Master Your Mind, Transform Your Life
Discover the Buddhist Path to Inner Peace
A Practical Eight-Week Meditation Course
Time: Wednesdays 7:30-8:45 pm
Venue: Ashbourne Town Hall – Ballroom, 22 Market Place, Ashbourne DE6 1ES
Teacher: Rob Tice
* Seating on chairs *
Learn to understand your mind and discover a deeper source of peace and happiness from within.
Why can a single thought ruin our day, while a peaceful mind helps us navigate difficulties with greater clarity?
Buddha taught that our happiness and suffering depend upon our mind. By learning how our mind works and gaining mastery over our negative states of mind, we can improve our daily experiences, respond more skilfully to life’s challenges, and develop the inner qualities that naturally bring peace, clarity and happiness.
Throughout this inspiring 8-week series of classes, discover practical meditations and Buddhist wisdom for developing a peaceful mind and protecting your inner peace. We will also explore deeper questions about consciousness, life and death, blessings, faith and finding a reliable source of spiritual refuge, helping us to bring greater meaning and purpose to our life.
Each class is self-contained, so you are welcome to join at any time. No previous experience is required. This is an ongoing weekly class held throughout the year. Please see below for dates and further information. Head to our What to Expect page for practical info about visiting us for a class.
Rob Tice is a qualified meditation Teacher of Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre. He is admired for the clarity of his teachings and for his example of a modern Kadampa Buddhist who integrates Buddha’s teachings into normal daily life.
Wed 4 Nov 7:30-8:45pm
Protecting Our Peace
Learning to Catch Unhelpful Thoughts Before they Disturb our Peace
Once we begin to recognise the states of mind that disturb our happiness, the next step is to understand how they develop — and how we can stop them before they take hold. Buddha explained that delusions grow through “inappropriate attention” — focusing on something in a way that exaggerates its good or bad qualities. Discover how catching this process early can help us interrupt negative patterns of thought and protect our inner peace.
Wed 11 Nov 7:30-8:45pm
A Peaceful Approach to Problems
Changing the Way We Respond to Life’s Difficulties
When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem, but in reality whatever problems we experience come from the mind. If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind they would not be problems for us; indeed, we may even come to regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. Buddha taught us to distinguish between outer problems — the difficulties we encounter — and inner problems — the disturbed states of mind we experience in response. Discover how understanding this difference can help us protect our inner peace, think more clearly and deal with life’s challenges more effectively.
Wed 18 Nov 7:30-8:45pm
Awaken Your Potential
Opening your Mind to Powerful Inspiration
Spiritual progress doesn’t depend on our own effort alone. Buddha taught that through receiving blessings from enlightened beings, our mind can transform from unhappiness to happiness, from weakness to strength, and from distraction to deeper concentration. Building on our understanding of the nature of the mind, discover how connecting our mind with the minds of holy beings can bring powerful inspiration, enabling profound inner transformation and awakening our potential for lasting peace and happiness.
Wed 25 Nov 7:30-8:45pm
What Is the Mind?
Discovering the Nature and Power of the Mind
Our happiness, suffering and entire experience of life depend upon our mind — yet how well do we really understand it? Buddha explained that the mind is not the brain or something physical, but a formless continuum whose nature is clarity and whose function is to perceive and understand objects. Discover the nature and power of your mind and why understanding it opens the door to profound inner change, and a different view of the world.
Wed 2 Dec 7:30-8:45pm
Beyond This Life
What Happens to our Mind When we Die?
If the mind is not physical and is separate from the body, what happens to it when the body comes to an end? Building on our understanding of the nature of the mind, explore Buddha’s teachings on the continuity of consciousness, death and rebirth, and discover how understanding our future lives can bring a deeper perspective and meaning to the way we live today.
Wed 9 Dec 7:30-8:45pm
Finding True Refuge
Discovering a Reliable Source of Protection from Suffering
When life becomes difficult, we naturally look for something that can protect us from suffering and fear. Buddha taught that true refuge is found in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha — the Three Jewels — which guide us towards lasting freedom from suffering. Discover what it means to take refuge, how faith strengthens our connection with the Three Jewels, and how refuge can bring greater confidence, direction and security to our spiritual life.