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—∼— A Course in Consciousness and Buddhism WHO’s THERE? with Dr Georges Dreyfus Saturdays, for 5 weeks from 28th July Overview: We’re holding a new course on Buddhism and modern consciousness research, led by one of our great Bangkok resources Dr Georges Dreyfus. Periodically it’s great to go into these topics in real depth – more than we ever …
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To a meditator the experience of consciousness sidesteps the body/mind duality, and the idealist/materialist philosophies. Seeing the nature of the mind directly changes your view of your self. Below find the full video from Week Six of the Meditation course 2017 The reason for posting here is that the English subtitles are given below and …
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When I was a young(er) man my main character was one driven by depression. I was an unhappy kid. Home was oppressive, and the alternative was to ‘go out’. Having lots of friends, but none close, I’d do the rounds, finding different groups of people to hang out with each night. But what I really …
Different traditions have very different teachings. Can they all be pointing to the same thing? Or is that just a ‘liberal’ approach that tries to be too inclusive? Arthur’s reaction to our event on consciousness and the mind featuring the video of Jill Bolte Taylor and Susan Greenfield: Most Buddhists, despite a respectful nod to …
