Calm Abiding & Vipassana Meditation 
3 Week Course plus Weekend Retreat
The theme of the next course is:
Acceptance – Finding the Real You!
We’re all so divorced from ourselves it‘s no wonder we’re constantly divorcing ourselves from everyone and everything that is important in our lives.
It is so important to find true acceptance of ourselves just the way we are – “Warts and all” so we can accept others in the same way.
“There is no point in trying to be positive about negative things.”
Meditation helps us to accept that we have both negative and positive states of mind.
Buddhas’ teachings show us how to develop the wise and compassionate skills to transform our different states of mind through meditation.
Hearing Buddhas’ philosophy combined with our meditation we learn how to be content with all things . . . just as they are.
We learn how to develop the skills to work with what “is” from moment to moment in our everyday life.
Acceptance of all things as they are helps us to develop loving kindness and compassion for ourselves promoting acceptance and mutual understanding of others.
Then we naturally find peace in ourselves, others, and our world. 
A win – win situation!
WHERE:
The Oddiyana Dharma Sanctuary – 14 Layde Court Urangan
PHONE:
4125 5530 or call Choeying on 0408 257 071 (bookings are essential)
DATE:
SATURDAY 28th AUGUST – SUNDAY 19th SEPTEMBER
TIMES:
Saturday 28th August 2010 from 8.30am to 2.00pm (Registration at 8.00am)
Wednesday 1st September 2010 from 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Saturday 4th September 2010 from 8.30am to 2.00pm
Wednesday 8th September 2010 from 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Saturday 11th September 2010 from 8.30am to 2.00pm
Wednesday 15th September 2010 from 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Retreat:
Saturday 18th September 2010 from 7.00am to 7.00pm 
Sunday 19th September 2010 from 7.00am to 7.00pm
PRICE:
The Full Course: $80 (pensioners 10% discount) includes course materials
WHAT TO BRING:
A notebook and pen as well as a water bottle.
Each Saturday please bring a plate to share for lunch at “The Sanctuary Tea Gardens”.
IMPORTANT: Wear baggy cool clothes. Tight clothes (even stretchy shorts and jeans) cut off circulation and create obstacles to your meditation.
Please click here to download course meditation material.
REGISTER HERE 
Calm Abiding Meditation Session
Family Meditation:
(includes short Buddhist philosophy talk)
Every Sunday: From 9.00am – 11.00am.
All welcome
Recommended donation $5 per session.
Adult Meditation:
(includes short Buddhist philosophy talk)
Every Monday: From 9.00am – 11.00 am.
All welcome
Recommended donation $5 per session.
Buddhist study and Meditation:
(We welcome beginners interested in Buddhism and long term practitioners)
Every Thursday from 5.30pm – 8.00pm.
All welcome
Recommended donation $5 per session.
Pilgrimage to Nepal and India:
“Finding the Buddha within” by following in the footsteps of Shakyamuni Buddha along his path to enlightenment.
Early September 2011.
For more information call Choeying on: 0408 257 071.
All Welcome
cost – TBA
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