When
Saturday, November 21st
10:00am-1:00pm
Where
Derek Doubleday Arboretum
21177 Fraser Highway in Langley, BC
…and available via livestream for KMCFV Members
Cost
$30 for non-members
Free for members in person and via livestream (livestream is available for members only)
To explore the benefits and levels of membership we offer, please click here.
Books
These classes are an opportunity to get to know the books of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, the world-renowned meditation master who founded KMC Fraser Valley as well as hundreds of centres around the world, all part of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union.
A selection of his books will be on sale at the class, such as How to Transform Your Life, which you can also download as a free eBook.
What to expect at this course
This course will include several meditations, teachings, and opportunities to ask questions. We will also have a break that includes lovely refreshments.
We sit in chairs for meditation, so there is no need to bring a meditation cushion (unless you wish to).
How to register
Non-members can pre-register using the yellow “Pay Now” button below, or you can pay at the door. If you preregister, your PayPal receipt is your confirmation of registration 🙂
Members can register by emailing registrar@gmail.com
Healing Grief with Buddhist Wisdom
Grief touches all of our lives. When we lose someone or something we love, it can leave us feeling as though the world we knew has suddenly changed.
Buddha’s teachings offer a compassionate and practical way to understand loss and work with the painful emotions that can accompany it. Rather than trying to push grief away, we can learn how to relate to it with wisdom, patience and a peaceful mind.
In this course, we will explore Buddhist teachings and meditations that can help us understand impermanence, the nature of attachment, and how the love we feel does not need to disappear when circumstances change. We can learn to hold our memories with gratitude, transform sadness into compassion, and gradually find meaning within our experience of loss.
Through Buddhist meditation and wisdom, grief itself can become part of a journey toward greater love, acceptance and inner peace.
Teacher
Gen Kelsang Delek, the Resident Teacher of KMC Fraser Valley and KMC Vancouver, is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). She has been a Kadampa Buddhist nun and Teacher under the guidance of her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, for almost 30 years and has been the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Centres in Canada, Japan and the UK.
Gen Delek’s extensive experience and excellent example are well appreciated by her students. With her practical approach and clear explanations of even the most profound of Buddha’s teachings, Gen Delek inspires us to put Dharma into practice in our daily lives. We are very fortunate to be able to study and meditate with such an experienced Teacher.
