Learning to Love without Pain - Half-Day Course

“Pure, unconditional love never causes any pain or worry but only peace and joy.”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Discover what it really means to love. Guest Teacher, Kadam Ai Peng McBretney, who has taught and practised Kadampa Buddhism for many years, will explore the real meaning of love and introduce meditations on developing profound empathy and love.

In ordinary life, we often confuse love with desirous attachment, and as a result we often experience pain and disappointment within our so-called ‘loving’ relationships. But authentic love can never cause pain. It only ever produces happiness. Why? Because true love actually arises from a profound understanding of our interdependence and interconnection with everyone. This understanding liberates us from our painful self-centered grasping attachments, and opens us to an expansive and ever more inclusive empathy and love that brings joy, harmony and purpose into our lives.

Schedule

• Arrive & Relax - 9.30am - 10am
• Session 1 - 10am - 11.15am
• Break - 11.15am - 11.45am
• Session 2 - 11.45am - 1.15pm
• Lunch - 1.15pm