Dealing with Loss & Disappointment

In our world nothing is permanent. Everything is changing moment by moment. As a result everything and everyone that we hold dear, that we are attached to, will change and we will find that none of these things or persons remain the same. Inevitably they change, not always in ways that we would like or enjoy, and so we feel that we have lost the thing that we viewed as our source of happiness, and now our happiness is reduced. 

On top of this we have expectations about how the future will turn out. But because the pace and direction of change is uncertain, our expectations turn out to be wrong or unmet, and we experience disappointment and frustration that our hopes are unfulfilled.

In this half day course, Gen Tilopa will show how Buddha’s teachings can led us to a more realistic and resilient way of being and experiencing…