Dealing With Difficult People

WEDNESDAYS
October 18 - November 8
12:00 - 1:00 PM

We have a lot of relationships. Normally we think of our relationships as being limited to family, friends, and colleagues, but we also relate to our neighbors, strangers, and the staff at our favorite stores. We are constantly dealing with people.

Dealing with people is a big part of our lives. What happens when we find others difficult to be around at home or work. Our wishes differ, our opinions clash, our priorities are at odds with others, so conflicts can build and we can feel like another person is making us stressed and miserable.

Buddha explains clear methods for taking control and realizing that we can change our relationship with others by changing the way we view them. In this series, we will explore some powerful meditations for viewing others more constructively that will enable us to respond to what they do more effectively. Practicing and becoming familiar with these meditations give us freedom to be at peace regardless of how others behave.

Please arrive 5 to 10 minutes before class to sign in and get settled. No Buddhist background or previous meditation experience required. You may drop-in any week or attend the entire series!

$10 /class

$35 /full series

(free for supporting members)

Everyone is welcome!

Kelsang Jima

Kelsang Jima is a long time Kadampa Buddhist practitioner, and newly ordained nun! She found Dharma when her husband, Jim, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and it greatly helped the challenging years that followed. Jima teaches Dharma by bringing it into our daily lives and transforming adverse conditions into the Path. She teaches from the heart through readings from Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s texts and also examples of experience in her own life as a nurse and caretaker for over 40 years.