Saturday 8 May 10:30 - 12:30
Suitable for Newcomers / Intermediates / Regulars
Led by: Ratnaprabha (our Chair) & team
Start your weekend in a positive way with our friendly Saturday morning class, suitable for all. The first hour is meditation teaching and practice. Then at 11:30 we continue with ideas, questions and discussion on meditation and Buddhism, with a special guest talk once a month. Online participants can choose to join for the talk at 11:30 after the meditation if they wish.
***MAY 8th IS THE FIFTH MONTHLY KEYNOTE TALK OF 2021***
“How to be authentic: the precept of truthful speech” with Khemajala
We are delighted to welcome Khemajala as our guest speaker this month, helping us explore the challenge of authenticity. How does the Buddha’s 4th precept - the precept of truthful speech - fit in to this endeavour in our complex modern post-truth world? Khemajala says:- “There is more to honesty than telling the truth. Ethics are a practice of love. How might a goddess of love, Aphrodite, help us understand the tricky work of being truthful and loving? The heart never lies (or does it?) Expect mistakes, mess, confessions, apologies, and amends – and with a bit of luck something to laugh about too.”
This talk continues our theme for 2021 - The Triple Training or 3-Fold Path: new life (ethics), new mind (meditation) and new insight (wisdom). Recordings of past talks can be found on our North London Buddhist Centre YouTube channel here.
Khemajala
“I’ve been practicing and teaching Buddhism and Meditation for twenty years. Also, I’m a psychotherapist interested in archetypes, myth, soulfulness and embodiment.”
He is an Order Member within the Triratna Buddhist Order, an international Buddhist movement of which the NLBC is part.
ONLINE PARTICIPANTS:- Please pay what you can for the class to help support the centre through the current crisis time. Suggested amount £10.
Click here to access the class on Zoom. Session opens at 10:15 and class starts 10:30. Zoom Meeting ID: 630 207 959; Passcode 549385 or watch on YouTube live here
Recordings of past talks and meditations can be found on our North London Buddhist Centre YouTube channel here