Meditation Workshop – Kadampa Meditation Centre Brisbane
Saturday 6 June | 10am-1pm | $50 (includes morning tea)
Learn how to eliminate the causes of suffering and make a special connection with the 35 Buddhas who adorn the walls of the Kadampa city Temple in Brisbane, through engaging in the powerful purification practice of Confession Buddhas.
Most of us spend a lot of our time and energy trying to avoid suffering by changing the world around us. But the main cause of our difficulties isn’t other people or external things, it is the ripening of potentials left in our mind from negative actions, or ‘karma’, of the past. Sometimes these appear as obstacles in our life, difficulties in meditation, or recurring problems in our relationships and inner peace.
Buddha explained that these obstacles are not fixed or permanent. Through the practice of purification, we can remove the negative potentials of past actions before they produce suffering, and we can create causes for a peaceful and meaningful future.
During this workshop, we will explore the powerful purification practice of The Sutra of the Three Superior Heaps, or 35 Confession Buddhas, a traditional Buddhist method used for centuries to purify negative karma and strengthen our spiritual potential.
A key part of this practice is prostration, a profound spiritual exercise that brings together the actions of body, speech and mind in a powerful process of inner transformation.
As Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche explains:
“Prostrations are very precious. If we do prostrations regularly it will be good for our health, our mind will become happy and clear, we will accumulate vast amounts of merit, and we will purify our negative karma.”
— Joyful Path of Good Fortune
Suitable for all physical abilities, prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas have unequalled power to purify negative karma and remove the inner obstacles that hold us back from fulfilling our true potential.
Through learning and engaging in this practice we can begin to experience a lighter, clearer mind. Gradually our meditation becomes easier, our daily problems diminish, and deeper spiritual insights begin to arise naturally.
This workshop will include:
- Clear teachings on the meaning and purpose of purification
- How to purify through practice of the 35 Confession Buddhas
- Practical advice on how to integrate this practice into daily life
Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners. Everyone is welcome.
