Open-Heartedness


A Six Week Series with George Haas

 

Tuesdays Starting March 2

 

7:15 - 9:15pm

 

Santa Monica

 


"You can search throughout the entire universe for some who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found.  You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserves your love and affection."  Buddha
 
Over the six weeks we will explore the how-tos of open-heartedness through the Brahma-viharas, Metta (lovingkindness), Karuna (compassion), Mudita (sympathetic joy) and Upekkha (equanimity); Shinzen Young's Focus On Positive, and the practice of walking meditation and Metta combined. 
 
Come open your heart!!
 
This class is suitable for any level of meditator.


George Haas began his path with a period of light-weight spiritual seeking (and heavy-duty drug and alcohol use).  In 1978, he began a serious exploration of the 11th step of the 12-Step tradition, working primarily with concentration to reduce the anxiety of living sober.  In an effort to make sense out of, and live with, the mounting AIDS deaths of the 1980s, Mr. Haas began walking the Red Road and reading Buddhist texts.  The idea of finding a good teacher began to make sense but initial forays proved fruitless, and Mr. Haas preferred the identity of a Dharma orphan.  Moving to Los Angeles from Manhattan in 1992, Mr. Haas began sitting vipassana at Ordinary Dharma, and reading extensively.  In 1998, he began study with his current teacher, Shinzen Young, and Vipassana Support International, where he was able to (slowly) let go of his identity of a Dharma orphan.  Mr. Haas has been teaching meditation in Los Angeles since 2000.

 

Cost: $120 plus dana to teacher (Scholarships and work study are available, please or call: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

 

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This class will be held at 1001a Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA