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Gelong Thubten
Meditation and Fearless Living
Workshop Details
How can meditation can help us in times of struggle? Gelong Thubten will share insights from Buddhist philosophy that provide methods for working with life’s challenges. We will explore how regular meditation practice can help us transform our thoughts, emotions and reactions, so that our problems and suffering can become steps on our journey to liberation. Topics will include exploring the nature of fear and anxiety, and how to become more fearless, establishing and maintaining a daily meditation practice, working with pain and suffering, developing compassion and cultivating the power of forgiveness.
Presenter Bio
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He became a monk 30 years ago and has spent over six years in isolated retreats, including one that lasted for four years. He is regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers, with pioneering work in hospitals, schools, companies, prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for large organisations such as Google and The United Nations. He is also a director of meditation centres and charities. Thubten is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’ as well as his new book ‘Handbook for Hard Times’. He also worked with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on the book, 'How to be Human’.