Understand Your Mind  (from April 21)

Drop-in Meditation Classes

In-person & Livestream

Day & Evening Classes Tuesdays to Saturdays 

“Happiness and suffering are feelings – parts of our mind – and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we really want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must improve our understanding of the mind.”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

We often speak about our mind, saying ‘I’m in two minds’, ‘ I’ve changed my mind’, ‘I’ve got a lot on my mind’, but do we actually know what our mind is and the part it plays in our everyday experience of happiness and suffering.

This series of classes will lead us to a greater understanding of our own mind using the insights Buddha gained though many years of meditation. Through this we will realise that the answer to our suffering and unhappiness lies not in our external conditions but in improving our inner experience of positive and peaceful states of mind.

The essential point of understanding the mind is that liberation from suffering cannot be found outside the mind. Permanent liberation can be found only by purifying the mind. Therefore, if we want to become free from problems and attain lasting peace and happiness, we need to increase our knowledge and understanding of the mind.

Classes cost £6 per session or free with our monthly membership programme.
Our monthly membership programme offers free access to all in-person & livestream weekly classes as well as discounts on courses for only £20 per month – Learn more.

Teachers

Most of the classes are taught by Gen Kelsang Päljin, the Resident Teacher of Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre (which is in Keighley), and the Principal Teacher of Burnley Kadampa Buddhist Centre. He is a Buddhist monk with over 25 years’ experience of practising and teaching Kadampa Buddhism.

 

The Thursday 11am and Saturday 10.30am classes at Keighley are taught by Kelsang Dra-ma, a student of the Teacher Training Programme at Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, Keighley.

 

The Wednesday 11am at Keighley is taught by Patrick Allen, a student of the Foundation Programme at Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, Keighley.

 

The Tuesday 11am class in Burley-in-Wharfedale and the Wednesday 7pm class in Shipley are taught by Paul Cavanagh a student of the Foundation Programme at Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, Keighley.

Class Titles

Understand Your Mind

week beginning 21 Apr – Still Your Mind

week beginning 28 Apr – Understand Your Mind

week beginning 5 May – Challenging Assumptions

week beginning 12 May – Standing Up to Negativity

week beginning 19 May – Choose Happiness

week beginning 26 May – Stages of Effective Meditation

week beginning 2 Jun – Take Time to Focus

week beginning 9 Jun – Living Wisely

Location

The course ‘Understand Your Mind’ will run in person at the following times and locations (links will take you to the respective class website).