Covid or Co-life: from fear to love and community

March 19, 2020

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As we face the world-wide pandemic caused by the Covid-19 (coronavirus), there is a tendency to retreat to social isolation, fear, and insecurity.

In a recent online talk given to the Southsea Sangha, which is located in England, Bernat Font-Clos talks about an alternative approach, one based on a deep recognition of the tragic dimensions of life and the need to cultivate social connections, compassion and love in the midst of this great challenge.


About the Author
Bernat Font teaches with a combination of scholarly rigour, everyday examples, and a playful sensibility. Since meeting the dharma at a very early age, he has been mainly influenced by Stephen Batchelor, Sayadaw U Tejaniya & the Thai Forest tradition. A faculty member at Bodhi College and a founder of Espai Sati in Barcelona, he has a PhD in Buddhist Studies, translates Pali texts into Catalan and Spanish, and is also a jazz pianist.

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