This lecture is part one in a two-part series that uses Buddhist teachings to explore the interface between a healthy sense of self and the experience of "not-self" that is grounded in emptiness. This lecture will use Nagarjuna’s two truths to provide foundational teachings on the Bodhisattva’s selfless activity and how the Buddha himself presented …
During this meditation, participants will be guided through a simple practice that points to the selfless nature of present moment experience. This workshop is part of a five-session series on Buddhist teachings offered by Mei Elliott and Kodo Conlin as part of the annual Stanford Contemplaion by Design Summit. Attendees are encouraged to reigster for …
Principle-Based Partner Yoga™ extends and builds upon the forms and principles of traditional yoga by incorporating the presence of another person as one’s partner while one engages in practice. This unique shared, mutually beneficial practice deepens the contemplative experience. This style of Partner Yoga awakens our human potential through the integration of universal principles …
This workshop provides participants with an opportunity to explore the dynamic union between the mature self and selflessness. Engaging the Buddhist practices of the six perfections (paramitas) through structured journaling and group reflection, participants will deepen their understanding of how to integrate these powerful practices into daily life. This workshop is part of a series …
CBD 2023: Interactive Workshop: Finding Your Seat as Self and Community with Furyu Nancy Schroeder
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In this workshop, Schroeder will be offering foundational teachings from the Buddhist tradition that underlie communal living. In particular the teaching of the Two Truths…a relative truth and an ultimate truth. The relative truth gives us a structure for working together in the human world and the ultimate truth a pathway to release from the …
We all want to truly see and be seen in our authentic nature. Invite a friend, family member or partner to join you in this nurturing practice that expands our definition of what true intimacy (in-to-me-see) is. As we are guided in new ways to experience embodied connection with others, our self-awareness expands. We experience …
Building upon Mei Elliott’s Oct. 27 lecture, The Bodhisattva with Boundaries, this lecture continues to use Buddhist teachings to explore the interface between a healthy sense of self and the experience of "not-self" that is grounded in emptiness. What practices are available for the development of a dynamic union between emptiness and a mature self? …
Practicing with Loving-Kindness for Self In this guided meditation with Kodo Conlin, participants will practice a gentle approach to metta (Loving-Kindness) meditation, emphasizing an attitude of care, sympathy, and well-being This workshop is part of a series on Buddhist teachings. Attendees are encouraged to reigster for one or all of the sessions: –The Bodhisattva with …
You have learned many skills in your life that have become so natural to you that you may not even think about them as skills, few of these activities were natural or intuitive to you when you first started to learn them. In this lecture we will explore how mindful awareness, the liberating quality that …
Exploring meditation through the perspective of Bhakti (Hindu Devotional traditions), we delve into the aesthetics of devotional poetry and song as a contemplative practice. Utilizing poetic language to describe the object of contemplation and music to draw the senses, we explore the poetic writings of theologians from the Bhakti traditions focusing the mind and senses …