‘Who Are Those People?’: Opening Our Hearts in Divided Times
with sujatha baliga
Facebook LIVE, Sunday, December 27th
10:30 - 12:00pm PST
As 2020 comes to a close, we in the United States find ourselves in a highly divided nation. Many of us are asking “who are those people?” about those who appear to be on the other side of the issues that impact our lives. During this Taste of Buddhism, we’ll explore how to open our hearts to the people we perceive to be on the other side. This session will help us to abandon the notion of “sides” and our nation’s current us/them framing of the difficulties we struggle with. We’ll see how it’s possible to remain committed to our own moral principles without rejecting the humanity of those who appear to violate them. We’ll grapple with what it means to have compassion for those who appear to be making unwise choices without developing arrogance towards or pity for those we disagree with.
Drawing from her own experiences facilitating restorative justice dialogues across seemingly unbridgeable divides, sujatha will close the session by guiding us through meditations which help us ask “who are those people?” with a genuine interest in the answer.
About the Presenter: sujatha baliga has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 1996. Her teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Chöden Rinpoche, Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, Geshe Sherab, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Ven. Rene Fuesi, Geshe Kunchok Tenzin, S.N. Goenka, Ven. Robina Courtin, Ven. Antonio Satta, and Ven. Connie Miller. Her life’s work in the field of restorative justice was born of the personal advice she received when she was 24 years old from His Holiness the Dalai Lama about the forgiveness of seemingly unforgivable acts. Sujatha leads meditation on Monday nights at the Gyuto Foundation, in Richmond, CA. She lives in Berkeley, CA with her spouse and teenage child.
with sujatha baliga
Facebook LIVE, Sunday, December 27th
10:30 - 12:00pm PST
As 2020 comes to a close, we in the United States find ourselves in a highly divided nation. Many of us are asking “who are those people?” about those who appear to be on the other side of the issues that impact our lives. During this Taste of Buddhism, we’ll explore how to open our hearts to the people we perceive to be on the other side. This session will help us to abandon the notion of “sides” and our nation’s current us/them framing of the difficulties we struggle with. We’ll see how it’s possible to remain committed to our own moral principles without rejecting the humanity of those who appear to violate them. We’ll grapple with what it means to have compassion for those who appear to be making unwise choices without developing arrogance towards or pity for those we disagree with.
Drawing from her own experiences facilitating restorative justice dialogues across seemingly unbridgeable divides, sujatha will close the session by guiding us through meditations which help us ask “who are those people?” with a genuine interest in the answer.
About the Presenter: sujatha baliga has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 1996. Her teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Chöden Rinpoche, Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, Geshe Sherab, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Ven. Rene Fuesi, Geshe Kunchok Tenzin, S.N. Goenka, Ven. Robina Courtin, Ven. Antonio Satta, and Ven. Connie Miller. Her life’s work in the field of restorative justice was born of the personal advice she received when she was 24 years old from His Holiness the Dalai Lama about the forgiveness of seemingly unforgivable acts. Sujatha leads meditation on Monday nights at the Gyuto Foundation, in Richmond, CA. She lives in Berkeley, CA with her spouse and teenage child.
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