Buddhism not only offers a way out of suffering but opens up a path to beauty and spaciousness that moves us into more appreciative and non-grasping ways of experiencing our world.

Cost: £25 deposit + £80 suggested donation

Buddhism is not only a path out from suffering but also a path towards beauty and spaciousness. This course explores how to move into a more appreciative and non-grasping way of experiencing the world, putting all that we do within a greater mandala of beauty and aesthetic appreciation. 

There is an inherent tension in walking the Buddhist path. On the one hand, it involves cultivating a deep sense of ease, relaxation, and contentment, in which reality effortlessly opens up to us. On the other hand, we develop a profound love and compassion for other beings, in which we feel that their welfare is as important as our own, motivating ourselves to actively help them in any way that we can.

On this course, we will explore how the paradox of how to open up to effortless states of uselessness and beauty while also cultivating an active care for all beings. We’ll learn that ultimately the two dimensions are resolved in the realisation that the duality of self and other is a misperception of our experience.

Participants will receive the book The Greater Mandala as part of the course.

Week 1: From words to wordless

Week 2: From utility to beauty

Week 3: The Mandala of our own life

Week 4: Opening up to uselessness 

Week 5: Developing Compassion

IMPORTANT - after clicking ‘Book Here’, click on ‘set time zone’ to continue with your booking