Meditate In North Wales

✨The Power Of Mantra & Mala Making Workshop - with Gen Kelsang Minche✨
🌈 Book at meditateinnorthwales.org - £23 including lunch/£15 without

This full day course is limited to 15 participants. Book now to secure a space.
You can book just for the morning course (without lunch) at the standard price of £15 (free to Members).

Mantra means mind protection. For centuries, mantra recitation has been used to attain a peaceful and happy mind by pacifying the negative thoughts that give rise to our suffering.
A mala is a string of beads used to count prayers or mantra recitations. For Buddhist practitioners, their mala is a very precious and meaningful object.
Spend the day learning about the power of mantra and the traditional technique of mala-making, and create your very own mala to take away with you. If you wish you can choose your own beads to bring with you (108) or we can supply them. Please make a donation for supplies on the day (we suggest £5).
Lunch is included for the full day course- please notify us by 15th September if you have any food allergies.

✨Delusions: The Source Of All Problems - Evening Meditation Class with Kadam Mike Garside✨
🌈 Book at meditateinnorthwales.org - £7.50 per class

These classes introduce the art of meditation and offer advice on how to apply Buddha’s teachings to solve our daily problems. The classes begin with a relaxing guided meditation, followed by an inspiring and practical talk and then another guided meditation. Finally there will be time for questions and discussion.

The classes are presented as a short series over several weeks, but each class is self-contained – so you can drop in any time you like. Everyone is welcome regardless of belief; you do not need to be Buddhist to attend. Suitable for everyone, including absolute beginners.

The class is led by Kadam Mike Garside, the Resident Teacher of Kalpabhadra Kadampa Buddhist Centre. Kadam Mike has been studying and practising meditation for over 40 years under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

✨True Inner Freedom - Meditation Day Course✨
🌈 Book at meditateinnorthwales.org - £23 including lunch

Freeing ourselves from the mental patterns that lock us into a cycle of suffering

Why do we suffer? This is the question that started Buddha on his journey to enlightenment. Buddhism is essentially Buddha’s answer to this question, combined with precise instructions on how to transcend suffering by eradicating its inner cause. We suffer because of our delusions, distorted thoughts and emotions that disturb our inner peace. The result of acting out delusions is mental and physical pain. All delusions stem from a core delusion known as self-grasping ignorance. For as long as self-grasping remains in our heart, all the other delusions such as hatred, greed and arrogance, will inevitably arise, cause us to act negatively, and keep us trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of suffering called samsara.

This course is based on Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition’s, commentary to Je Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Aspects of the Path, found in Mirror of Dharma with Additions. The three principal aspects of the path to enlightenment are Renunciation, Bodhichitta, and the Wisdom realizing ultimate truth. Renunciation is the topic of this course; Bodhichitta the topic of the course The Awakening Heart on 31st October, and wisdom realizing ultimate truth the topic of the course The Sword of Wisdom on 28th November. While it would be best to attend all three courses, each will be fairly self-contained so you can attend any course on its own if you prefer.
Lunch is included. Please notify us by 23rd September with any food allergies.