This is a FREE class – everyone is welcome! If you would like to make a donation to the centre, we would be pleased for you to place it in the pot! These sessions include a teaching, meditation and use of the Prayers for World Peace.
Front Door: The sessions start at 10:30am – if on the odd occasion you find our front door is locked when you arrive please just ring the door bell on the right of the front door and we’ll be there to let you in!
Taking Control of Your Life
Tuesdays 10.30am – 11.30am
November 11, 18, 25
Taking Control of Your Life
We are often aware of our physical habits, our daily routines and so on, but how do the habits of our mind influence our experiences, our happiness, or whether we have had a good day or not?
A peaceful mind always brings inner peace and happiness regardless of external circumstances. By getting into the “habit” of cultivating inner peace, we can manage problems positively and find joy in everything.
On this short course of classes, we will learn about helpful mental habits to develop and how to let go of those unhelpful ones. This process will transform our negative habits into effective positive ones through understanding and simple meditations that anyone can use.
These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.
Class Format and Fees
Everyone is welcome. No previous experience required. Start attending this class at any time.
– Each class is self-contained
– Drop-in classes
– No need to book
– Start at any time
– Attend weekly or whenever you choose to
This class is FREE to attend but donations are welcome.
Each class is self-contained and everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Prayers For World Peace with guided second meditation
- Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
- No need to book
- Start coming to classes at any time
- Attend as many or few sessions as you prefer
This class is FREE to attend but donations are welcome.
Venue:
KMC Plymouth, 48-50 Mutley Plain, Plymouth PL4 6LE
Introduction to Tantra
Tuesdays 10.30am – 11.30am
December 2, 9, 16
Introduction to Tantra
We’ve all heard of Tantra but do we know what it is and how to actually practice it?
Tantra is the quick path to enlightenment. It is the rarest of instructions and so we have a wonderful opportunity now to get to understand it.
Tantra involves harnessing the power of our mind and using our imagination to connect with our pure potential. By imagining the result and relating to this we create the causes to experience it in our everyday reality much more quickly. By imagining ourselves as more loving, more compassionate and wiser we can break out of the prison of the usual mundane ideas, and awaken our vast potential for pure happiness.
These introductory classes will explain what Tantra is (and what it is not), and explore how we can access the pure, inner potential we all have, to develop and train our mind towards the ultimate happiness and freedom of enlightenment.
These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.
Each class is self-contained and everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Prayers For World Peace with guided second meditation
- Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
- No need to book
- Start coming to classes at any time
- Attend as many or few sessions as you prefer
This class is FREE to attend but donations are welcome.
Venue:
KMC Plymouth, 48-50 Mutley Plain, Plymouth PL4 6LE
Meditations For a Meaningful Life
Tuesdays 10.30am – 11.30am
January 6, 13, 20, 27 and February 3
Meditations For a Meaningful Life
Start the new year full of positivity! Learn the simple and effective practice of meditation. Gain an inner peace and relaxation that you can bring into your daily life. In these classes we will look at some of the basic fundamental ideas of Buddhism and they can help us.
Explore important topics such as:
- What is the meaning of our life?
- How can we find a lasting happiness?
- Impermanence
- Karma
- How can we find real protection from our problems?
These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. Each class is self-contained. Book to watch as many of few classes as you choose.
Each class is self-contained and everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Prayers For World Peace with guided second meditation
- Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
- No need to book
- Start coming to classes at any time
- Attend as many or few sessions as you prefer
This class is FREE to attend but donations are welcome.
Venue:
KMC Plymouth, 48-50 Mutley Plain, Plymouth PL4 6LE
Positive Outlook
Tuesdays 10.30am – 11.30am
February 10, 17, 24
Positive Outlook
How do we keep a positive outlook when problems and difficulties arise? How do we keep smiling though the rain and storms of life?
Join us for these classes looking at how we can develop an understanding of why good and bad things happen in our lives and how our mind influences how we feel when “life happens”. Through a little understanding and some effort in meditation we can start to change our normal responses, feelings and actions by applying these straightforward lessons. We will explore the way in which we can seek the safety and security of a peaceful space in our own minds and how we can influence our experiences of life’s events through training our minds.
These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. You can start coming to classes at any time and can attend as many or few as you prefer as each class is self-contained. Everyone is welcome.
Each class is self-contained and everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Prayers For World Peace with guided second meditation
- Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
- No need to book
- Start coming to classes at any time
- Attend as many or few sessions as you prefer
This class is FREE to attend but donations are welcome.
Venue:
KMC Plymouth, 48-50 Mutley Plain, Plymouth PL4 6LE
Finding Freedom
Tuesdays 10.30am – 11.30am
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Finding Freedom
Discover the ways in which we can find an inner freedom leading us to a deep peace of mind and boundless joy and happiness. Through these classes, all of which are self-contained, we will come to see that a happy mind is possible in any situation. Understanding what we need to let go of and what is helpful to keep within our “mind’s eye”, we will naturally start to experience a happy state of mind which becomes only stronger.
Letting go will free us from the thoughts and feelings which weigh us down, and when we combine this with a positive attitude towards others, their needs and problems, seeing how they are no different to our own troubles, we will feel freer and happier.
These classes will give us the practical knowledge and the skills in meditation to develop these positive states of mind, helping to free us from the constraints of our current, unhelpful views and ways of thinking.
No previous experience is needed and these classes are suitable for everyone. You can start coming to classes at any time and can attend as many or few as you prefer as each class is self-contained. Everyone is welcome.
Each class is self-contained and everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Prayers For World Peace with guided second meditation
- Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
- No need to book
- Start coming to classes at any time
- Attend as many or few sessions as you prefer
This class is FREE to attend but donations are welcome.
Venue:
KMC Plymouth, 48-50 Mutley Plain, Plymouth PL4 6LE
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Dragden has been practicing since 2000 and was ordained in 2006. Having worked and taught in many centres, Gen Dragden is currently the Resident Teacher at KMC Plymouth, teaching evening classes, courses, and our foundation and teacher training programmes as well as branch classes.
Gen Dradgen presents Buddha’s teachings and meditations in an inspiring yet practical way. He is very skilled at explaining how to make these teachings immediately effective in our busy modern lives, which he exemplifies through his patience, kind heart and overt commitment to helping others.
What can I expect at this class?
These classes are very simple. A nice long relaxing meditation will be guided for you, to give you a chance to completely relax and have within you a practical technique to help with the busyness of daily life. At the end of the class, you will have a chance to ask questions to the class teacher. You do not need to be Buddhist or have any prior experience of meditation.