Secular Dharma: a Practice of Care and Awakening for our Times with Martine Batchelor & Bernat Font

Описание: Register Now - Dāna Program
https://sati.org/series/secular-dharm...

Throughout its long history, Buddhist teachings and practices have served a wide variety of people as a way to come to terms with the suffering of life and cultivate balance and compassion in an awakened way. In interacting with different times and cultures, the practice of the dharma has kept changing in response to circumstances—a great example of the Buddha’s teaching on conditionality. What are the conditions of this time or ‘saeculum’? How is the dharma relevant today for lay people who want to creatively engage with the present suffering and awaken? How can it be adapted to our circumstances while remaining connected to the profound teachings of the Buddha?

During two online sessions, Martine Batchelor and Bernat Font will explore questions relating to the delicate task of adapting the dharma to our circumstances. They will do this with a respectful attitude, and a pragmatic orientation that puts Buddhist teachings and values in service of leading a good and awakened life in this world, both personally and together as communities.

About the Instructors
Martine Batchelor author of Meditation for Life, The Path of Compassion, Women in Korean Zen and Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits. Her latest works are the The Spirit of the Buddha, What is this? and The Definition, Practice and Psychology of Vedana. She is a member of the Gaia House Teacher Council. She teaches meditation retreats worldwide and lives in France. Recently she has been involved with the Silver Sante Study, teaching meditation, mindfulness and compassion to seniors in France to see if this could prevent ageing decline.

Bernat Font met the Dharma at a very young age and has practiced in Europe, India and Myanmar, gradually putting aside his artistic career. He completed his Dharma teacher training with Bodhi College in 2022, mentored by Stephen Batchelor, and has a PhD in Buddhist Studies. He founded the Dharma organization ‘Espai Sati’ in Barcelona, serves the LGBTQIA+ community, and teaches in English, Catalan and Spanish.