The Ripple Effect with John Vlismas

A 4-Week Course based on How to Transform Your Life by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Most of us carry a quiet sense that our life is somehow out of our control — that things happen to us rather than arising from causes we have set in motion. This four-week course gently challenges that assumption, drawing on one of the most practical and liberating teachings in Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s How to Transform Your Life: the four general characteristics of karma.

Understanding how our actions – of body, speech and mind – shape our experience is a blueprint for genuine freedom. When we see clearly how happiness arises and how suffering arises, we discover that we are not helpless. We are, as Venerable Geshe teaches, the creators of our own experience. 

Each week we hear one characteristic of karma taught directly from the text, explore it through guided meditation, and take one simple practice into daily life. No prior experience is needed. Beginners are warmly welcome.

About the Teacher:

John Vlismas is the Education Programme Coordinator at Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre. He is passionate about bringing the practical wisdom of the Buddha’s teachings into everyday life.

How to join in ?

In Person at Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Center

The Woods Shopping Centre, 345 Jan Smuts Ave, Upper level, Craighall Park, 2196

Best place to park? 

Please use the Rothesay entrance and use the outside staircase. 

Walk through the passage to the courtyard, we are the shop in the corner.

You are invited to arrive a few minutes before the class starts to register and settle in and have a cup of tea or coffee.  .  We have a book shop to browse, water on sale. There is secure and ample parking.

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All donations contribute to the operation and development of the center, providing opportunities for the public to learn and understand the precious Dharma (teachings).

Refund Policy

If you cancel within 24 hours, no refund. If you cancel anytime before 24 hours, 75% refund. Please contact epc@meditation.org.za