Check-in Any questions or comments on what we’ve discussed so far? U-shaped layout of chairs – shrine below screen – have people walk past the shrine Walking the path of serenity and wisdom in the face of suffering Letting go ... Letting go... Letting go Intention: go out with a feeling of serenity – act in a way that prepares them for aging, sickness, dying and death

The Fourth Messenger Awakening There is a way out of this suffering and there is still time

Dealing with suffering and stress Denial Avoidance Escape Fighting Fixing Freezing Resignation Despair or Pursuing a path to awakening Denial – spiritual bypassing

Practice Forgiveness for ourselves and others Loving kindness and compassion for ourselves and others Letting go of attachment to possessions, people and who we think we are Serenity meditation – developing joy, happiness and tranquility Insight meditation Aging, sickness and death are natural Impermanence, inherent discomfort, and not-self Keeping a journal of kind and generous actions Developing faith

Serenity Faith Joy Rapture Tranquility Happiness Stillness dukkha->saddha ->pāmojja ->pīti ->passaddhi ->sukha ->samādhi ->yathābhūtañāṇadassanassa ->nibbidā->virāga->vimutti->khayeñāṇassa Pāmojja – delight, joy, gladness

Insight Knowledge and vision of things as they really are Disenchantment Dispassion Liberation Knowledge of the end of the causes of suffering dukkha->saddha ->pāmojja ->pīti ->passaddhi ->sukha ->samādhi ->yathābhūtañāṇadassanassa ->nibbidā->virāga->vimutti->khayeñāṇassa Khayeñānassa – end of the taints: the taint of sensual desire, the taint of being and the taint of ignorance

Practical steps Developing virtue Doing as much good as you can Practicing serenity meditation Practicing insight meditation Paying attention to your suffering Leading to ... Awakening U-shaped layout of chairs – shrine below screen – have people walk past the shrine Intention: go out with a feeling of serenity – act in a way that prepares them for aging, sickness, dying and death

Small group discussion Where are you in this process? What has changed for you in these weeks?

Discussion Forgiveness for ourselves and others Loving kindness and compassion for ourselves and others Letting go of attachment to possessions, people and who we think we are Serenity meditation – developing joy, happiness and tranquility Insight meditation – seeing the way things actually are Keeping a journal of kind and generous actions Developing faith Wrap up on questions and issues still outstanding

Parting instructions Where do you go from here?