Joy In Everyday Life

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A five-class course, Saturdays, August 1st - 29th, from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Through an exploration of the teachings on intelligent compassion towards others, we begin to discover the joy of discipline, health & bravery. Register here (https://bangkok.shambhala.info/registration/?id=868612) Joy in Everyday Life is a 5-week course exploring the meaning of joy and the "windhorse" of personal energy and inspiration. The course introduces Mahayana Buddhist teachings, to experience how awakening our heart and extending loving-kindness to others also arouses our personal inspiration. This cheerful, perky, joy provides the inspiration and energy to go forward on the journey of compassion and warriorship. This is the 3rd class in the Way of Shambhala curriculum (after Contentment in Everyday Life). It offers a glimpse of the Shambhala vision of an enlightened society created through mindfulness-awareness meditation, and how the stability and wisdom cultivated through this practice can expand to benefit the world around us. Class topics: Class 1, Introducing Joy Class 2, Awakened Heart Class 3, The Trap of Doubt Class 4, Compassion in Action: The Paramitas Class 5, Discipline and the Virtues of the Higher Realms The instructor, Jamie Reinhardt, has been a meditation practitioner for over 30 years, and a Shambhala (certified) meditation instructor since 2005. He has lived in Thailand for over 19 years, where he runs an export business selling meditation and yoga products. He has two sons, and in his spare time he enjoys cycling, yoga, and dancing. __________________________________________________________ About the Way of Shambhala: The Way of Shambhala curriculum offers a glimpse of the Shambhala vision of enlightened society by emphasizing the ways in which meditation can impact our daily lives, and from there, how the sanity of meditation can expand to impact our community and our whole society. Please click here for a full description and chart of the Way of Shambhala. (https://bangkok.shambhala.info/the-way-of-shambhala/) Price- 3500 Baht, which includes the reading/study material. Advance payment required to reserve (https://bangkok.shambhala.info/registration/?id=868612) your participation the course. In the spirit of generosity and accessibility, participants are invited to contribute within a suggested range of 1,500–3,500 baht, according to their financial circumstances. Our intention is to make this program accessible to anyone who feels inspired to join. The Bangkok Shambhala Center remains open because of the ongoing generosity of our members and program participants. Thanks in advance for your support and participation.