BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Dublin Buddhist Centre - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Dublin Buddhist Centre X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://dublinbuddhistcentre.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Dublin Buddhist Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250904T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250904T213000 DTSTAMP:20250828T160356Z CREATED:20250718T173917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T160356Z UID:9701-1757014200-1757021400@dublinbuddhistcentre.org SUMMARY:The Journey and the Guide - Eight Week Buddhism Course DESCRIPTION:The Journey and the Guide \n \n \n \n Eight-Week Buddhism Course \n \n \n \n Starts Thursday 4th September 2025\, 7.30pm – 9.30pm \n \n \n \n Led by Vajrashura \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What will be explored? \n \n \n \n What's covered on the 8 weeks \n \n \n \n When and where \n \n \n \n The Course Leader \n \n \n \n Who is this for \n \n \n \n Booking information \n \n \n \n Booking Terms & Conditions \n \n \n \n \n \n \n How do we make the most of life? We all want to live a valuable and fulfilling life. We want our life to be our own\, not predictable\, boring or mapped out by others.It is this kind of problem that the Buddha sought to solve\, firstly in his own life and then\, after Enlightenment\, in his teaching. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On this eight-week course you’ll be guided by the Buddha’s vision in an exploration of the fundamental issues of life\, facing up to them\, finding a way of overcoming them\, and uncovering your human potential. We begin by cultivating a ‘fit’ mind\, as fitness is important for any journey. Then we permeate it with positive emotion\, so that we can face into challenges on the way. Then there is ‘spiritual death’ – letting go or going beyond that which restricts us. Finally\, we come to ‘spiritual rebirth’\, experiencing more and more what it is like to have a ‘Buddha mind’.  Participants will receive Maitreyabandhu’s book The Journey and the Guide as part of the course. \n \n \n \n \n \n   Over the eight weeks we will cover: Week 1: Introducing the Journey and the Guide.Week 2: Supports for a ‘Fit Mind’.Week 3: Positive Emotion: The Stage of Action.Week 4: Positive Emotion: Other People.Week 5: Spiritual Death.Week 6: The View that Creates Itself.Week 7: Spiritual Rebirth and Imagination.Week 8: Shraddha: Imagination Looking Up. \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWhen\nStarts Thursday 4th September 2025\, 7.30pm – 9.45pm | For eight weeks\nWhere\nDublin Buddhist Centre\nUnit 5\, Liberty Corner\nJames Joyce Street\nDublin\, D01 N5H6 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vajrashura started practicing yoga and learnt to meditate while in university doing a Masters in High Performance Computing. He has worked as part of the Centre Team since 2002 and in 2007 he joined the Triratna Buddhist Order. Since ordination\, he’s been one of the DBC’s main teachers\, leading many courses\, retreats\, and events each year\, and is concerned with helping people go more deeply into meditation and Buddhism. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This course is for anyone who wants to engage with a deeper understanding and practice of Buddhism. 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n   CostWe do tiered pricing\, depending on the circumstances. €175 waged€150 low-waged€95 unwaged€80 for under-25s \n \n \n \n \n \n  A €50 deposit per person of this payment is non-refundable under all circumstances. If you wish to cancel or transfer a booking\, please notify us as soon as possible on info@dublinbuddhistcentre.org CancellationIf you wish to cancel your place seven days prior to the event starting\, a full refund minus the deposit will be offered.If cancellation occurs within seven days of the event starting no refund will be available.TransfersIt may be possible to transfer your place to another event if we are given sufficient notice (at least four days before the event is due to start) and there are places available on the alternative event.If the event you wish to transfer to costs more than your original booking you will need to pay the difference at the time of transferring in order to secure your place.We will refund the difference if the event you wish to transfer to costs less than the original booking.We will only transfer a booking once and no transfer will be possible once an event has started. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Location: Dublin Buddhist Centre\n \n Address:\n \n\nUnit 5\, Liberty Corner\n \n \n James Joyce Street\,\n\n Dublin\n\n D01 N5H6\n\n Ireland\n\n\n\n\n + Google Map \n\n\n \n Phone:\n \n (01) 817 8933 \n \n\n\n \n View Venue Website \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Sangharakshita's Centenary Celebration \n\n\n \n \n Meditation Essentials - Day Retreat \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n SEE ALL EVENTS URL:https://dublinbuddhistcentre.org/events/the-journey-and-the-guide-eight-week-buddhism-course/ LOCATION:Location: Dublin Buddhist Centre\, Unit 5\, Liberty Corner\, James Joyce Street\, Dublin\, D01 N5H6\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Buddhism Page Events - Courses,Events for Sangha Regulars,Front Page Events,Going Deeper in Meditation,Meditation Page Events - Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dublinbuddhistcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-09-4th-The-Journey-the-Guide-Website-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR