Sunday Morning Meditation Class

Life is Like a Dream with Buddhist Teacher David Shea

Sunday Mornings, 10:30am – Noon

All objects—whether pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral—are mere appearances to the mind, just like things experienced in a dream.

When we are awake many different things exist, but when we fall asleep they cease. This is because the mind to which they appear ceases. When we dream, the only things that appear are dream objects. Later, when we wake up, these dream objects cease. This is because the dreaming mind to which they appear ceases.

If we think deeply about this, we will understand how we can cause all the unpleasant things that we dislike to cease simply by abandoning impure, deluded states of mind; and we can cause all the pleasant things that we desire to arise simply by developing a pure mind.

Join us in December for a series where we dive into Buddhist teachings about the nature of reality and how that can affect our understanding our daily life, our death, and our rebirth.