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Forgiveness: A Certain Way to Inner Peace
Instructor: Erik Knud-Hansen
Advance registration required
In accordance with the spiritual practice of dana (generosity),
this program is freely
offered and
donations
that are freely offered
are gratefully accepted.
Wednesday, May 5 7-9 PM
This evening of meditation and inquiry will help to awaken awareness of how we hold our hearts against ourselves and others, and how this disturbs our capacity for peaceful and loving relationships in the world in which we live. Meditation, the practice of awakening in the present and releasing the heart, leads to the wisdom of seeing clearly and empowers our ability to consciously forgive—one of the most profound human powers.
ERIK KNUD-HANSEN is a Dharma Teacher in the Buddhist lineage. He has studied and practiced widely in the various schools of Buddhism, as well as in the traditions of Taoism and Advaita Vedanta, since 1972, including a year as a monk in South Korea. He was commissioned to teach in 1984, and offers programs and retreats, as well as private instruction.
On the practice of generosity (dana)
In many traditional cultures, teachings have been offered in an open-handed manner. That is, they are offered free of charge, and in a way that makes the teachings equally accessible to all who desire to learn and grow from them. This way of offering teachings is done purely from a place of generosity, with no expectation of reciprocal exchange of any kind. The benefit of making teachings available to all is quite obvious; it is the natural extension of having benefited from them ourselves.
This donation-based system of offering classes asks that participants pay at a level that is appropriate for them. What is appropriate? This is where the practice of generosity can become truly transformative as we are asked to confront our relationships with the concepts of value, generosity, and support.
