Compassion

Speaker: Rod Lee (Joining Online)

Mon 31 March | 7.00-8.30pm AEDT

Location: In person at Western Sydney University (74 Rickard Rd, Bankstown City Campus), Room 1.4.34 on level 4 or Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: Free

Rod Lee's talk will focus on both the understanding and practical ways of generating
compassion in our daily lives.

Compassion is a fundamental aspect of Buddhist mind development; it is not only
compassion for others but also ourselves.

According to Buddhism, compassion is an aspiration, a state of mind, wanting others
to be free from suffering. It is not passive - it is not empathy alone - but rather an
altruism that actively strives to free others from suffering. Genuine compassion must
have both wisdom and loving kindness.

To really understand how we can generate compassion for others we must first
understand how to generate compassion for ourselves. Self-Compassion is about
getting to know ourselves better.

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 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