Becoming Fearless
Union of Appearance and Emptiness
This is an in-person event with livestream attendance available for members!
Every day in our hearts all we wish for, is to be happy all the time and avoid all suffering. However, without abandoning our negative habits of mind, our delusions such as anger and selfishness, we will never be able to fulfill these wishes.
All our delusions come from the root of our self-grasping ignorance, an inner darkness and confusion that does not see reality correctly. Because of this ignorance, we experience endless hallucinations of fear, anxiety and all other negative painful emotions.
To abandon this ignorance, we need to realize the truth of emptiness. Emptiness is not nothingness but is the real nature of things and a very profound and meaningful object. If we realize emptiness directly, we will attain permanent liberation from all suffering and the pure peace of enlightenment.
In this special workshop, we will begin to understand the wisdom of emptiness and how to apply it in daily life to transform all our life experiences, integrating them into the blissful path of wisdom.
Everybody welcome!
Registration details
Cost: $20; free for members
Location:
Kadampa Meditation Center Madison
1825 S. Park St., Madison, WI
Hourly Schedule
Saturday, September 30
- 10 - 11:15am
- Session 1
- 11:15 - 11:45am
- Break
- 11:45am - 1pm
- Session 2
Teacher
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Gen Kelsang DorjeResident Teacher, KMC MadisonThe Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Madison is Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Dorje. Gen Dorje has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 20 years under the guidance of his teacher Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. Gen Dorje is admired for his warmth and humor in making Buddha’s teachings relevant to the modern world. He is an inspiring example of how to integrate Buddha’s teachings into a joyful life.