“When you change your mind, you change your world.”
— Lama Thubten Yeshe
About the course:
Lama Thubten Yeshe had a profound and unique way of presenting traditional Buddhist teachings in a modern and universal style. We will explore and investigate Lama’s approach as expressed in his small book Make Your Mind an Ocean.
This next three-week series invites participants to explore the vast potential of the mind through the cultivation of wisdom, compassion, and inner spaciousness. New participants are warmly welcome, and those continuing from the previous series will find rich new material to deepen their understanding and practice.
Led by Karuna Cayton—a psychotherapist and longtime student of Lama Yeshe—this course offers practical guidance for transforming everyday challenges into opportunities for growth. Through teachings, discussion, and guided meditation, participants will learn how Buddhist psychology helps dissolve mental turbulence and uncover the natural clarity, joy, and peace within.
This course is ideal for anyone seeking a deeper, kinder relationship with their mind and emotions, Karuna draws on decades of therapeutic experience and deep immersion in Lama Yeshe’s teachings to present an accessible, grounded path toward emotional balance and insight.
This program is for everyone, no background or experience in Buddhism is required. You can drop into the classes as it suits your schedule or come to all of them.
- WHEN: on Saturdays March 14, 21, 28 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm ( PDT)
- WHERE: Online and in person
- FACILITATOR: Karuna Cayton
- MORE INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS: please check the Land of Medicine Buddha events page
Meet the Facilitator:
Karuna Cayton acquired a Masters in Clinical Psychology in 1992. He is a licensed Psychotherapist having trained at the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto, California.
From 1975 to 1988 he lived at Kopan Monastery studying Buddhist psychology and philosophy under the guidance of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. There, he established a western studies program for the monks.
He is the principal at The Karuna Group, a project engaged in interpreting Buddhist psychological theory and interventions for modern people.
He is the author of The Misleading Mind: How We Create Our Own Problems and How Buddhist Psychology Can Help Us Solve Them (2012).
