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Making Life Meaningful: A Tibetan Step-by-Step Approach

A 4-week course in the Contemplative Living Series

As the unchecked human forces of consumerist greed and fear-based hostility drive the planet and ourselves to the brink of destruction, many of us struggle to find a sense of meaning and purpose. Following the Tibetan contemplative arpeggio of the ‘Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind’, this four-part course provides much needed direction to help us resolve our existential angst and offers a step-by-step method for transforming our misguided lives into ones of profound meaning. Each class begins and ends with a period of Tibetan style visualization as we walk the initial steps of the path to enlightenment (lam rim).

Sept. 12 - Class 1: Precious Life and Tasting it’s Essence  click here to register

Sept. 19 - Class 2: Death and Taking Refuge  click here to register

Sept. 26 - Class 3: Karma and Performing Virtue   click here to register

Oct. 3 - Class 4: Samsara and Developing Renunciation   click here to register 

Single Class: General $20; Members: $18 

Series General: $80/Members:$72  click here to register

Miles Neale, Psy.D., LMHC is a Buddhist psychologist and meditation teacher, an expert of the health benefits and clinical applications of Buddhist self-healing; he has taught meditation programs in university hospitals including Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, and Albert Einstein. In addition to his psychotherapy practice, Dr. Neale is faculty at the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science working on scientific research of meditation and teaching the Indo-Tibetan tradition.