Love

Without

Pain

Sunday 8 December
Love

Without

Pain

Sunday 8 December

A Half Day Meditation Workshop

About the Course

Have you ever thought love hurts? Do you find yourself reluctant to love because you don’t want the pain that seems to inevitably go with it?

So many of us find ourselves in this situation. We want love and connection with other people, but we don’t want to get hurt.

It is possible to have love without pain.  Buddhist wisdom guides us to understand how.

By understanding the difference between love and attachment and learning to distinguish these two in our own mind, we see how love is a source of happiness, whereas the pain and sorrow in our relationships arises from our attachment. Armed with this understanding, we can gradually remove attachment from our minds and improve our love until it becomes pure.

During the workshop, Gen Kelsang Ani give practical teachings and guide meditations that enable us to know how we can approach our love for our partner, family and friends from a fresh, new perspective by learning to discriminate clearly between love and attachment. In this way our relationships will become more harmonious, joyful and long-lasting, and function to draw us closer to a state of pure and lasting happiness.

At this workshop you’ll learn:

  • the difference between love and attachment and how to distinguish between these two in your own mind;
  • how pure love never gives rise to problems, but only peace and happiness for yourself and others, and how attachment brings nothing but pain;
  • to bring more joy and connection into your life, by loving more;
  • how to have love with no pain.

Date & Time

Sunday 8 September – 10:00am to 1pm

Cost

$50 per person (includes morning tea)

Included in KMC Brisbane Membership

(Available online for KMC Brisbane Members)

Venue

Kadampa Meditation Centre Brisbane

109 Leichhardt St, Spring Hill QLD 4000

Gen Kelsang Ani

Our Teacher

The teacher of this workshop is Gen Kelsang Ani.  Gen Ani is Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Brisbane and teaches all the main classes and courses at the Centre. Gen Ani has been studying and practising Modern Kadampa Buddhism with Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for over 20 years. She teaches with warmth and compassion, making modern Buddhism accessible and applicable to all.

What to Expect

Over two sessions (each 1 1/4 hours long), you’ll learn how we can approach our love for our partner, family and friends from a fresh perspective by learning to discriminate between love and attachment.

You can sit on a comfortable chairs or a cushion on the floor if you prefer. A delicious home-made morning tea will be served in the breaks to give you time to relax, absorb the teachings and to make new friends. Everyone is welcome.