“How we suffer. How we stop our suffering.”
These lectures will take up the topic of human suffering and its complete eradication–which is the central theme and basis for the religious practices offered within the Buddhist tradition. We will approach this theme from three key perspectives that can help anyone with an interest in seeing beyond their conditioning.
April 18, 19, 20 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) 7-9 PM
($12 donation per lecture, or $30 for the series)
April 18th (Thursday) “Unconditional Happiness versus Pursuit of Pleasure”
To solve a problem it is essential to define the problem accurately and clearly. Our chronic, perhaps worsening, personal discontent is primarily due to not truly knowing where and how to seek for our fulfillment and happiness. All too often we stake our happiness on a set of conditions–material, intellectual, relational, emotional–imagining and hoping that they will give us a lasting sense of comfort and security. Within this model, we are continuously frustrated, if not humiliated, by impermanence and its various expressions as our loss of control and pervasive anxiety. What is truly the basis for unconditional happiness? What is the nature of mind that allows for ease and joy to pervade all the dimensions of our life?
KONRAD RYUSHIN MARCHAJ, SENSEI
Abbot, Zen Mountain Monastery
Thursday – Saturday
Episcopal Diocese of WNY Ministry Center
1064 Brighton Road • Tonawanda, NY 14150