The Ups and Downs of everyday Life: The Worldy Winds Course

A six week course on a buddhist way through the ups and downs of everyday life

How do we really get on in this world? Tossed around by gain, buffeted by loss, carried high by praise, cast down by blame, how can we not be ground under, lose all direction, confidence, and sense of purpose?

With all this going on it’s hard to keep our heads above water, easy to lose confidence and difficult to keep a clear sense of direction for our life.

The Buddha offers clear guidance on how to rise above these eight ‘worldly winds’. We need to learn to face them uncompromisingly and respond with creativity. Only then will we no longer fell blown about by the ups and downs - big and small - of everyday life.

Using Vajragupta’s short book as a guide, Amalavajra and Maitripushpa will examine over six weeks the myriad ways the worldly winds impact our lives and what we can do to learn to sail through them.

On Instagram (Short Episodes of the course topics)

Ep.1 Pleasure and Pain
Ep. 2 Praise and Blame
Ep.3 Gain and Loss
Ep.4 Fame and Infamy