Awakening Wisdom and Compassion in Daily Life

Presenter: Dr. Pema Duddul

Wed 1 Mar| 7-8.30pm AEDT

Location: In person at Metta Centre (Bankstown) or Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: By Donation

It goes without saying that we all want to be wiser and more compassionate. But how do we awaken wisdom and compassion in our daily Lives? The traditional approach for awakening wisdom and compassion in everyday life are the Six Paramitas, the transcendent perfections. In this talk Pema will discuss the paramitas as they are approached in all the Buddhist vehicles, from Sutra and Mahayana to Vajrayana and Dzogchen. Pema will outline easy to apply practices that help us to embody the perfections in our interactions with others and the world, bringing to life our inherent wisdom, kindness, love and joy.

About the speaker: Pema is Co-Director of Jalü Centre for Buddhist Practice. Pema has been a Buddhist for forty years, discovering at the age of eleven that his personal worldview and the tenets of Buddhism were in perfect accordance. Pema has decades of experience as a Buddhist practitioner and has taught mindfulness and meditation in Buddhist, educational and other settings since 2007. Pema has a doctorate (PhD) in Creative Writing and is co-author, along with Jamyang Tenphel, of Resting in Stillness, a book about meditation, compassion and the nature of the mind. His book of contemplative poetry Here We Settle was published by Timeless Awareness Publications in 2022 as was his book Luminous Awareness: A Guidebook to Natural Awakening Life and in Death.

Hybrid event: Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session with the speaker in person at the Metta Centre (Bankstown). You are welcome to join the session in person at the Metta Centre or online by clicking on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506489824?pwd=cmpNQ1ljSmFVYURLWVN1dWllYUN1dz09 Alternatively, you can dial in from your telephone (call charges apply): +61 2 8015 6011 | Meeting ID: 835 0648 9824| Passcode: 718905