WBU Forum Dec ’08

World Buddhist University announces its monthly Buddhist meditation forum for December 2008 as follows: WBU SUNDAY FORUM In a Special time of 10th Anniversary of WBU Establishment. Topic : Buddhism and Global Warming Date & Time : December 7, 2551(2008) 12:00 – 14:00 P.M. Speaker : Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya The World Buddhist University …

The Nirvana Neuron?

Social Gathering- Saturday 29th November Lunch and Movie at the Tai Pan Hotel, Sukhumvit 23 The Nirvana Neuron? Introduced and moderated by Dr Holly. Mindfulness meditation (vipassana) and neurology – how meditation might affect the brain. Special Event in Bangkok:- ———————————————- Are spiritual experiences of meditation and transcendence simply a (mis)firing of the neurons? Can …

Dhamma Talk – Taling Chan

Mae Chee Brigitte leads a meditation session for mindfulness and vipassana as indicated below: Sunday November 23 Thai, translated into English AT Mae Chee Brigitte’s mini centre near Taling Chan (Thonburi, in the general area of the new Southern Bus Terminal on the Thonburi side of the river) Mae Chee herself is currently absent from …

How to Meditate

Thursday 13 November (hopefully you will all be ok after the Loi Krathong celebrations the day before!) Dhamma talk with Jeffrey Oliver “How to Meditate” Jeff, former Buddhist monk who has been leading Vipassana mindfulness meditation workshops and retreats for over 10 years, will lead a dhamma talk on the topic ‘how to meditate’. He will …

Beer and Meditation

No – this is not an admonishment … a note on the excellent online magazine Tree Hugger which is running a story on a Buddhist temple in Thailand that is made from Beer bottles. head over to tree hugger for the full details and lots of pictures: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/temple-built-from-beer-bottles.php One wonders if the bottles are actually …

Meditation Workshop

Saturday 15th November 9am – 6pm One day Vipassana Meditation Workshop with visiting meditation teacher Jeff Oliver A couple of places have opened up due to cancellations. There will of course, be more such workshops in the future. We have done plenty of dhamma talks over the last year, but many of you have asked …

Power of Qi – Sat 8th November 2008

Meditation and mindfulness related public talk and workshop Afternoon Tea Talk The Living Qi Thailand presents QI GONG MASTER TAN SOO KONG An extraordinary talk on: The history, benefit and power of Qi(life force energy). Unfolding China’s ancient health enhancement arts which have been kept secret for thousand years. Witness amazing demonstrations of Qi flows. …

WBU Forum November

  Programme: WBU Sunday Forum Topic: “Is there Buddhist Wisdom hidden in Gross National Happiness” Date & Time: November 2,B.E. 2551(2008) 12.00-13.30P.M. Speaker: Hans van Willenswaard About the Speaker & Topic Hans van Willenswaard was born in the Netherlands; He is a cultural worker by profession, trained in Amsterdam and later at Emerson College in …

Geography of Thought

Upcoming event, Wednesday 29th October 2008: “Geography of Thought” How Asians and Westerners Think Differently This curious little book is written by psychologist Richard E. Nisbett and serves as a manual on the different cognitive processes that we can loosely term ‘East’ and ‘West’. The book began as it slowly dawned on the author that …