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SUMMARY:DISCOVERING BUDDHISM (Unit 8) Establishing a Daily Practice
DESCRIPTION:(HYBRID) Assemble the tools you need to develop a successful
  daily practice. Become familiar with all the elements necessary to gene
 rate realisations in the mind\, and the practice to bless our speech for
  daily life. Also\, receive some tips for making every action of the day
  meaningful\, no matter how menial it seems!\n\n\n\nThis unit shows the 
 the key elements and meditations we need to practice in order to become 
 enlightened\, and the rituals that help direct our attention and integra
 te body\, speech and mind into a coherent and focussed practice. Essenti
 al advice on how avoid common pitfalls that derail our practice\, such a
 s practicing for worldly reasons\, will help ensure we have success in o
 ur practice. \n\n\n\nThe course also introduces Rinpoche’s extensive d
 aily visualisation sadhana practice on Shakyamuni Buddha. This incorpora
 tes all the aspects of the Lam Rim\, with the experiential aspect of vis
 ualisation of the Buddha to integrate it deep into our psyche.\n\n\n\nIn
  this way we can make our entire life meaningful\, even if we have very 
 little time for meditation.\n\n\n\nTopics include:\n\n\n\n\nHow to sleep
 \, wake up\, get dressed\, eat etc\n\n\n\nShort Lam Rim practice to dire
 ct your day\n\n\n\nHow to bless one’s speech (so important if we work 
 with others\, have a job\, or a family!)\n\n\n\nPreliminaries of cleanin
 g\, setting up an altar\, refuge\, mandala offerings\n\n\n\nHow to make 
 the four immeasurable attitudes of love\, compassion\, joyfulness and eq
 uanimity heartfelt and powerful\n\n\n\nHow to do prostrations (even if y
 ou cannot do them physically)\n\n\n\nAll about the 8 Mahayana vows and h
 ow to live in the precepts\n\n\n\nDaily purification incorporating the F
 our Opponent Powers\n\n\n\nImportance of accumulating merit and rejoicin
 g for success in one’s spiritual life\n\n\n\n\n“Practice with the bo
 dhisattva attitude every day. People can’t see your mind\; what people
  see is a manifestation of your attitude in your actions of body and spe
 ech. So pay attention to your attitude all the time. Guard it as if you 
 are the police\, or like a parent cares for a child\, like a bodyguard\,
  or as if you are the guru and your mind is your disciple.”Lama Zopa R
 inpoche\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 About Discovering Buddhism\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are half way throug
 h the 13 units\, but you are most welcome to join the course at any time
 . Discovering Buddhism is the core program of LTC\, and usually takes ab
 out three years to complete. Come along for a couple of classes and see 
 how the course suits you.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore class dates in this 
 series\nSugar Calendar Event List Block\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Event on Zoom\n\
 n\n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event\, held both in-person in the gompa and o
 nline on Zoom. Zoom meeting starts 10 minutes before event start time.\n
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