Mind: Reactive and Creative
A six-week Buddhism course
Starts Wednesday 18th March 2026, 7.15pm – 9.30pm
Led by Satyapratpa and Varabandhu
One of the Buddha’s key insights is that our state of mind conditions our thoughts, which in turn condition our actions, and thereby our world.
This course explores the idea that the mind operates in two very different ways, and that the spiritual life is essentially a movement from one to the other. We have the choice of being either reactive or creative, not just once, but at every moment. We investigate just what that means in our own lives, looking at ways in which we can become less reactive and more creative, with a combination of teaching, discussion, meditation and practical exercises.
The path to Enlightenment, then, is one of ever-increasing creativity, and we look at one of the Buddha’s teachings in which he describes a sequence of ever-increasing creative states of mind, all the way to Enlightenment.
Participants will receive the booklet Mind, Reactive and Creative as part of the course.
The course will include short talks, discussion, reflection, meditation, and home practice that should be completed between each week of the course. Each week there will be a particular theme explored as follows:
Week 1 – Three Big Ideas
We will be introducing the course and looking at three big ideas around the nature of Mind.
Week 2 & 3 – Mind Creates World – The Six Realms
Explores how the quality of mind creates the worlds we live in and how these worlds are represented on the Tibetan Wheel of Life as the six realms.
Week 4 – Watching the Gap
Explores the precious opportunity we have to move from the reactive to creative mind and find become free of cycle of rebirth.
Week 5 – Happiness and Beyond – The Spiral PathExplores how the creative mind expresses itself as a path of ever increasing positive mental states and spiritual qualities we call the spiral path.
Week 6 – The Enlightened MindExplores how the creative mind reaches full fruition and maturity in a state of inexhaustible energy, wisdom and compassion that we call Enlightenment.
Note: While meditation will be part of this course, you will not be learning how to meditate. Please see our other events for an introduction to meditation course.
When
Starts Wednesday 18th March 2026, 7.15pm – 9.30pm | For 6 weeks
Where
Dublin Buddhist Centre
Unit 5, Liberty Corner
James Joyce Street
Dublin, D01 N5H6
Satyaprapta first came to the DBC back in 2006 and has been meditating ever since. He was ordained in 2024 and given the name Satyaprapta which means ‘He who is accomplished in the Truth.’
Satyaprapta works as a German Translator and volunteers at the DBC on the Support Team and Shubha Vihara Fundraising Team.
Varabandhu first came through the doors of the Dublin Buddhist Centre in March 2012 to learn to meditate as a response to suffering. He was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 2021 and has been leading meditation courses, Buddhist study and retreats since then. He volunteers his time to teach at the Dublin Buddhist Centre so that others can benefit in the same way he has.
This course is for anyone who wants to engage with a deeper understanding and practice of Buddhist teachings.
You don’t have to be a Buddhist to gain from this course; you don’t have to be particularly ‘spiritual’. All you need is curiosity, a desire to learn, and a willingness to put what you learn into practice.
Cost
We do tiered pricing, depending on the circumstances.
€150 waged
€120 low-waged
€90 unwaged
€75 for under-25s