Prayers for World Peace

In this class we combine teachings and meditations with brief traditional prayers. The act of praying not only connects us to the inspiration of the Buddhas, but to our own pure potential. Focusing our intention through prayer helps us to transform ourselves and our world. This month the teachings will focus on:

Buddha's Guide to Healthy Relationships

Often our relationships do not bring the fulfillment we long for. On the contrary they often give rise to painful and unhealthy emotions and actions. Through training in Buddha's teachings on love, patience, and compassion, our relationships will become more peaceful, joyful and fulfilling. Everyone welcome.

July 11           Letting Others in to our Hearts
July 18           The Empowering Energy of  Responsibility
July 25           Relationships as a Spiritual Path to our Highest Potential

Healing the Heart through Love

Through practicing love, as taught by Buddha, we go on a journey. The mind of authentic love naturally moves us away from our painful and excessive self-involvement towards an open and wonderful connection with others and with our world. In this series we will undertake that journey through the special sequence of meditations known as exchanging self with others. Training in these meditations on love will help us to let go of our own inner dis-satisfactions and will heal our relationships, both with ourselves and others. Gradually we will discover within our own hearts a limitless capacity to love. We will recognize that we can experience the joyful and harmonious mind of love all the time in all our relationships. Consequently our own hearts are healed and our life becomes one of great benefit to others and to our world.

Aug 1           Freedom through Opening our Heart
Aug 8           Healing the Heart through Love
Aug 15         Learning to Live in Love
Aug 22         Love, Compassion and a Meaningful Life

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Chakrasambara Buddhist Center
322 Eighth Ave, Suite 502,
New York, NY 10001
(Entrance on 26th Street,
between 8th and 7th Ave.)

We are easily accessible by
the C/E to 23rd St.
or to 28th St. or 1/9 to 28th
Tel: (212) 924-6706





Karla Hassenstein. Karla works full time at Chakrasambara Buddhist Center as a senior teacher and the Center's spiritual education program coordinator. She currently teaches Prayers for World Peace on Sunday mornings at CBC as well as our Sunday Evening Introductory Series. In addition she is the branch teacher in Harlem. A longtime student on the Teacher Training Program at CBC, Karla has also studied Buddhist Ritual and Art at Nagarjuna Buddhist Center in England.

 

About the Buddhist Meditation Classes at the Center in New York City
Based in the traditions of Kadampa Buddhism, each class is structured to include a teaching, two meditations, a group discussion, and a questions and answers session.

No special clothing is required, and pre-registration is not necessary. This class is a branch of Chakrasambara Buddhist Center in New York.

 

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