 6.30pm, Food to share 6.30 -7.00,
Exploring the Teachings: Mindfulness and Cultivating the 5 Reminders
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Regular Meditation
Know how to meditate?
Join us every Monday 5.20-6.30 for meditation at the CWA hall on John St.
On some Mondays we hold a teaching session after the meditation. with a shared light, vegetarian meal in between.
Introduction to Meditation
A Four Week Course In Meditation
This may well be a good time to give yourself the gift of becoming more mindful in daily life including to meditate. Bring inner calm to your daily living or deepen it. Even if you know how to meditate, this four week course can renew and strengthen your practice.
Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. Buddhist meditation practices are techniques that encourage and develop concentration, clarity, emotional positivity and a calm seeing of the true nature of things.
By engaging with a daily mindfulness and a particular meditation practice you learn the patterns and habits of your mind, and the practice offers a means to cultivate new, more positive ways of being.
We teach two meditation practices originally taught by the historical Buddha, the Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving Kindness. Join us and give yourself and others the gift of calmer, more positive states of being.
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