{"id":16253,"date":"2026-09-04T07:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=16253"},"modified":"2026-09-04T07:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:37:06","slug":"buddhism-101-the-art-of-mindful-working-and-living","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/buddhism-101-the-art-of-mindful-working-and-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhism 101: The Art of Mindful Working and Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Whole of Your Life Is the Practice | Winter 2027<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bring mindfulness into every hour of your day \u2014 at work, at home &amp; in relationships. 3-session live Zoom course. Starts March 21, 2027<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; Enrollment begins January &#8217;27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">What If Nothing in Your Day Was Wasted?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of us move through our days divided \u2014 enduring the difficult parts, rushing through the ordinary ones, and saving our real attention for the moments we think actually matter. But the Buddhist tradition offers a profoundly different vision of what a human day can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not just your meditation cushion. Not just your Sunday mornings. But your commute, your inbox, your difficult relationships, your meals, your moments of frustration and quiet joy. Every single hour holds within it an invitation to wake up, to show up more fully, and to discover the peace and meaning that are always already available \u2014 right here, right now, in the life you are already living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This winter, Buddhist Faith Fellowship invites you to explore that invitation fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Buddhism 101: The Art of Mindful Working and Living<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Whole of Your Life Is the Practice<\/em> <strong>with Rev. G.R. Lewis, M.A.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \ud83e\udd48<strong>3 Online Classes: March 21, April 4 &amp; April 18 or 25 (tentative), 2027<\/strong> \ud83d\udd55 <strong>6:00 \u2013 8:00 PM Eastern | Live on Zoom<\/strong> \ud83d\udcb5 <strong>$195 | Enrollment closes March 14, 2027<\/strong> \ud83d\udce3 <strong>Open enrollment begins late January 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing from the beloved <em>Work: How to Find Joy and Meaning in Each Hour of the Day<\/em> by Zen &amp; Pure Land master, Thich Nhat Hanh, and guided by BFF&#8217;s Rev. G.R. Lewis, M.A., this three-session live Zoom course brings the ancient wisdom of Buddhist mindfulness practice into direct, practical contact with the texture of your actual everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not a course about stress management techniques or productivity hacks. It is a course about a completely different way of seeing and inhabiting your life \u2014 one in which the ordinary is already sacred, the present moment is already enough, and the whole of your day becomes a doorway to genuine awakening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In three richly engaging sessions you will discover how to bring mindful awareness, compassion, and presence into your workday, your home, your relationships, your commute, and every quiet in-between moment that makes up the fabric of your days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No prerequisites. Beginner friendly. 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