Please join us for a weekend meditation course from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 April. We will be joined by a fantastic Buddhist teacher from Austria, Klaus Kaltenbrunner, from Saturday afternoon onwards. Klaus was born in 1952 and took refuge with Lama Ole in 1998. He was asked to teach in 2004. Klaus works as a child neurologist and psychiatrist in his local hospital.

Starting with a public talk “Introduction to Meditation” on the Friday evening with Anthony Hopson, who helps run the Diamond Way Buddhist Centre in Hong Kong, we will have the fantastic opportunity to go deeper into this central topic in Buddhism over a full weekend course.

In Buddhism, meditation means “effortlessly remaining in what is.” This state may be brought about by calming and holding the mind, by realizing compassion and wisdom, or by working with the body’s energy channels and meditating on Buddha forms of light and energy. The most effective methods are the constant identification with one’s own potential to be a Buddha and experiencing the richness of every situation in life; both of which are taught in the Diamond Way. When one understand that the seer, what is seen, and the act of seeing are not separate from each other, the goal has been reached.

The schedule for the weekend course is as follows:

– Friday 8 April: Talk – Introduction to Buddhist Meditation, with Anthony (7pm)

– Saturday 9 April:  Meditation practice session (10am) (will include explanations for those who need them)
– Saturday 9 April: Meditation practice session (3pm) (will include explanations for those who need them)
– Saturday 9 April: Talk on Meditation, with Klaus (7pm)

– Sunday 10 April: Meditation practice session (10am) (will include explanations for those who need them)
– Sunday 10 April: Talk on meditation, with Klaus (3pm)

The cost for attending the whole weekend course will be HK$300 / HK$200 for concessions. Individual sessions will cost HK$70 or HK$40 for concessions each.