About this Event
Foundation in The Path to Enlightenment - Meditation Practitioner Course
(Learn In-person at No Cost)
Date/Time:
2 & 3 April 2026 (Thursday & Friday)
6:30PM - 9:30PM (Central Time)
4 & 5 April 2026 (Saturday & Sunday)
9:30AM - 3:30PM (Central Time)
Price: No Cost - Donations are accepted but not expected nor required
Location: Southern Methodist University
Frances Anne Moody Hall - (Auditorium)
6404 Airline Road University Park
Dallas, TX 75205
Free Parking in Burleson Park
This course focuses on guiding Students in developing a solid foundation in The Teachings and practices of Gotama Buddha.
Students will learn how to establish a “life practice” based on independent observation of Gotama Buddha’s Teachings. Students will be guided in how to acquire wisdom through learning and practicing The Teachings to liberate the mind on The Path to attaining Enlightenment.
At the conclusion of this course, Students will have a theoretical foundation to start integrating and applying these Teachings in daily life to include a consistent meditation practice to eliminate discontent feelings from the mind such as sadness, anger, frustration, irritation, annoyance, guilt, shame, fears, boredom, loneliness, shyness, jealousy, resentment, stress, anxiety, etc.
Teachings & Discussions (Dhamma Talks)
- Life Story of Gotama Buddha
- Enlightenment: What is “Enlightenment”?
- The Four Noble Truths: Establishing Right View
- The Eight Fold Path: The Path for All Humans to Enlightenment
- Transforming The Three Poisons: Craving, Anger, and Ignorance
- The Five Precepts: A Householder's Guide to Daily Practice
- What is Kamma and How Does It Affect Me?
- What is Merit? & Continued Support on The Path to Enlightenment
- Integrating The Teachings into Your Life
- Meditation: Developing Your Practice
Meditation Practice
- Meditation Instruction: Breathing Mindfulness Meditation
- Meditation Positions: Seated, Lying, Standing, and Walking Position
- Buddhist Chanting in Pali
(There are no prerequisites for this course. Offered openly and freely to “all beings” at no cost.)
Learn More: https://www.buddhadailywisdom.com/meditation-course-dallas
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What is Meditation?
Meditation is a technique to actively train the mind during dedicated, independent, purposeful training sessions to eliminate unwholesome qualities of the mind and/or cultivate wholesome qualities of the mind in the positions of seated, lying, standing, or walking.
How Can Meditation Help Me?
Meditation is an important technique that will assist in training the mind to completely eliminate 100% of all discontent feelings such as sadness, anger, frustration, irritation, annoyance, guilt, shame, fears, boredom, loneliness, shyness, jealousy, resentment, stress, anxiety, etc so that you can attain Enlightenment.
What is Enlightenment?
Enlightenment is a mental state attainable during this life, or at death, where the mind will be peaceful, calm, serene, and content with joy - permanently.
The mind will have eliminated 100% of all discontent feelings such as sadness, anger, frustration, irritation, annoyance, guilt, shame, fears, boredom, loneliness, shyness, jealousy, resentment, stress, anxiety, etc.
The mind will have a high degree of focus, concentration, memory, and clarity of mind. The mind will be stable, steady, and unshakable. Your personal and professional relationships will be blossoming and completely harmonious.
What is The Path to Enlightenment?
The Path to Enlightenment is a purification of the mind by training the mind, reaching a point where the mind experiences only peacefulness, calmness, serenity, and contentedness with joy - the Enlightened mind.
The Path to Enlightenment is the solution to the challenges you experience in the world, and the solutions of how to heal from what hurt you so that you never need to hurt again.
This is accomplished through learning, growing, and evolving to cultivate wisdom of how to train the mind, not through belief. There are no rites, rituals, ceremonies, worship, or prayer in The Teachings of The Buddha.
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Join our LIVE Streams or the LIVE Interactive Classroom - Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday @ 9:00AM or 9:00 PM (Thailand Time)
Login Information: https://zoom.us/j/8850929240
Password: 999999
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Group Learning Program - LIVE Interactive Online Classes, Book, Audiobook, Videos, Podcast and Personal Guidance
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The Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon Study Group
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These Teachings are offered freely to everyone who is interested to learn and practice Gotama Buddha’s teachings.
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Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The Buddha
Dedicated to the education of Gotama Buddha's Teachings to attain Enlightenment.
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(See our website for online learning, courses, and retreats.)
Group Learning Program - LIVE Interactive Online Classes, Book, Audiobook, Videos, Podcast and Personal Guidance
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The Words of The Buddha - Pali Canon in English Study Group
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FREE Book - Developing a Life Practice: The Path That Leads to Enlightenment
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David Roylance is a dedicated Practitioner and Teacher of Gotama Buddha’s Teachings who has been part of the Thai community since 2001. He visited Thailand for the first time in 2002 and brought the Traditional Thai Healing Arts back to the United States of America to share with people in the Western World.
His Traditional Thai Healing Arts centers, located in the Washington DC area, provided traditional Thai healing arts to clients and educational opportunities to Students to explore the Thai healing arts, Thai culture, and The Teachings of Gotama Buddha. David is a published author with books on the topics of Traditional Thai Healing Arts and The Path That Leads to Enlightenment.
David has taught Gotama Buddha’s Teachings since 2005 in the United States of America. In 2015, he closed his businesses and relocated to Chiang Mai, Thailand to be closer to the Thai culture and the Thai Community of Buddhist Practitioners.
David shares Gotama Buddha’s Teachings with Household Practitioners and Ordained Practitioners in Chiang Mai, Thailand and around the world through courses, retreats, and special events providing guidance to help people attain Enlightenment - a peaceful, calm, serene, and content mind with joy.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Frances Anne Moody Hall (Auditorium). SMU., 6404 Airline Road, Dallas, United States
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