Buddhist Mind Science module 5
Wise Paths to the Heart
From Tuesday 16 September, 7.30-9pm BST
Online with Margo van Greta
Welcome to this journey to unlock our potential and cultivate lasting happiness. Buddhism it is considered by some a “science of mind,” because it presents a comprehensive and deep description of the mind, it studies its various aspects and functions, and it provides methods to observe it directly and to discover and activate our inner potential. And it does so with one intention: to overcome suffering and its causes and to cultivate true, lasting happiness.
The course 'Buddhist Mind Science: Activating Your Potential' aims to introduce you to this knowledge. Focusing on meditation and the mind, it provides practical techniques and insight on the mechanisms of suffering and happiness, finding purpose and mental balance, and how to discover and activate our inner potential for warmheartedness and wisdom, including a comparative modern scientific perspective and with the aim to contribute to the welfare in this world.
The fifth module of the course, “Wise Paths to the Heart,” focuses on cultivating warmheartedness and prosocial attitudes, which are essential for human evolution, well-being, and flourishing. It presents the four immeasurable attitudes of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity, as drawn from the Buddhist tradition, and explores the mind of awakening, which embraces all sentient beings. It is complemented by references to current scientific understanding on the nature and biological basis of altruism, empathy, compassion, and self-compassion.
Sessions include teachings, discussions, meditations, and a quiz.
You will receive a course manual for study and practice at home.
Where: Online on Zoom
When: Tuesday, September 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21
Time: 7.30-9pm BST
Suggested donation £95/70/45
The course 'Buddhist Mind Science: Activating Your Potential' aims to introduce you to this knowledge. Focusing on meditation and the mind, it provides practical techniques and insight on the mechanisms of suffering and happiness, finding purpose and mental balance, and how to discover and activate our inner potential for warmheartedness and wisdom, including a comparative modern scientific perspective and with the aim to contribute to the welfare in this world.
The fifth module of the course, “Wise Paths to the Heart,” focuses on cultivating warmheartedness and prosocial attitudes, which are essential for human evolution, well-being, and flourishing. It presents the four immeasurable attitudes of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity, as drawn from the Buddhist tradition, and explores the mind of awakening, which embraces all sentient beings. It is complemented by references to current scientific understanding on the nature and biological basis of altruism, empathy, compassion, and self-compassion.
Sessions include teachings, discussions, meditations, and a quiz.
You will receive a course manual for study and practice at home.
Where: Online on Zoom
When: Tuesday, September 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21
Time: 7.30-9pm BST
Suggested donation £95/70/45
- £95: Generosity: to financially support those without the means to participate.
- £70: Sustainable: the regular price to sustain this retreat.
- £45: Subsidised, for those on low income and in need of financial assistance.
Margo van Greta brings in-depth Buddhist practices into our Western culture. She has been involved with the Dharma since 1987 and is an FPMT registered teacher for Discovering Buddhism, teaches classes and holds retreats. She is the founder of Togme Sangpo Buddhist Group, which she started in 2012. She usually spends one month a year in retreat in southern Spain.
