Foundation Programme
Foundation Programme – Sunday’s 5:00 to 8:30pm
Class Dates for 2012
January – 22, 29
February – 5, 12, 26
March – 4, 11, 18, 25
April – 1, 22, 29
May – 6, 13, 27
June – 3, 10, 17
‘Eight Steps to Happiness’
FP is an enrollment course that enables us to deepen our knowledge and experience of Buddha’s teachings. If you would like to sample FP you can come along to a free taster session to find out more please get in touch:
email: info@meditationindarlington.org
or phone: 01325 365265
Cost: payment for FP is by Centre Card – a standing order of £30 per month. A Centre Card also entitles you to free weekly meditation classes, retreats and guided retreat sessions, guided chanted meditations and half price special meditation courses.
The Foundation Programme studies six books in rotation:
- Eight Steps to Happiness – a commentary to Bodhisattva Langri Tangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind.
- Meaningful to Behold – a commentary to Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.
- Understanding the Mind – a detailed explanation of the mind based on the works of the Buddhist scholars Dharmakirti and Dignaga.
- Joyful Path of Good Fortune – a commentary to Atisha’s Lamrim instructions, the stages of the path to enlightenment.
- Universal Compassion – a commentary to Bodhisattva Chekhawa’s Training the Mind in Seven Points.
- Heart of Wisdom – a commentary to the Heart Sutra. By studying this book we have the opportunity to gain a realization of the ultimate nature of reality. By gaining this realization we can eliminate the ignorance of self-grasping, which is the root of all our suffering.
