Discovering Buddhism: Module 1
Mind and Its Potential

with Ven. Gyalten Palmo and Karuna Cayton

Tuesdays, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
January 9 – February 20, 2018
(7 classes)
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Practice Day
Saturday, February 24, 11:00am – 3:30pm
A new 2-year cycle of Discovering Buddhism begins!

Start from Module 1, whether you've taken the DB program before or would like to come for the first time.  

We can always go deeper -- All welcome! 

In this first module, you will examine what is "mind," its nature and function, and how it affects our experience of happiness and suffering. Come explore the differentiation between mind and brain,mind as the creator of our experiences, and the implications of possessing a mind thathas no beginning and no end. In addition, learn methods to transform destructive thoughts and attitudes and create a positive and joyous mind.
Note: Karuna Cayton will teach the three classes on January 23 – February 6.
Recommended books:​​
Having a long-held interest in the mind's capacity for transformation, Ven. Gyalten Palmo left home to spend 4½ months in India with an enlightened master in the late 1970's. Ven. Palmo started studying Tibetan Buddhism at the turn of the century. She has studied closely under Ribur Rinpoche, Choden Rinpoche, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. She went on to complete the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition's (FPMT) Basic Program coursework and retreats.  In 2012, she was ordained by Choden Rinpoche at Sera Jey Monastic University in India.  As an FPMT-registered teacher, she has been teaching Discovering Buddhism regularly at Tse Chen Ling Center in San Francisco since 2013.  Ven. Palmo loves studying and sharing the Dharma with others.
Karuna Cayton has been a practicing Buddhist for over 40 years. For over twenty years Karuna has worked as a psychotherapist, business psychologist, and coach to help people achieve a more balanced life.
Through his many years of deep study of Buddhist psychology, sincere introspection, and work at helping others, Karuna Cayton has gained genuine wisdom, which he generously shares in The Misleading Mind. … This is a clear, grounded, and useful guidebook for working with the mind and heart.
— Lorne Ladner, PhD, psychologist and author of The Lost Art of Compassion
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Registration at the Door: $15 per class or $90 for the entire course (seven classes) if paid in full on the first day of class.  Members of a certain level get courses for free (see the membership program for details).

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