Weekend of Teachings by Gelong Thubten

GELONG THUBTEN

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He became a monk at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland 30 years ago and has spent over six years in enclosed meditation retreats, including one which lasted for four years. He has completed 200 pairs of the ‘nyung ne’ fasting practice and spent many years as personal assistant to Akong Tulku Rinpoche. Thubten now runs Samye Dzong Scarborough, as well as helping here at our Cardiff centre.

He has done pioneering work bringing meditation to many organisations, including hospitals, schools, companies, prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for large organisations such as Google and The United Nations. He is also a trustee of the humanitarian aid charity ROKPA International and our Welsh charity Samye Foundation Wales.

Thubten is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’ as well as his latest book, ‘Handbook for Hard Times’. He also worked with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on the book and live tour, ‘How to be Human'.

FINDING PURPOSE

SATURDAY 25th JANUARY 2025  10am to 4pm

Talks on how to discover and strengthen our inner spiritual purpose.

We often struggle to meditate every day. Our lives are so busy and there never seems to be enough time, but there are methods we can use to transform our attitude towards our meditation practice. Then we can always find the time and energy to meditate.

These talks will provide useful instructions from the Tibetan Buddhist ’ngondro’ practices, but suitable for non-Buddhists too. The techniques help us find the motivation to meditate regularly and to bring more depth and purpose to both our practice and our daily lives.

TRAINING THE HEART

SATURDAY 26th JANUARY 2025 10am to 4pm

Teachings on the Buddhist approach to cultivating loving-kindness and compassion. We will explore the themes of love and kindness and how they are trainable skills, which can become limitless and unconditional, bringing great benefit to our lives and to the world at large. Practical methods will be offered and there will be time for questions and discussion.

Information

• Lunch and refreshments are available from our cafe.

The £5 is a non refundable registration fee, not a payment for the course. There is no charge for our courses and teachings, but donations to help cover the costs of running the centre are very welcome.