Cultivating the Noble Heart in 2020: Buddhist Meditation Techniques & Insights for Compassion, Kindness and Positive Aspiration

$20 to $40 or whatever you can donate

Drop-in OK - Preregistration appreciated - all levels of experience welcome

Contact shana.l.klinger@gmail.com

This two hour class offers instruction and guided practice in Buddhist meditation techniques and insights to strengthen compassion, kindness, and to motivate our lives from the deepest levels positive intention. It emphasizes how this Buddhist wisdom applies to daily life right now. A handout will be provided with notes and resources.

Practices will include:

• Finding our Most Positive Inner Aspiration: The Bodhisattva Path

• Self-compassion meditation

• Meditations to cultivate compassion for others

• Expanding the capacity to be with suffering

The noble heart – the intention for ourselves and all beings to be happy and free from suffering - is regarded in Buddhism as the pinnacle of true love. Sometimes called Bodhicitta or the Bodhisattva Path, this aspect of Buddhist practice harnesses the power of altruistic motivation combined with deep understanding about the sources of suffering and the nature of our minds, so as to beneficially respond to and transform ourselves and others.