Many city people deal with chronic stress and worry from work, school, family, marriage, and interpersonal relationships. Are you currently experiencing anxiety or stress from any of these? Living in an increasingly results-oriented and materialistic society can cause many of us to experience negative emotions, such as depression, anxiety, and fear. How can we learn to manage and overcome these difficult emotions? In this lecture, Venerable Guan Cheng teaches you how to free yourself from your emotions and worries through the simple yet powerful practice of meditation and mindfulness.
Ven. Guan Cheng is the abbot of the International Buddhist Temple and a renowned teacher in the Mahayana tradition. He speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and English fluently. The Venerable hosts a weekday Dharma talk program on the local Chinese radio station AM 1320 in Vancouver, Canada, and on the Metroshowbiz FM 99.7 radio station in Hong Kong. He is also a columnist for Hong Kong’s Buddhist Compassion Magazine and is the published author of four books.
in Chinese: Happiness Originates from the Mind (2003), How to Attain Happiness by Appeasing One’s Mind (2004), Prajna-Paramita Hirdya Sutra Commentary (2006), and A Bouquet of Incense from the Heart (2006).
Free admission, registration is required.
Speaker: Ven. Guan Cheng (lecture will be in English)
Time: 14:00–17:00, Saturday, 25 March 2017
Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, The University of Hong Kong
Address: P4 Graduate House, No. 3 University Drive, Hong Kong (MTR: HKU station, exit A2)
Mail: Register and obtain tickets by mail with a return address and a HK$1.70 postage stamp to: 8/F Unify Commercial-Industrial Building, 31 Tai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.
The Venerable Guan Cheng is a Certified Management Accountant (C.M.A.), and holds B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Toronto. He speaks fluent English, Cantonese, and Mandarin Chinese.
Thanks for helping me to see things in a dirfefent light.
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