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General Program Meditation Classes
Meditation is an essential life skill. Learn to meditate or deepen your daily practice. Find the class that's right for you.
CREATE MENTAL SPACE
“By training in meditation, we create an inner space and clarity that enables us to control our mind regardless of the external circumstance. Gradually we develop mental equilibrium, a balanced mind that is happy all the time.”
- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Sunday Morning Meditation
Sundays • 10:30 – 11:45am • $15 • Included in Membership
with Resident Teacher, John Baker
CURRENT SERIES:
MOVING THROUGH DIFFICULT FEELINGS:
Improving our peace when there is 'bad weather' in the mind
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There are many difficult situations that are unavoidable no matter how well we plan out our life. In Buddhist practice we learn to ask some uncommon questions. Is it helpful or realistic to become unhappy at these times? Do we need to become unhappy when things don’t go our way? Could we learn to transform difficulties into opportunities for spiritual growth? In this series we’ll learn how Buddha gives us the answers!
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Everyone Welcome. No Experience Necessary.
CURRENT SERIES:
Moving Through Difficult Feelings
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Mar 22: Where do problems really come from?
Mar 29: Knowing what will make things worse
Apr 5: Knowing what we can and can’t control
Apr 12: Learning to not run from painful feelings
Apr 19: Identifying the root problem in the mind
Monday Rest & Reflect
Mondays • 7 - 8pm • $15 • Included in Membership
with Meditation Teacher, Eve Miller
CURRENT SERIES:
The Four Noble Truths
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Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths to help us understand where our suffering comes from, how to alleviate it, and how to make our life meaningful. Join in this series to learn each of the Noble Truths and the meditations that stem from these teachings. You'll come away with a meditation toolkit to lessen your own suffering and to be able to benefit others in your life.
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Everyone Welcome. No Experience Necessary.
CURRENT SERIES:
The Four Noble Truths
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Mar 23: 1ST NOBLE TRUTH: You Should Know Suffering
Mar 30: Taking the Long View and Making the Most of Our Life
Apr 6: 2ND NOBLE TRUTH: You Should Abandon Origins
Apr 13: Cutting the Root of Suffering
Apr 20: 3RD NOBLE TRUTH: You Should Attain Cessations
Apr 27: 4TH NOBLE TRUTH: You should Practice the Path
May 4: Higher Concentration
May 11: Higher Wisdom
Prayers for World Peace
Monthly on First Fridays • 7 - 8pm • Free
with Kadampa Meditation Teachers
"In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, and as a result we have witnessed remarkable material progress, but there has not been a corresponding increase in human happiness. There is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. Indeed, it might be said that there are now more problems and greater dangers than ever before." - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The pressures of the modern world can sometimes feel impossible to navigate. Balancing work, family, friends, and trying to find hope and meaning in the midst of life’s demands can be challenging. If you find yourself feeling lost and powerless faced with the horrors of war, famine, sickness and the many problems that plague our world, then you may benefit from Prayers for World Peace. You are invited to join us for a short teaching, a guided meditation, and prayers for peace in the world. This is a way to direct spiritual energy toward wishing happiness for all beings, through the process of correct imagination. All things arise from the mind, so if we can create a space where we imagine world peace, then we can make it happen together.
BRANCH CLASSES
Meditation in Ardmore
Tuesdays • 7 - 8pm • $15 • Included in Membership
With Meditation Teacher, Julie Francisco
Common Space, 301 E. County Line Road, Ardmore PA 19003​​​​​​
CURRENT SERIES: The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Part 2
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​Meditation is a method to make our mind calm and peaceful. When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subsides and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within. In this class you will learn how to have a daily meditation practice, tools to overcome difficult states of mind, and methods to calm mental busyness and stress. Everyone is welcome. No experience is necessary.
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Everyone Welcome. No Experience Necessary.
Please note, these classes are held in Ardmore, PA
CURRENT SERIES: The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Part 2
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Mar 3: Remembering the Kindness of Living Beings
Mar 10: Equalizing Self and Others
Mar 17: The Disadvantages of Self-Cherishing
Mar 24: The Advantages of Cherishing Others
Mar 31: Exchanging Self with Others
Apr 7: Great Compassion
Apr 14: Taking
Apr 21: Wishing Love
Apr 28: Giving
May 5: Bodhichitta
May 12: Tranquil Abiding
May 19: Superior Seeing
May 26: Relying on a Spiritual Guide​​​
Wednesday Night Meditation in
Collingswood, NJ
Wednesdays • 7 - 8pm • $15 • Included in Membership
With Resident Teacher, John Baker
In Collingswood, NJ
Collingswood Community Ctr, 30 W. Collings Ave
CURRENT SERIES:
THE POWER OF MEDITATION:
Developing a Positive and Resilient Mind
Being resilient means being able to draw on an inner source of calm and flexibility when difficulties arise. In this series of classes, learn how to establish this source within your own mind. Also, learn time-honored techniques for maintaining and deepening this experience.
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Everyone Welcome. No experience necessary.
Please note, these classes are held in Collingswood, NJ.
CURRENT SERIES:
​The Power of Meditation
Mar 25: Developing a peaceful mind
Apr 1: Maintaining mental peace
Apr 8: Where do our problems come from?
Apr 15: Learning to protect our peaceful mind
Apr 22: Strengthening our peace of mind with love
Interested in a branch class in your area?