The Spirit of Awakening: An Introduction to Bodhicitta
Tenzin LS Priyadarshi
Thu Jan 15, 22, 29, 06:30-08:00pm, MIT Chapel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This series of talks will primarily focus on the centrality and the importance of cultivating the Spirit of Awakening (Bodhicitta) as discussed in the Buddhist philosophical texts. How is it that this Spirit of Awakening helps us to understand our role as a human person thereby empowering us with the sense of individual and global responsibility? Why is there so much emphasis on the joint cultivation of wisdom and compassion as a necessity for our moral and intellectual development? Why is Buddhism so keen on encouraging one to educate one’s heart and mind and not mind alone? These are the kinds of questions that would be discussed and debated during these talks in order to help us better understand our “view” of humanity and society.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/metta/www/
Contact: Tenzin LS Priyadarshi, W-11-35, x4-3060, tenzin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Buddhist Community
Latest update: 04-Nov-2003
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