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Dharmapala Buddhist Centre

All living beings have the same basic wish to be happy and avoid suffering, but very few people understand the real causes of happiness and suffering.  We generally believe that external conditions such as food, friends, cars, and money are the real causes of happiness, but if we look more deeply we will see that these things also bring us a lot of suffering and problems.

The real source of happiness is inner peace.  If our mind is peaceful, we will be happy all the time, regardless of external conditions, but if it is disturbed or troubled in any way, we shall never be happy, no matter how good our external conditions may be.  External conditions can make us happy only if our mind is peaceful.

If we want true, lasting happiness we need to develop and maintain inner peace.  The only way to do this is through training our mind, gradually reducing our negative, disturbed states of mind, and replacing them with positive, peaceful states.  This is the very essence of the Buddhist path.

Dharmapala Buddhist Centre is part of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU).  We offer teachings and meditations that show how we can incorporate Buddha’s teachings into our daily lives.  Everyone is welcome.

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