Photo by Christina Ombra
NEW SEMESTER STARTS 1st FEBRUARY
With the new semester comes:
The New Buddhist Psychology Diploma ProgrammeThe latest up-date of the programme in Buddhist psychology developed by Dr David Brazier and colleagues over many years. This programme develops Buddhist principles as psychology and applies them to personal life and psychotherapy, showing how the Dharma methods of transforming dukkha into the path of awakening can be operationalised in a contemporary context. The programme is suitable for all who are interested in deepening their understanding in their own practice and in assisting others, as well as those who work as therapists and counsellors.
The Second Semester of Ancestors of the Pureland Tradition
This is the Global Sangha study programme on the history of the transmission of the Dharma. The first semester, which is just ending, has covered the transmission within India in the period 500BCE to 200CE. The second semester will cover the transmission in China from 0 to 1300CE. The main emphasis is upon the Pureland tradition and teachers, but the programme also includes a broad view of Mahayana Buddhism as a whole. Each semester is a stand-alone sequence so you don't have to have done the first to join the second.
Tickets for each of these programmes are or will soon be available at<https://www.tickettailor.com/events/globalsangha>
Saturday 15th January
SANGHA DAY
including Upavastha
Full moon celebration.
10:00: Dharma Seminar: "Compassion is Not a Set of Rules"
12:00: Sangha Meetings
14:00: Ocean Seminar: "Vasubandhu as Pureland Ancestor"
16:00: Upavastha including led meditation
19:00: Upavastha readings & chanting until 22:00
Tickets <
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/globalsangha>
Weekend 22nd-23rd January 2022
“ENCOUNTER & PATH”
A WEEKEND OF EXPERIENTIAL BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY
Dr. David Brazier, Dr. Iris Dotan Katz, Dr Yaya de Andrade, Natividad Menendez Garcia
& Kimiko Nita
Theme:
Therapy as a Spiritual Path for Client & for Therapist. A presentation of the application of Buddhist psychology in a number of dimensions; a forum in which to reflect upon the spiritual path from a psychological point of view and the psychological work from a spiritual perspective.
Content:
talks, seminars, master class demonstration, groupwork, "Dharma à Deux", case
presentation and discussion. Theoretical material will be presented and there will also be experiential workshops so participants should be willing to
share material about personal life and agree to respect the
confidentiality of others.
Suitable for: The weekend is open to anybody interested both in understanding their own life and relationships better and in the therapeutic process and how this relates to the spiritual path in a Buddhist approach. This will also make a good preliminary for those wishing to embark upon the on-going Buddhist Psychology Dilpoma Programme commencing in February.
Leaders: The workshop leaders are practising
psychotherapy or counselling from a Buddhist perspective and/or tutoring
the ITZI Buddhist psychology training programme.
Dr David Brazier, psychotherapist and Buddhist teacher, author of a dozen books including Zen Therapy and many other writings. Co-editor of the Oxford Manual of Meditation.
Dr. Iris Dotan Katz, clinical psychologist with a private practice in Tel Aviv has many years of experience in Zen and Pureland Buddhism and in socially engaged action.
Dr. Yaya de Andrade, retired psychologist now working with the Red Cross, especially with indigenous groups. Dr Andrade has extensive experience in working with populations recovering from major disasters around the world.
Kimiko Nita, clinical psychologist, specialises in work with children and young adults, has a private practice for adult clients in Tokyo, and a special interest in Naikan therapy.
Natividad Menendez Garcia, psychotherapist, is tutor on the Spanish language version of the Buddhist Psychology Diploma Programme and has private clients in Spain.
To book:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/globalsangha