Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre

Our desires are powerful driving forces in our lives. They can lead us to happiness and fulfillment or problems and dissatisfaction.
Whichever direction our desires take us depends largely upon how much control we have over them. Craving, anxiety, and discontentment are examples of the daily problems we experience from our uncontrolled desires as well as relationship difficulties and addictive patterns.
Everyone is welcome to this insightful 5 class series. Learn, through training in meditation, how to bring your desires under control and attain true contentment and joy.

Feb 8: Why let go of attachment?

Feb 15: Perfectionism
Feb 22: People pleasing
Mar 1: Craving & comfort
Mar 8: Practice non-attachment through meditation

You can attend a single class, a variety or the complete series. Simply drop-in or register online: https://meditateincalgary.org/event/exploring-attachment-and-craving/2026-02-08/

In Buddhism, attachment is a primary cause of suffering because it’s a craving for permanence in an impermanent world, leading to clinging to pleasant experiences and aversion to unpleasant ones, trapping us in a cycle of desire, disappointment, and rebirth. It’s not about letting go of things or people, but releasing the mental grasp and desire for them to be unchanging, recognizing their transient nature through wisdom to find peace, not detachment from life.
In this series, we will be looking specifically at the eight worldly concerns, and understanding that for as long as we continue to hold tightly to these concerns, we will lack the ability to find true happiness, and we will be unable to make serious progress on the spiritual path.

Feb 5: External dependency
Feb 12: Attached to reputation
Feb 19: Approval to praise
Feb 26: Attached to comfort, harmony & peace
Mar 5: Reclaiming Power Through Non-Attachment

You can attend one class or many classes. To register simply drop-in or register online: https://meditateincalgary.org/event/how-attachment-steals-our-power-1/2026-02-05/

In Buddhism, attachment is a primary cause of suffering because it’s a craving for permanence in an impermanent world, leading to clinging to pleasant experiences and aversion to unpleasant ones, trapping us in a cycle of desire, disappointment, and rebirth. It’s not about letting go of things or people, but releasing the mental grasp and desire for them to be unchanging, recognizing their transient nature through wisdom to find peace, not detachment from life.
In this series, we will be looking specifically at the eight worldly concerns, and understanding that for as long as we continue to hold tightly to these concerns, we will lack the ability to find true happiness, and we will be unable to make serious progress on the spiritual path.

Feb 5: External dependency
Feb 12: Attached to reputation
Feb 19: Approval to praise
Feb 26: Attached to comfort, harmony & peace
Mar 5: Reclaiming Power Through Non-Attachment

You can attend one class or many classes. To register simply drop-in or register online: https://meditateincalgary.org/event/attachment-steals-our-power/2026-02-05/