2-daagse workshop met Christina Feldman & Chris Cullen

Over de workshop met Christina & Chris

Het weekend borduurt voort op de vijf vorige weekenden met deze leraren waarin de Brahmavihara’s, de drie karakteristieken, de zeven factoren van ontwaken, embodiment en skillful effort aan bod zijn geweest. Het thema van het weekend zal zijn Dependent Co-arising.

Chris Cullen zegt daarover het volgende:

“Whoever sees Dependent Co-arising sees the Dhamma; whoever sees the Dhamma sees Dependent Co-arising.” This saying from the Early Buddhist discourses highlights the centrality of Dependent Co-arising within the Buddha’s teaching. It has been compared to the fundamental ‘operating system’ from which all of the other teachings and practices of Buddhism derive. It precisely maps the processes whereby patterns of distress and suffering arise within the body-heart-mind, and in doing so it also illuminates how these can be brought to an end through the cultivation of mindfulness and clear understanding. During this weekend of teaching, practice, small group discussion and personal reflection, we will explore this teaching and its profound implications for mindfulness practice and teaching. We will consider its deep compatibility with contemporary mindfulness based approaches such as Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and reflect together on how an understanding of Dependent Co-arising can be a liberating gift in our practice, teaching and lives”.