Saltash
Tuesdays, 7pm-8.15pm
Venue:
The Shado Centre
Plougastel Drive
Saltash
PL21 6DJ
Everyone is welcome, no previous experience needed.
Membership is not required to attend these classes, but they are free to members.
Meditations For a Meaningful Life
Tuesdays 7pm-8.15pm
January 6, 13, 20, 27
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. 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.
Class Format & Times
Format:
Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
- 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
Times:
7pm-8:15pm on Tuesdays
See above for dates
Fees
Individual classes are £7
Pay on the door by cash or card
All these classes are included for free for members
OR:
Buy a pre-paid class card and get 5 classes for £25. These can be bought at the class or with the button below.
Venue
The Shado Centre
Plougastel Drive
Saltash
PL21 6DJ
Positive Outlook
Tuesdays 7pm-8.15pm
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.
Class Format & Times
Format:
Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
- 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
Times:
7pm-8:15pm on Tuesdays
See above for dates
Fees
Individual classes are £7
Pay on the door by cash or card
All these classes are included for free for members
OR:
Buy a pre-paid class card and get 5 classes for £25. These can be bought at the class or with the button below.
Venue
The Shado Centre
Plougastel Drive
Saltash
PL21 6DJ
Finding Freedom
Tuesdays 7pm-8.15pm
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.
Class Format & Times
Format:
Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
- 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
Times:
7pm-8:15pm on Tuesdays
See above for dates
Fees
Individual classes are £7
Pay on the door by cash or card
All these classes are included for free for members
OR:
Buy a pre-paid class card and get 5 classes for £25. These can be bought at the class or with the button below.
Venue
The Shado Centre
Plougastel Drive
Saltash
PL21 6DJ
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 a class?
Each class comprises a talk and two guided meditations. 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 prior experience of meditation.
Each class is self contained so you can join at any time.