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The teaching and guided meditations are recordings from Buddhist Nun, Kelsang Luma’s, weekly classes at Kalpa Bhadra Buddhist Centre in Christchurch.

Each class includes two guided meditations, teaching and advice on how to integrate the instructions into our daily life.

Each class is self-contained, join anytime. No previous experience required. Everybody welcome.

Class topics:

Understanding Karma – begins week of 13 June to 27 June 3 weeks

‘Why is this happening to me?’ Due to our misunderstanding of karma, we create problems and suffering for ourselves and destroy our own happiness. By purifying our mind and engaging in pure actions, we come to abide in a pure world.

Improving Relationships – begins week of 4 July to 25 July 4 weeks

Most of us feel there is room for improvement in our relationships with our partner, at work, or with our family and friends. On this course we will explore how Buddhist meditation has the power to profoundly improve and transform our relationships, both past and present.Learn how to let go of painful attitudes and replace them with love, respect for others, patience and kindness.

The Healing Power of Meditation – begins of 1 August to 15 August 3 weeks

Discover the power of ancient healing meditations to increase your positive energy, love, compassion, and wisdom, and in this way bring deep inner peace, happiness and meaning to your life. These meditations heal both your body and mind, increase your ability to accept challenges and transform your difficulties into spiritual growth.

Habits of Happy People – week of 22 Aug to 12 Sept 4 weeks

We all have habits that seem hard to break. Unfortunately, many of these habits also make us unhappy or even harm our health. Even though we try very hard, sometimes we feel helpless to change.

Through practising Buddha’s teachings, we can gain confidence in our potential to change. We can then replace even our most stubborn habits with profoundly beneficial ways of thinking that lead only to peace and happiness.

What to expect at a class:
Each class includes two guided meditations, teaching and advice on how to integrate the instructions into our daily life. The classes run for 90 minutes. Each class is self-contained, join anytime.

No previous experience required. Everybody welcome.

There is no physical exercise involved and you can choose to sit either in a chair or on a cushion.

he teaching and guided meditations are recordings from Buddhist Nun, Kelsang Luma’s, weekly classes at Kalpa Bhadra Buddhist Centre in Christchurch.
Each class includes two guided meditations, teaching and advice on how to integrate the instructions into our daily life.
Each class is self-contained, join anytime. No previous experience required. Everybody welcome.

Class topics:

Meditation for Busy People – week of 25 January to week of 22 February 5 weeks

Do you ever feel that you are too busy to meditate? Learn practical advice on how to integrate meditation into your busy modern life and become more focused and positive. Suitable for everyone.

Overcoming Stress and Anxiety – week of 1 March to week of 22 March 4 weeks

Many people suffer from anxiety and stress at some time or other. Sometimes it is due to stressful work, sometimes due to problems at home, and sometimes due to difficult relationships.

On this course, learn how anxiety and stress, as well as other conditions such as tension, nervousness, worry and depression have their roots in our state of mind and show how we can reduce and eventually overcome these conditions by working on our mind with a combination of meditation and positive thinking.

The teaching and guided meditations are recordings from Buddhist Nun and Resident teacher, Kelsang Luma’s, weekly classes at Kalpa Bhadra Buddhist Centre in Christchurch.

Each class consists of a guided meditation and a talk based on Buddhist wisdom.

Classes are suitable for everyone. Join in any week, booking is not required.

$12 per class. We do not have eftpos so can accept either cash or bank transfer.

With Buddhist Nun Kelsang Luma

Everyone is welcome

Class topics:
Meditation for Busy People – week of 30 January to 20 February 4 weeks
Do you ever feel that you are too busy to meditate? Learn practical advice on how to meditate and integrate meditation into your busy modern life. Then you will become more focused and positive.

How to Stop Overthinking – week of 27 February to 27 March 5 weeks
Our busy minds can become overwhelming – darting from one thing to another, dwelling and obsessing about things and a feeling of being ‘stuck in our head’. These uncontrolled states of mind often lead to worry and anxiety. Learn how to control our wild mind and how to gain clarity, mental freedom and a stillness within.

Freedom from Attachment & Craving – week of 3 April to 24 April 4 weeks
Living in a constant state of desire, grasping and craving creates dissatisfaction in our mind and never ultimately leads to lasting happiness. By developing contentment we can free ourselves from deceptive desires and start to discover a more meaningful way of life.

What to expect at a class:
These classes are based on Buddha’s teachings on the mind, but you do not need to be a Buddhist to attend or to benefit from them. Each class consists of two guided meditations and an explanatory talk.

The classes run for 90 minutes. Anyone can practise meditation and everyone is welcome to attend. There is no physical exercise involved and you can choose to sit either in a chair or on a cushion.

These classes are suitable for all levels of experience.

Clarity: stillness within – Week of 29 March to week of 26 April 5 weeks

Dive into the silence and clarity of your own mind and experience the tranquility of the mind’s pure nature.

What to expect at a class:
Each class includes two guided meditations, teaching and advice on how to integrate the instructions into our daily life. The classes run for 90 minutes. Each class is self-contained, join anytime.

No previous experience required. Everybody welcome.
There is no physical exercise involved and you can choose to sit either in a chair or on a cushion.