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SUMMARY:What’s This Thing We Call Happiness? with Dominiqu
 e Side
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 \n <p><span>﻿</span><img src="https://registration
 .rigpa.org.au/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/
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 "x_MsoNormal"><font color="#9c0000"><b> <span styl
 e="font-size: 18px\; font-family: Arial\;">Sunday 
 11 October 2:30-5:00pm - Melbourne & Online</span>
 </b></font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal"><font color=
 "#9c0000"><span style="font-size: 18px\; font-fami
 ly: Arial\;"><b>What's This Thing We Call Happines
 s?</b></span></font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal"><sp
 an style="font-family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;">
 The Buddhist path is not about superficial or shor
 t-term happiness and wellbeing. It is not therapy 
 or a quick fix of any kind. And yet the benefits o
 f bringing the Buddhist view into our lives are im
 mense. In a nutshell\, it can free us from the hop
 es and fears that entangle us and bog us down.</sp
 an></p><p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-fa
 mily: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;">In this teaching\
 , Dominique Side will explore what happiness is. I
 s it wellbeing? Is it contentment? Where do we fin
 d happiness in a world full of suffering? And toge
 ther we’ll investigate how can we set ourselves a 
 goal of true\, sustainable\, long-lasting happines
 s.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="f
 ont-family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;">With Domini
 que’s fresh approach to this topic\, this afternoo
 n will be dynamic and interactive\, with opportuni
 ties for personal reflection\, group dialogue and 
 questions & answers.</span></p><span style="font-f
 amily: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;">\n \n </span><p>
 <span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-f
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 lor="#9c0000">Details</font></strong></span></span
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 style="font-family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;">Dat
 e:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial\;
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 ; font-size: 18px\;"> Sunday\, 11 October 2026  </
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 ze: 18px\;"> 2:30 - 5:00pm</span><br></span><stron
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 ida Grande"\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><spa
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 here:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Ari
 al\; font-size: 14px\;"><span style="font-family: 
 Arial\; font-size: 18px\;"> Ballam Ballam Place\, 
 15 Phoenix St\, Brunswick & Online</span><br></spa
 n><b style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"\, "
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 span style="font-family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;
 ">Fee (incl GST): </span></b><span style="font-fam
 ily: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;">Benefactor $75\; S
 tandard $55\; Concession $18</span></p><p><br></p>
 <p><font color="#9c0000"><strong><span style="font
 -family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;"> Dominique Sid
 e's Australian Tour</span></strong></font></p><p><
 span style="font-family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;
 "> This talk is part of a series of five talks tha
 t Dominique will be presenting in Australia. Each 
 talk covers a stand-alone topic\, but follows a pr
 ogressive sequence. We strongly encourage you to a
 ttend the session in your city in person\, and joi
 n the others online. Register for all five talks a
 nd receive a 20% discount: register </span><a href
 ="https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/
 info?id=1391&reset=1" target="_blank" rel="norefer
 rer noopener"><span style="font-family: Arial\; fo
 nt-size: 18px\;"> here </span></a><span style="fon
 t-family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;"> .</span></p>
 <p><span style="font-family: Arial\; font-size: 18
 px\;"> This talk is one of two talks that Dominiqu
 e will give on Sunday 11 October. Attend both the 
 morning and afternoon talks and receive a 15% disc
 ount by registering </span><a href="https://regist
 ration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?id=1393&res
 et=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><s
 pan style="font-family: Arial\; font-size: 18px\;"
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DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n ﻿\n \n \n \n \n \n  Sunday 11 October 
 2:30-5:00pm - Melbourne & Online\n \n What's This 
 Thing We Call Happiness?\n \n The Buddhist path is
  not about superficial or short-term happiness and
  wellbeing. It is not therapy or a quick fix of an
 y kind. And yet the benefits of bringing the Buddh
 ist view into our lives are immense. In a nutshell
 \, it can free us from the hopes and fears that en
 tangle us and bog us down.\n \n In this teaching\,
  Dominique Side will explore what happiness is. Is
  it wellbeing? Is it contentment? Where do we find
  happiness in a world full of suffering? And toget
 her we’ll investigate how can we set ourselves a g
 oal of true\, sustainable\, long-lasting happiness
 .\n \n With Dominique’s fresh approach to this top
 ic\, this afternoon will be dynamic and interactiv
 e\, with opportunities for personal reflection\, g
 roup dialogue and questions & answers.\n \n \n \n 
 Details\n \n \n \n Date: Sunday\, 11 October 2026 
  \n Time: 2:30 - 5:00pm\n Where: Ballam Ballam Pla
 ce\, 15 Phoenix St\, Brunswick & Online\n Fee (inc
 l GST): Benefactor $75\; Standard $55\; Concession
  $18\n \n \n \n \n  Dominique Side's Australian To
 ur\n \n  This talk is part of a series of five tal
 ks that Dominique will be presenting in Australia.
  Each talk covers a stand-alone topic\, but follow
 s a progressive sequence. We strongly encourage yo
 u to attend the session in your city in person\, a
 nd join the others online. Register for all five t
 alks and receive a 20% discount: register  here  .
 \n \n  This talk is one of two talks that Dominiqu
 e will give on Sunday 11 October. Attend both the 
 morning and afternoon talks and receive a 15% disc
 ount by registering  here  . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 
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CATEGORIES:Seminar - Foundation
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261011T143000
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261011T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261011T170000
LOCATION:Ballam Ballam Place\n 15 Phoenix St\n Brunswick\, 
 VIC 3056\n Australia\n 
URL:https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1390
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