Manchester Academy for Transpersonal Studies is currently offering three courses:
How to book your place
Classes will be running fortnightly at different times (some morning, some evening) in small groups (no more than 5).
Venue address will be provided upon successful registration.
Please contact MATS to reserve your place.
Buddhist philosophy and meditation
These classes will serve as a comprehensive introduction to the Buddhist teachings (Dhamma/Dharma) and meditation.
Subjects will include:
- The Life of the Buddha
- Dana- Giving
- Sila- Ethics
- Four Noble Truths
- Eightfold Path
- Three Signs of Being
- Dependent Origination
- Theravada Buddhism
- Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
- Karma
- Rebirth
- Study of popular Buddhist Scriptures
Meditation:
- Samatha (Tranquillity) and Vipassana (Insight)
- Meditation
Mindfulness practices
- Ch’an (Zen) practices
- Tibetan practices
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Daoist philosophy and cultivation
These classes will serve as a comprehensive introduction to Taoism.
Subjects will include:
- Lao Zi ( Legendary author of Tao De Jing)
- Chung Zi
- Lieh Zi
- The Three Treasures
- Schools of Daoism: Celestial Masters and Complete Reality
- Daoist Ritual and Meditation
- Daoist Alchemy and Immortality: External (Waidan) and Inner (Neidan)
- The Secret of the Golden Flower
- Kan Yu, Feng Shui:Daoism and the Environment
- Daoism and the Martial Arts
- Daoism in China
- Daoism comes West
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Kabbalah and Chasidic philosophy
These classes will serve as a comprehensive introduction to Kabbalistic and Chasidic thought.
Subjects will include:
- The Hebrew letters (Divine Speech- Lashon Kodesh)
- Entering the Orchard (The Four Levels of Reality)
- The Divine Attributes (The Sefirot)
- Abraham, Issac and Jacob (the precious lineage)
- Reflecting the Divine Image
- The story of Creation
- Angels and Humankind
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Kabbalistic Texts (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefer Bahir, Sefer Zohar)
- The Bal Shem Tov (popular founder of the Chasidic tradition)
- The role of the Tzadik (the righteous person)
- Serving the Divine with Joy
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