Content

During this weekend we will explore mindfulness of the feeling tones, which is the second foundation of the practice of mindfulness (after mindfulness of the body).

First the different aspects of mindfulness will be presented. Then, we will try to define feeling tones. The Pali term ‘vedana’ refers to the affective tone of experience. Finally, we will explore how be mindful of feeling tones.

When we come into contact through one of our six senses with the environment, we experience a pleasant, unpleasant or neither pleasant nor unpleasant feeling tone. It is important to see that feeling tones are constructed, they are not a given, they do not reside in the object we come in contact with.

It is vital to be aware of feeling tones as they arise extremely fast and have a profound impact on our behavior. And on the way we experience our world, since feeling tones like ‘pleasant’ and ‘unpleasant’ are not a given.

Mindfulness and Buddhism: workshop series

A series of workshops on the roots of mindfulness: what did the Buddha himself say about it?
Mindfulness is widely known in today's world as a training, a way to bring awareness to our lives, popular psychology and a source of inspiration. However, even though mindfulness has become such a common term, many don’t know where the concept comes from. This points to the tremendous value of deepening our understanding of the roots of mindfulness and to explore how mindfulness is described in the Buddha's writings.

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Program

The teaching will include seminars, discussions and spiritual exercises.

The weekend will include periods of practice and times for discussion.

For whom

For new and experienced Dharma practitioners.

Cooperation

This event is run in collaboration with the Bodhi College, the European College for Early Buddhist Teaching for Today.

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