We all encounter change and loss. Often it’s in small ways, but sometimes impermanence turns our world upside down. We may have experienced a personal encounter with death. We may notice unending change all around us. But the question remains: have we fully taken the message of impermanence to heart? In the teachings of the Buddha, the recognition of impermanence gives a sense of

urgency and challenges us to question our life’s priorities. The deeper implications of impermanence—that everything is interdependent and selfless—help us to let go of grasping and emerge from self-destructive habits. Taking the message of impermanence and death to heart fully reveals the deathless nature of mind and is the doorway to freedom.

In this 10-week course, we are guided through a series of contemplations and meditations on impermanence, death, selflessness and emptiness, allowing us to step out of the clutches of fear and discover a new meaning, a new inspiration, and a new joy in our lives.

 How can reflecting on impermanence inspire deeper meaning and purpose in our lives?

• What happens when we fully embrace the truth of change and impermanence?
• What are our fears about facing change and death?
• What distracts us from this truth, and what impact does this have?