Meditate in Kitchener
Tuesday evenings
6:45 – 8:15pm
@ Kitchener Public Libary
Meditation classes are returning to Kitchener on Tuesday evenings from September 6. Our Kitchener classes provide an opportunity for like-minded people to come together to find inner peace of mind through meditation and to share our experience of meditation together.
Each class consists of guided meditations and teachings that we can contemplate and practice throughout the week. Each contemplation has a practical application to solve our daily problems. Through attending classes and putting effort into applying these teachings to our daily lives, we can make great progress increasing our own inner peace. Through engaging in meditation practice we can develop and maintain a peaceful mind all the time. If we have a peaceful mind all the time we will be happy all the time, regardless of whether our conditions are good or bad. Now is the time to train in inner peace and happiness by putting Buddha’s teachings into practice.
If you live in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and are interested in attending meditation classes, just come along. There is no need to pre-register. Masks at class are optional. Everyone welcome.
You are also always welcome to join our classes, retreats and courses in person at our main Centre in Guelph.
From September 1, we will only be offering Foundation Program classes online to those who live a distance from our main Centre in Guelph. If you are interested in joining the Foundation Program, please email education@akbc.ca.
What to Expect in a Class
Our meditation classes are for anyone interested in learning how to meditate, regardless of background or beliefs. Classes are designed to give a broad introduction to Buddhist meditation, teachings, and practice.
Every class includes a chance to practise meditation. No prior experience, special equipment or special clothes are necessary for our onsite classes – just come as you are, and bring your mask.
Classes are all standalone individual classes that are presented in a series. You do not need to attend the full series to attend a class.
Class Series Topics
The Problem with Attachment – Stop Obsessing and Stressing
Stop obsessing and stressing with thoughts arising from attachment to others. Learn to recognize attachment as it arises in our mind and cultivate correct warm thoughts that give rise to happines and a deep appreciation of others.
1. How to Recognize the Painful Minds of Attachment
2. Stop Obsessing and Stressing!
3. The Difference Between Love and Attachment
4. Moving Our Mind to Love
These classes are based on the book The New Eight Steps to Happiness. Come along and learn how to make your life deeply meaningful.
The Problem with Envy – Getting in Our Own Way
Our exaggeration, the stories that we tell our self, our occasional displeasure when things are going well for others are all negative thoughts interfering with our own happiness. We can replace these exaggerated thoughts and the unpleasant feelings that accompany them by cultivating correct thoughts that will not only give us a joyful balanced mind but also create causes for our future success.
1. Recognizing the Mind of Envy
2. Envy Vs Rejoicing
3. Forget Fomo and Be Happy
4. Creating the Cause for Success
Developing Authentic Self-Confidence
Low self-esteem, fear and anxiety arise from identifying with a “faulty” and “limited self”. But this view of ourself is not coming from wisdom. By developing correct thoughts based on wisdom we will cultivate correct thoughts that give us an a deep an authentic experience of confidence.
Some topics in this series:
1. Where does low self-esteem come from?
2. Freedom from Fear
3. Ignorance – the root of suffering
4. Finding Authentic Self Confidence
These classes are based on the book The New Eight Steps to Happiness. Come along and learn how to make your life deeply meaningful.
