Tag: Adhisthana

Transforming Self and World | Seminar

In 1976, Bhante Sangharakshita gave an important series of eight talks: Transformation of Life and World in the Sutra of Golden Light.

From the first talk we hear:

We can think of it, (the spiritual life) for example, in terms of transformation…

And many of us surely today feel the need for this kind of change, this very thorough, very radical profound change amounting to a transformation.

And not only that, we’re not only very often tired of the old self… We are tired of the old world as...

Science and Subjectivity Retreat

Science makes sense of the objective world, including the human brain and nervous system. But what of private inner experiences – subjectivity? Can you be objective about that?

This seminar is for order members with a scientific background or an interest in science. We’ll have presentations from Munissara, Jnanadasa, Vaddhaka, and perhaps others; all have thought deeply about subjectivity from both Buddhist and scientific angles.

Munissara, a psychiatrist, explains methods for exploring the mind, which can even assess deep psychology and degrees of insight. Jnanadasa,...