Contentment In Everyday Life
Details
A Five Week Meditation Course. Saturdays from 4 pm - 6 pm, May 2nd - May 30th. *Advance registration required.
Contentment in Everyday Life provides an exploration of genuine contentment, the foundational views of the Buddhist teachings, and meditation in action for daily life.
Through the gentle precision of meditation practice, we can learn to appreciate ourselves and simple human experiences, free from self-aggression. Difficult emotions and the challenges of life can be met with curiosity, steadiness, and humor.
Each class includes a guided meditation and/or contemplation, a short talk or teaching, and time for a discussion about how the material relates to daily life.
Class Topics
Class 1: Introducing Contentment
Class 2: Contemplating Contentment
Class 3: Suffering and the Four Noble Truths
Class 4: Working with Emotions & Buddhist Psychology
Class 5: The Confidence of Contentment
Please plan on attending each session of the program. The first and last classes are especially important.
The instructor, Jamie Reinhardt, has been a meditation practitioner for over 30 years, and a Shambhala (certified) meditation instructor since 2005. He has lived in Thailand for over 19 years, where he runs an export business selling meditation and yoga products. He has two sons, and in his spare time he enjoys cycling, yoga, and dancing.
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About the Way of Shambhala:
The Way of Shambhala cirriculum introduces the Shambhala path. The "In Everyday Life" series offers a glimpse of the Shambhala vision of enlightened society by emphasizing the ways in which meditation can impact our daily lives, and from there, how the sanity of meditation can expand to impact our community and our whole society. Please click here for a full description and chart of the Way of Shambhala.
Price- 3500 Baht, which includes the reading/study material. Advance payment required to reserve your participation the course.
In the spirit of generosity and accessibility, participants are invited to contribute within a suggested range of 1,500–3,500 baht, according to their financial circumstances. Our intention is to make this program accessible to anyone who feels inspired to join. The Bangkok Shambhala Center remains open because of the ongoing generosity of our members and program participants. Thanks in advance for your support and participation.
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HOW TO GET HERE: We are located in Young Place Plaza on Soi Sukhumvit 23. Under the big sign for Young Place, we are in the green-painted building immediately to the left. Go up the stairs to the lobby and turn left to find the elevator. Hit the button for the 3rd floor, and our suite will be visible to the left, #118/79.
You can tell taxis and motorbikes to go to Young Place on Soi 23. From the Asok BTS and the Sukhumvit MRT stations, a motorbike costs about 30 baht, or about a 15-minute walk.