Weekend Workshop - “Making Friends with Death"

with Jampa Gendun and Ven. Jamyang.
November 29 and 30: Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4pm.

"If one knows that what is born will end in death, then there will be love. " 
- Sutra of Buddha Teaching the Seven Daughters 

For most us death is something dark and unknown and for many something to fear. Fear is fundamentally a state of unawareness supported by grandiose beliefs and misconceptions. On our way to making friends with death it is these which we must begin to challenge and it is in challenging these that we begin to take control of our life.

To always keep the inevitability of death before our mind’s eye is to always remember what is uniquely important to each of us in our life; to be aware of the uncertainty of the time of our death is to be mindful that we are still alive; and to ask what is it that can help us at the moment of death is to relearn how to live.

Thus, death becomes an ally in the living of a greater life. Our death becomes a wise adviser, a true friend. This weekend workshop will consist of talks and meditations on death’s certainty, its unpredictability and the physical process underlying it, along with exercises helping us find out just what it is we really feel about the different aspects of death. This will help us to apply the teachings directly to our lives and connect with our own inner wisdom. Sharing this wisdom is a powerful tool that might inspire you to recognise the actions you can take in order to make your life more meaningful.

Facility fee
for the entire weekend: $100 waged, $90 concession, $80 members.
For one day: $55 waged, $50 concession, $45 members.

Please register through the Buddha House office. A 10% discount applies if registration and payment are made in advance by November 24. Please bring a plate of vegetarian food to share for lunch. Morning and afternoon tea are provided.