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SUMMARY:Foundation Study Programme
DESCRIPTION: \nThis programme is available in person or via correspondence.\n \nIf you have been attending classes for a while or would like to study Kadampa Buddhism in a structured way, try out 2 taster classes for free. We are studying the book, by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, ‘The New Eight Steps to Happiness’.\n \nThe BENEFITS are:\n\nIncrease your knowledge and experience of Dharma\nKnow the teachings in depth\nProgress in the study in a structured way\nRely on the consistency of the program\nHelp others with the acquired wisdom and your example\nEnjoy the harmony of the spiritual community\n\n \nThe purpose of the Foundation Program (FP) is to provide a systematic presentation of particular subjects of Mahayana Buddhism to enable practitioners to deepen their knowledge and experience of Buddhism.\n \nFIVE SUBJECTS\nThe program comprises the following five subjects, based on Buddha’s Sutra teachings and the corresponding commentaries by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche:\n1. The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, based on the commentary Joyful Path of Good Fortune\n2. Training the Mind, based on the commentaries Universal Compassion and The New Eight Steps to Happiness\n3. The Heart Sutra, based on the commentary The New Heart of Wisdom\n4. Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, based on the commentary Meaningful to Behold\n5. Types of Mind, based on the commentary How to Understand the Mind\n \nBENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM\nThe benefits of studying and practicing these texts are as follows:\nJoyful Path of Good Fortune – we gain the ability to put all Buddha’s teachings of both Sutra and Tantra into practice. We can easily make progress on and complete the stages of the path to the supreme happiness of enlightenment. From a practical point of view, the Stages of the Path, or Lamrim, is the main body of Buddha’s teachings, and the other teachings are like its limbs.\nUniversal Compassion and The New Eight Steps to Happiness – we gain the ability to integrate Buddha’s teachings into our daily life and solve all our human problems.\nThe New Heart of Wisdom – we gain a realization of the ultimate nature of reality. By gaining this realization we can eliminate the ignorance of self-grasping that is the root of all our suffering.\nMeaningful to Behold – we transform our daily activities into the Bodhisattva’s way of life, thereby making every moment of our human life meaningful.\nHow to Understand the Mind – we understand the relationship between our mind and its external objects. If we understand that objects depend upon the subjective mind we can change the way objects appear to us by changing our own mind.\n \nAbout the Teacher:\nAs a student of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso ( https://kadampa.org/the-founder ), Gen Kelsang Mila is a modern – day Kadampa Nun and the resident teacher of Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre. She has been a student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for 20 years and ordained for fifteen years. Her teachings are always practical and easy to apply to everyday life.\n \nThe Foundation Program has commitments and requires an enrollment procedure.\n \nTo find out more, please email epc@meditation.org.za\n
URL:https://www.meditation.org.za/events/foundation-study-programme-18/
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LOCATION:The Woods Shopping Centre, 345 Jan Smuts Ave, Craighall Park, Randburg, 2146
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