Healthier, Happier You  (from Jun 17)

Drop-in Meditation Classes

In-person & Livestream

Day & Evening Classes Tuesdays to Saturdays 

Though we wish to be happy and free from suffering, we encounter many problems and difficulties and so any experience of happiness that we have is short lived. Buddha taught that permanent health & happiness is possible only by developing internal good qualities.

With our own wisdom we can see that arising from our reliance on external things such as our jobs, our relationships, our possessions , our health, beauty & vitality etc , any experience of health and happiness we have is temporary. And though we may wish for happiness and freedom from suffering for those close to us, they too experience the same problems and difficulties in finding anything more than short lived peace and contentment.

To help us, Buddha taught six practices which we can practise both in and out of meditation motivated by a wish to benefit others as well as ourselves. These are the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom.

Each week, we will learn more about these six perfections, what they are, how we can put them into practice and what the beneficial results will be for ourselves and those with whom we share our lives.

Classes cost £6 per session or free with our monthly membership programme.
Our monthly membership programme offers free access to all in-person & livestream weekly classes as well as discounts on courses for only £20 per month – Learn more.

Teachers

Most of the classes are taught by Gen Kelsang Päljin, the Resident Teacher of Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre (which is in Keighley), and the Principal Teacher of Burnley Kadampa Buddhist Centre. He is a Buddhist monk with over 25 years’ experience of practising and teaching Kadampa Buddhism.

 

The Thursday 11am and Saturday 10.30am classes at Keighley are taught by Kelsang Dra-ma, a student of the Teacher Training Programme at Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, Keighley.

 

The Wednesday 11am at Keighley is taught by Patrick Allen, a student of the Foundation Programme at Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, Keighley.

 

The Tuesday 11am class in Burley-in-Wharfedale and the Wednesday 7pm class in Shipley are taught by Paul Cavanagh a student of the Foundation Programme at Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, Keighley.

Class Titles

Healthier, Happier You

week beginning 17 June- Giving and Accepting

week beginning 24 June – Moving On and Letting Go

week beginning 1 July – Learning to Accept Others

week beginning 8 July – Wake Up Smiling

week beginning 15 July – The Art of Meditation

week beginning 22  July – Breaking Barriers to Change

Location

The course ‘Healthier, Happier You’ will run in person at the following times and locations (links will take you to the respective class website).