Meditation: happiness from a different source
More and more people are discovering the power of meditation to transform their lives:
- When life is busy, meditation creates an inner calm
- When you are feeling stressed, meditation helps you relax both body and mind
- When you are confronted with difficulties, meditation helps you deal with them in a positive way
- When relationships turn sour, meditation gives you the wisdom to repair them
- When you are full of your own problems, meditation gives you the compassion to cherish others
Buddhism
The founder of Buddhism in this world was Buddha Shakyamuni who lived and taught in India some two and a half thousand years ago. Since then millions of people around the world have followed this pure spiritual path.
The Buddhist way of life of peace, loving kindness and wisdom is just as relevant today as it was in ancient India.
Buddha explained that all our problems and suffering arise from confused and negative states of mind, and that all our happiness and good fortune arise from peaceful and positive states of mind.
He taught methods for gradually overcoming our negative minds such as anger, jealousy and ignorance, and developing our positive minds such as love, compassion and wisdom. Through this we will come to experience lasting peace and happiness.
These methods work for anyone, in any country, in any age. Once we have gained experience of them for ourselves we can pass them on to others so they too can enjoy the same benefits.
New Kadampa Tradition
Kadampa Buddhism originated in the teachings of Buddha, over 2,500 years ago.
It derives its name from the great Indian Buddhist Master, Atisha, who developed a special, practical arrangement of Buddha's teachings known as Lamrim (Stages of the Path to Enlightenment).
The Kadampa tradition was later promoted widely in Tibet by Je Tsongkhapa and his follwers, who were known as the 'New kadampas'.
More recently it has been propagated throughout the west , and many other countries around the world by the contemporary Kadampa Buddhist Master, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.