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Finding Peace - a Buddhist Public Talk
Practical advice, dispensed with humor by Gen Theckchen, to make your mind more peaceful and happy and your inner self healthier.
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Dave Dunnet Community Theatre 2121 Cadboro Bay Road Victoria, BC V8R 5G4 Canada
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Refunds up to 1 day before event
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
About this event
Finding Peace
Meditation and Inner Health
About the Talk:
When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem, but in reality, whatever problems we experience come from the mind. If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive and peaceful mind they would not be problems for us; indeed, we may even come to regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development.
Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be happy all the time and to be free from problems, we must maintain and develop a peaceful mind.
No previous experience of meditation or Buddhism is necessary to attend this talk. This talk is open to everyone, Buddhists and non-Buddhists. Everyone is welcome!
About the Teacher:
Gen Kelsang Thekchen, is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). He began practising Kadam Dharma in Toronto in 1995 and has been a Kadampa monk and Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for 24 years.
Gen Thekchen has been the Resident Teacher at Kuluta Buddhist Centre in Kingston, at Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada as the National Spiritual Director, at Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver as well as Madhyamaka KMC and Bodhisattva KMC in the UK.
He is well known for his ability to present Buddha’s teachings in a simple, practical and often humorous way, making them easy to put into practice in everyday life.
Watch a short video of Gen Thekchen talking about this event.
Parking available around the school (see map here) and also on the side roads in the neighborhood. Please allow time to find parking and remember to bring your scannable tickets!