The Myths We Live By
with Karuna Cayton
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Sunday, October 11th
10:30am - 12:00 noon PDT
with Karuna Cayton
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Sunday, October 11th
10:30am - 12:00 noon PDT
Anger vs Outrage
with Ven. Gyalten Lekden
Facebook LIVE, Sunday, September 6, 2020
10:30 AM-12:00 PM PDT (US Time)
Injustice and suffering are not new to the world, and with more awareness and visibility than ever before, isn’t anger the appropriate response? Buddhism teaches us that there is never an instance of anger that is not non-virtuous, and hence always harmful. So, no, anger is never appropriate, never righteous. But isn’t anger that fire in our bellies, compelling us to fight for the dignity and equality of others? Shouldn’t we be nurturing those thoughts that are fueling us to work to relieve others’ suffering?
When looking at western explanations of anger through an understanding of Buddhist mind science we find an intricate web of simultaneous mental events that we group together as this nebulous concept of anger. In truth, anger is only one portion of that experience. Through exploring the mind we can learn to distinguish anger from outrage, and discover that fierce compassion that fuels our work to help others without harming ourselves in the process.
Ven. Gyalten Lekden was born and raised outside of Boston. He first started studying and practicing Buddhism during his undergraduate studies, and after completing BAs in Theatre and Religious Studies he continued on to complete his Masters of Divinity in Buddhist Ministry at Harvard Divinity School. Ven. Lekden started leading Buddhist communities while an undergrad, and has studied, served, and taught at various Dharma centers since then. In 2012 he joined Sera Je Monastery in southern India, where he continues to study and practice. Ven. Lekden is a registered teacher in the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, and has given talks and meditation instruction in India and the USA.
Ven. Lekden is also a co-founder of The Union of Teaching and Accomplishment Publishing Group comprised of a few monks living and studying at Sera Je Monastery in south India. The members of the group are studying full-time as part of the geshe curriculum and use their free time to produce Tibetan-language critical editions of are mostly texts that are useful for study but are not easily available, especially not in book format and not in critical editions.
The texts they translate are most often aimed at practice, not theory, and help all strive for the union of study and practice, or of teaching and accomplishment.
For more on The Union of Teaching & Accomplishment Publishing Group, please visit:
http://publishing.simplebuddhistmonk.net/index.php/about-us/
10:30 AM-12:00 PM PDT (US Time)
Injustice and suffering are not new to the world, and with more awareness and visibility than ever before, isn’t anger the appropriate response? Buddhism teaches us that there is never an instance of anger that is not non-virtuous, and hence always harmful. So, no, anger is never appropriate, never righteous. But isn’t anger that fire in our bellies, compelling us to fight for the dignity and equality of others? Shouldn’t we be nurturing those thoughts that are fueling us to work to relieve others’ suffering?
When looking at western explanations of anger through an understanding of Buddhist mind science we find an intricate web of simultaneous mental events that we group together as this nebulous concept of anger. In truth, anger is only one portion of that experience. Through exploring the mind we can learn to distinguish anger from outrage, and discover that fierce compassion that fuels our work to help others without harming ourselves in the process.
Ven. Gyalten Lekden was born and raised outside of Boston. He first started studying and practicing Buddhism during his undergraduate studies, and after completing BAs in Theatre and Religious Studies he continued on to complete his Masters of Divinity in Buddhist Ministry at Harvard Divinity School. Ven. Lekden started leading Buddhist communities while an undergrad, and has studied, served, and taught at various Dharma centers since then. In 2012 he joined Sera Je Monastery in southern India, where he continues to study and practice. Ven. Lekden is a registered teacher in the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, and has given talks and meditation instruction in India and the USA.
Ven. Lekden is also a co-founder of The Union of Teaching and Accomplishment Publishing Group comprised of a few monks living and studying at Sera Je Monastery in south India. The members of the group are studying full-time as part of the geshe curriculum and use their free time to produce Tibetan-language critical editions of are mostly texts that are useful for study but are not easily available, especially not in book format and not in critical editions.
The texts they translate are most often aimed at practice, not theory, and help all strive for the union of study and practice, or of teaching and accomplishment.
For more on The Union of Teaching & Accomplishment Publishing Group, please visit:
http://publishing.simplebuddhistmonk.net/index.php/about-us/
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