Upcoming courses and retreats for secular Buddhists

892a9084fbf9486ef022389cb78a17e4c7dc6881.jpeg

·
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, MANY RETREATS AND COURSES ARE EITHER BEING CANCELLED OR CHANGED TO ONLINE PROGRAMS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS PROVIDED WITH EACH COURSE OR RETREAT TO FIND OUT THEIR CURRENT STATUS.

February 2021

◼ ◼ ◼
3 February to 18 May  (Online)

Secular Buddhist Network’s course on After Buddhism: exploring a secular dharma
taught by Lorna Edwards and Ciara Cullen

In this online course we will explore the key ideas and practices of secular Buddhism, an important trend which has emerged in western Buddhism in recent years. We will be using as primary sources for this course Stephen Batchelor’s book, After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age, and After Buddhism: A Workbook, written by Winton Higgins, and based on a series of dharma talks he gave on Batchelor’s book in Sydney, Australia.

The course will provide both secular Buddhists and those curious about secular Buddhism the opportunity to gain a greater appreciation and understanding of a secular approach to the dharma. In this course we will:

  • Identify and explain the key concepts of secular Buddhism
  • Contrast secular Buddhism with traditional/institutional forms of Buddhism
  • Sketch a vision of secular Buddhist practice for individuals and communities

For more information and/or to register for the course, click here.

◼ ◼ ◼
13 February to 26 June  (Online)

After Buddhism and beyond
taught by Stephen Batchelor

This online course will offer a comprehensive series of lectures, reflections, and discussions on the theme of Secular Dharma. Secular Dharma is a way of radically reconfiguring the dharma to address the conditions of modernity and the crises facing the survival of life on earth. It is founded on an ethics of uncertainty, which seeks an appropriate response to the suffering of our times without any appeal to metaphysical or religious beliefs.

For more information and/or to register for the course, click here.

April 2021

◼ ◼ ◼
30 April to 4 May (Online)

Dialectics in meditative experience

Led by Linda Modaro/Sati Sangha and Nelly Kaufer/Pine Street Sangha

To appreciate the art of investigating the diversity of meditative experience, it helps to value the richness and complexity of our meditation. In Reflective Meditation, we encourage meditators to “get on their own side” and meditate in a caring, holding environment; inner exploration comes out of that container. Nelly and Linda have put together several dialectics that are noticeable within our meditative experience. We can point to them, see how they combine with each other, and how they contribute to ethical awareness in our uncertain, unpredictable daily life.

For more information, click here.

June 2021

◼ ◼ ◼
24 June to 27 June (Seminarhotel Seidenbuch, Lindenfels [near Frankfurt], Germany)

Learning to let go in four steps – a meditation retreat

Led by Martine Batchelor 

In this English language meditation retreat we will practice mindfulness meditation to develop our potential to let go. We will explore the different ways and learn how to let go better in four steps. To do this, we develop stability, calmness, and openness by cultivating our understanding, exploring our triggers, habits, and conditions, and keeping track of our felt experience.

For more information, go to https://buddhastiftung.de/meditations-retreat-2021-mit-martine-batchelor/

 

Leave your comment