2015 June Programme

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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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