Investigate what “samsara” is and how we are stuck in it. Find out what “nirvana” is and how to achieve it. Empower yourself with meditation tools to deal with and eliminate disturbing emotions forever. WHEN: Sunday, May 29, 09:00 am - 04.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online and onsite LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE Each FPMT Discovering Buddhism course ends with an intensive practice day, which is designed to review the material one more time and to practice the meditations in a retreat setting. It can also be a great way to get a summary of the course, if you did not have the chance to attend regularly. Everyone is welcome. Schedule 09.00 am - 09.35 am Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas (optional) 10.00 am – 12.00 pm  Meditation 1 & 2 12.00 pm – 02.00 pm  Lunch break – Bring a vegetarian dish to share! 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm  Meditation 3 & 4   Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT study program aimed at giving Buddhist and non-Buddhist students a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. The program is not meant to be an academic study of Buddhism, it is meant to change our daily lives through experiential training in meditation and thought transformation.   PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: You would make us very happy by supporting us with a donation. Suggested donation is 0 – 50 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English. Level: Beginner to Advanced. Registration: REGISTER HERE

Join us for onsite teachings with Venerable Tenzin Michael and in his company get to know how you can achieve lasting happiness and contentment when giving up on creating the causes of suffering. The event is onsite and streaming live on YouTube for those unable to join us in the center. WHEN: Wednesday June 1, 7.00 – 9.00 pm CETWHERE: Onsite onlyLEVEL: All levels; the course is especially aimed at beginners During the evening, Ven. Tenzin Michael will explain how people usually look for happiness in worldly, material possessions, but how happiness is a state of mind that can be cultivated independently of any circumstances outside the mind. Buddhist doctrine teaches that happiness comes from giving up on everything that leads to suffering. The more our mind becomes peaceful and calm, the more we will experience freedom from disturbing thoughts, and the more we’ll achieve a pleasurable life. When thinking about renunciation, we usually picture a person giving up oneverything that gives us pleasure, and maybe even on some renunciatestriving to live a miserable life in order to achieve future happiness: Thismistaken view will be debunked during the teachings. - Ven. Tenzin Michael Contentment is understood as satisfaction with what we have, and Venerable will teach us about Lojong, Buddhist Mind Training, in order for us to appreciate what we have: Our health and our current situation, while being able to rejoice in others’ happiness. The event includes a talk, a guided meditation and time for questions and discussion. About the Teacher Ven. Tenzin Michael is a Buddhist monk, born in Switzerland. At the age of 24, he visited Asia for the first time and learned Buddhism hands-on in the monasteries of Himalaya. In the years to follow, he travelled Asia and his interest in Buddhism kept growing. He spent...

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Join us reading and discussing! WHEN: Friday, May 27, 7 - 9 pm CET WHERE: Online LEVEL: The book club is open to anyone who is interested to meet and discuss the books we read Please note that registration is required. Register here Join our relaxed and easy-going book club! You find more information here. About the book in May: Book Title: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World Author: Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet. From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: their own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal. PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: free Language: English Level: open for everyone Registration: Register here

Saka Dawa: Join us to practice together on the merit-multiplying day! WHEN: June 14, 6:00 pm  - 09:00 pm CET CATEGORY: Buddhist Practice LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89000901587?pwd=OUR3bmIxZFhlWDZHUHRDaVNkRVI0dz09 Meeting ID: 890 0090 1587 Passcode: 091386 Happy Saka Dawa! On Wednesday, June 14, is the fifteenth day of the fourth Tibetan lunar month, the day to celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana. Any actions done during Saka Dawa, both auspicious and harmful, are multiplied in their power. Karmic results are said to be multiplied by one hundred million times, so don't miss this precious opportunity! It is a very powerful time to practice and increase one’s commitment to both practice and study. To make the best of this special day, we do the following onsite and online: 06.00 pm Welcome 06.10 pm Equalizing and exchanging self with others incl. tonglen 06.50 pm Break 07.00 pm Recitation of the Vajra Cutter Sutra 08.20 pm Break 08.30 pm Vajrasattva Purification Meditation and dedications 09.00 pm Goodnight You can come and go as you please, if you would only like to join for one or two of the practices. If possible, bring the text for the the Sutra on your phone or tablet. You find it here: Vajra Cutter Sutra Everyone is welcome. Let’s practice together, rejoice and have a good time! PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: Suggested donation is 0 - 15 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate upon arrival or through PayPal. Language: English

Discover practices that develop our innate qualities of compassion. Apply these techniques in meditation to generate the mind of bodhichitta, known as the very heart of Buddha’s teachings. WHEN: Sunday, June 26, 10:00 am - 04.00 pm (CET – Zurich) WHERE: Online and onsite LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced REGISTRATION: REGISTER HERE Each FPMT Discovering Buddhism course ends with an intensive practice day, which is designed to review the material one more time and to practice the meditations in a retreat setting. It can also be a great way to get a summary of the course, if you did not have the chance to attend regularly. Everyone is welcome. Schedule 10.00 am – 12.00 pm  Meditation 1 & 2 12.00 pm – 02.00 pm  Lunch break – Bring a vegetarian dish to share! 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm  Meditation 3 & 4   Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT study program aimed at giving Buddhist and non-Buddhist students a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. The program is not meant to be an academic study of Buddhism, it is meant to change our daily lives through experiential training in meditation and thought transformation.   PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cost: You would make us very happy by supporting us with a donation. Suggested donation is 0 – 50 CHF. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. You can donate online (via Paypal, Twint or E-Banking). Language: English. Level: Beginner to Advanced. Registration: REGISTER HERE