Post date: Aug 14, 2019 3:26:13 AM
A Review of Buddhist Meditation and Psychology
Offered by Thanh and Xuan Huynh
Time: Monday, Aug 19, 26, Sep 2 & 9, 2019, 6:30-8 pm (4 weekly sessions)
New course: Monday, Sep 26- Oct 24 , 7-9 PM
Place: Bodhi Tree Dharma Center
Cost: Free (Donation to Bodhi Tree Center is appreciated)
Course highlights:
-Different types of meditation: calm/concentration (Samatha bhavana) vs insight/mindfulness (Vipassana bhavana).
-Conceptual reality (pannati) vs Ultimate Reality (Paramattadhamma).
-Four establishments of mindfulness (Satipathana)
1-Body (Kayanupassana)
2-Feeling tone (Vedananupassana)
3-Mind/consciousness (Cittanupassana)
4-Phenomena (Dhammanupassana)
-Introduction to Buddhist Psychology (Abhidhamma):
-Dependent origination (Paticcasamuppada)
-Mind and mental factors (Citta and Cetasika)