Non dual awareness-Open presence - The heart of Mindfulness

CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCES NETWORK (C.S.N.)

Deepening the experience and understanding of meditation's effects on the body and mind. An initiative of the European Buddhist Union (EBU) to promote a spirit of unity in diversity in a cooperative approach to resource sharing for a culture of harmony.

Date : May Saturday 13th 2023 - 14h-19h15 (CET)

Plateform : Zoom webinar. You will receive the zoom link in return of your free registration

Language : english

Open presence, also named Nondual awareness is the deepest and simplest contemplative experience and the one that most radically liberates from ill-being.

Insights and discussions : with six qualified speakers, Dharma teachers & academic researchers. Exploring fundamental questions, such as :

• Perspectives of the three yânas on Non dual awareness and the state of research in contemplative neurophenomenology concerning the experience and practice of Open Presence.
• Defining the main notions and terms that allow us to approach non dual awareness experience.
• What is Openness ?
• What is Awareness ?
• What is non duality ?
• What is the relation between openness and compassion ?
• What is Meta-awareness ?
• What is Open monitoring ?
• What is reification/dereification ?
• What is the ego (self) and the non-ego ?
• What is self-inquiry ?
• Etc.

Speakers  : Dr. Antoine Lutz, Dr. Elena Antonova, Venerable Dario Doshin Girolami, Prof. Henk Barendregt, Denys Rinpoché, Prof. Antonino Raffone, Ron Eichhorn, FL Lhündrup

Tentative Program

• 14:00 - Opening with EBU President Ron Eichhorn, Dr Antonino Raffone and Lhündroup
• 14:10 - Prof. Henk Barendregt
• 14:40 - Exchanges and discussions
• 14:50 - Venerable Dario Doshin Girolami
• 15:20 - Exchanges and discussions
• 15:30 - Denys Rinpoche
• 16:00 - Exchanges and discussions
• 16:10 : First Session Questions & Discussion
• 16:45 - Break
• 17:00 - Dr. Antoine Lutz
• 17:30 - Exchanges and discussions
• 17:40 - Dr Elena Antonova
• 18:10 - Exchanges and discussions
• 18:20 - Panel discussion, chaired by Prof. Antonino Raffone
• 19:15 - Conclusion
• 19:20 - End

NB: The conference will be recorded and post in the EBU Website and the link will be sent to the people who registered.

More informations

Go to our website : https://europeanbuddhistunion.org/

Contact

Contact us by email : fredlhun@gmail.com