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FREE PUBLIC TALK

MEDITATION AND THE KEY TO HAPPINESS

Hartsdale:
Sunday, January 29th, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM with Kadam Morten

Stamford Branch:
Monday, January 30th, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM with Donna Campanelli

Everyone longs for lasting happiness; however, the happiness we do experience is only short-term. All too often, we are anxious, frustrated, and even depressed. Some people feel that lasting happiness is simply not possible, but according to Buddha, we are simply looking for happiness in the wrong place. Happiness is a state of mind; but rather than focus on the mind, we seek happiness in external things – in jobs, relationships, possessions, and so on. Only if the mind itself is happy will these external things contribute to our happiness. The key to happiness lies in cultivating peaceful, positive minds and meditation is a simple, effective method for doing so.

In this free talk, we will learn how to develop happiness through meditation and maintain it in our daily life. In particular, we will learn how we can begin to respond to all situations, including problems, with a peaceful, creative mind. In this way, we will understand through our own experience how it is possible to attain a lasting happiness.

Pre-registration is not necessary. Everyone is welcome!

Sunday Series  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON LOVE Training in the Three Types of Love with Donna Campanelli Kadam Morten will return for Free Public Talk on January 29th Kick off the new year by improving our relationships. Love, at its purest and deepest state of being, is a way of relating to the world that allows us to see the beauty in everyone and everything. Love takes us on a journey towards our own enlightenment and empowers us to see that potential for enlightenment in others. To be able to experience such a pure love, we need to practice it. In particular, we need to learn to let go of the grasping and manipulative minds of attachment that undermine our relationships and instead train in the three types of love. In this course, we will explore these levels of love: affectionate, cherishing and wishing; and learn how to apply them to all our relationships. Pre-registration not necessary. Everyone is welcome! Come to one, or come to all! January 1 NO CLASS January 8 The Beginning of Love January 15 Experiencing True Love January 22 The Power of Love $12/class;  Free for members Wednesday Series  7:30-9:00 PM  CREATING HAPPINESS with Donna Campanelli Buddha’s teachings give us a swift and direct method to help us attain the happiness and meaning in our life that we all long for. During this course, we will learn the essential meanings of the Lamrim Meditations, Buddha’s special arrangement of twenty-one profound meditations that comprise the essential Kadampa Buddhist practice. Week by week, we will learn how these profound teachings reveal clearly and precisely a gradual step-by-step spiritual path to release our minds from pain and delusions. We will gain insight into the true meaning of our human life by learning how to connect to our potential for inner peace, love and freedom, and begin our journey to a happiness we hardly knew existed. January 4 Understanding Karma January 11 A Code for Happiness January 18 The Wisdom of Kindness January 25 Deconstructing the Illusory Prison of the Mind Pre-registration not necessary. Everyone is welcome! Come to one, or come to all! $10/class   Free for members STAMFORD BRANCH Fish Church “Lounge” (First Presbyterian Church) 1101 Bedford Street Stamford, CT Monday Classes  7:30-9:00 PM  CREATING HAPPINESS with Donna Campanelli Buddha’s teachings give us a swift and direct method to help us attain the happiness and meaning in our life that we all long for. During this course, we will learn the essential meanings of the Lamrim Meditations, Buddha’s special arrangement of twenty-one profound meditations that comprise the essential Kadampa Buddhist practice. Week by week, we will learn how these profound teachings reveal clearly and precisely a gradual step-by-step spiritual path to release our minds from pain and delusions. We will gain insight into the true meaning of our human life by learning how to connect to our potential for inner peace, love and freedom, and begin our journey to a happiness we hardly knew existed. January 2 NO CLASS January 9 Understanding Karma January 16 A Code for Happiness January 23 The Wisdom of Kindness $10/class  Free for members Pre-registration is not necessary. Everyone is welcome! Come to one or come to all! PLEASE NOTE: Classes are ongoing.  A new series will be posted subsequent to the last class in the current series.

Why Meditation? We all wish to be happy and avoid problems, yet with the pace and stresses of our daily lives, it can be difficult to maintain a peaceful state of mind for any sustained period of time.  Through the simple practice of meditation we all have the potential to achieve lasting inner peace and eliminate the stressful states of mind that we currently encounter. Meditation can help you to: Reduce stress and tension Reduce frustration and anger Increase happiness and inner peace Develop a calm and peaceful mind Overcome minds of anxiety and depression Improve relationships with others Increase inner wisdom Improve quality of life Let go of the causes of pain and dissatisfaction

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