Tuesday Evenings in Brooklyn Heights

Series:          Three Classes
Day:             TUESDAYS May 8, 15, 22
Time:            7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Teacher:        Matthew Riechers
Location:       Brooklyn Heights/First Unitarian Church-
                    Pierrepont Street bet.
                    Monroe and Clinton
Cost:            $10 class / $25 series
Please note:    Directions  

Our realtionships may survive, but without a powerful, inspiring love, they will not be the joyful, flexible relationships we imagine for ourselves. Without such a radical love, our spirtual path will be self-involved and exclusive. In the end, we can say that without love, our life simply will not be the amazing joyful life that is possible for each of us, regardless of our extrernal circumstances. And what about the future of our fragile little planet?

It just isn't going to work without love.

Since we all have an absolutely astonishing capacity for a love that fulfills both our own and others' wishes, doesn't it make sense to learn methods to draw out and develop that love, so that we can enjoy it's peaceful and satisfying energy day and night? So that we can cherish others in ways that both benefit them and increase our confidence and freedom, healing our relationships?

Come learn these extraordinary methods drawn from the Buddhist tradition and begin developing your natural potential for a loving heart right now!

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Series:        Three Classes
Day:             TUESDAYS May 29, JUNE 5, 12
Time:            7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Teacher:        Matthew Riechers
Location:       Brooklyn Heights/First Unitarian Church-
                    Pierrepont Street bet.
                    Monroe and Clinton
Cost:            $10 class / $25 series

The root cause of all our suffering is ignorance, a misperception of how things exist.  We grasp at things far too concretely, and this ignorant grasping underlies all our tension, anxiety and frustration.  By contemplating Buddha's startling and profound teachings on the ultimate nature of reality, emptiness, we can begin to let go of this misperception.  When we recognize the dream-like nature of reality our mind is peaceful, flexible and creative.  Ultimately, we can achieve a permanent freedom from suffering.