Guided Meditation
Guided meditation and meditation classes are offered regularly. Refer to Latest Events to see what’s currently being offered.
One-day Meditation Retreat
*When:
• May Day
• Singapore’s National Day
* Please refer to What’s On closer to date for details.
What is Meditation?
Buddhist meditation or Bhavana in Pali, is mental development is embedded in the Buddha’s teaching and has Enlightenment as its ultimate aim.
“Meditation is intended to purify the mind. It cleanses the thought process of what can be called psychic irritants, things like greed, hatred, and jealousy, things that keep you snarled up in emotional bondage. It brings the mind to a state of tranquility and awareness, a state of concentration and insight….
The purpose of meditation is personal transformation. The ‘you’ that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same ‘you’ that comes out the other side. It changes your character by a process of sensitisation, by making you deeply aware of your own thoughts, words, and deeds. Your arrogance evaporates and your antagonism dries up. Your mind becomes still and clean. And your life smoothes out.
Thus meditation properly performed prepares you to meet the ups and downs of existence. It reduces your tension, your fear, and your worry. Restlessness recedes, and passion moderates. Things begin to fall into place and your life becomes a glide instead of a struggle. All of this happens through understanding….
There is only one way you will ever know if meditation is worth the effort. Learn to do it right, and do it. See for yourself.”
– Ven H Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English
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