About the Event
The Foundation Programme (FP) is an inspiring study programme that has been specially designed to develop and enhance our understanding and practical experience of Buddha’s teachings through a systematic study of six texts. It is designed for those people who wish to study Buddha’s teachings in more depth than is available at drop-in classes. It takes a more structured approach and classes consist of teachings, discussions, chanted prayers and guided meditations.
At KMC Nottingham we offer FP on Thursday evenings (7 – 9pm), taught by our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Gakyi. We are currently studying ‘How to Understand the Mind’.
The classes are open to anyone having already attended classes at the Centre. If you wish to enrol on the programme, please speak to us at a drop-in class
We are currently studying This Book:
Joyful Path provides a comprehensive explanation of the entire path to enlightenment. We all have the potential for self-transformation, and a limitless capacity for the growth of good qualities, but to fulfil this potential we need to know what to do along every stage of our spiritual journey.
With this book, Geshe Kelsang offers us step-by-step guidance on the meditation practices that will lead us to lasting inner peace and happiness. With extraordinary clarity, he presents all Buddha’s teachings in the order in which they are to be practised, enriching his explanation with stories and illuminating analogies. This is a perfect guidebook to the Buddhist path.
The practice of Lamrim is very important because everyone needs to cultivate peaceful states of mind. By listening to or reading these teachings we can learn how to control our mind and always keep a good motivation in our heart. This will make all our daily actions pure and meaningful.
