Buddhist Healing Practices

Presenter: Rod Lee

Wed 22 March | 7-8.30pm AEDT

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

Cost: By Donation

When we discuss healing from a Buddhist perspective it is not just about healing the body. We need to understand what has created the imbalance in our lives that requires healing. Ultimately all illness comes from the mind. Buddha taught that unwholesome thinking and actions are the cause of all suffering, whether it is physical or emotional.

Often we experience difficulties and ill health that do not seem to come from our thoughts and actions in this life. The Buddha taught that karma from previous lives can be experienced in this life. We cannot change the past, however we can change our reactions and attitudes in the present. We can heal these imbalances, which in the future will lead us to become free of ill health in body and mind, and ultimately completely free of all karma. The talk will examine the attitudes and actions that can lead us to that ultimate healing.

About the Speaker: Rod Lee is a director and teacher at the Tibetan Buddhist Society in Sydney. He became a student of the Venerable Acharya Thubten Loden in 1978 and has been teaching Buddhist meditation and philosophy since 1990. He has been an executive administrator for a medical rehabilitation centre and has designed and delivered programs in meditation, stress management, and resilience for over 35 years for both corporate and private clients. He is an instructor of Tai Chi and Chi Gong with 45 years’ experience. Rod has been a meditation teacher for Nature Care College of Natural Therapies, and he wrote and narrated the Qantas Airways’ and Malaysian Airlines’ in-flight meditation audio programs.

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