Monday, 1st June 2015 |
11 a.m.* |
The Wesak Festival
This is an annual talk on
esoteric Buddhism and the Great Wesak Blessing, including a video of
ordinary pilgrims at the Wesak Valley. Members are invited to
celebrate Wesak Day at the Lodge. Members who have attended this talk
previously may be interested to know that we will be showing new slides
indicating the actual location of the Wesak Valley. Read about the Great Wesak Blessing
and the Wesak Festival in the
May 2015
newsletter.
This programme is for
members only.
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Thursday
4 June 2015 |
7 p.m. |
39th
A Course in
Theosophy & Meditation
Lecture 6:
Thought-Forms
This is probably the most important lecture in the whole course
as knowledge of thought-forms will help us conduct ourselves better and live
a life in harmony with nature. The lecture will include the following: What
are thought-forms? How your thoughts affect others, near or far from you.
The virtue of having the right thoughts and the consequences of bad
thoughts.
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Saturday
6 June 2015 |
3 p.m. |
39th
A Course in
Theosophy & Meditation
Conclusion of the 39th A
Course in Theosophy
Lecture 7:
The
Noble Eightfold Path
The subject of this last lecture is on 'The Noble Eightfold
Path'. This lecture gives the guidelines on how to quicken the
evolutionary pace; the perfection of virtues and the ideals of right living.
We will talk about how to live the life of a true theosophist and finding
peace and joy in the process, in other words, the application of
theosophical knowledge. This last lecture wraps up A Course in Theosophy.
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Monday
8 June 2015 |
7 p.m. |
Commencement of the
Meditation Course
Lecture 1:
Basic Rules of Meditation
How to go about meditation and what results to expect; the 3
stages of meditation; how to train the monkey mind.
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Thursday
11 June 2015 |
7 p.m. |
Meditation Course
Lecture 2:
Meditation for Development of the True Self
Insight into the real nature of thought and how it can be used in meditation
for the development of the True Self.
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Saturday
13 June 2015 |
3 p.m. |
Meditation Course
Lecture 3:
Meditation to achieve Union with the Divine
How meditation is used to achieve the ultimate goal of all meditation—Union
with the Divine.
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20 June 2015 |
5 p.m. |
Understanding Karma
All members and friends
are welcome to participate in the discussion on this great eternal law of
Nature—the Law of Cause and Effect or better known as the Law of
Karma. The subject is open to the audience for topical discussion
following an introduction by Chong Sanne. This programme will be
particularly useful for those who attended the recent ACTM 39.
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27 June 2015 |
5 p.m. |
Guideposts for Living:
The Bhagavad Gita
In this 59 mins. video
programme, Joy Mills explores some practical insights for living
found in The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the greatest spiritual
text of India.
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