[Non-religious]

The mind, consciousness & well-being A non-religious exploration with PIYA TAN

Course Summary

Healing yourself: How the mind creates problems: two kinds of pain; perception.

The conscious body: Mind-body interbeing (the 5 aggregates & mental networking).

The unconscious: Are we really in control, or How can our mind work for us?

Minding the mind: Mental distractions and the nature of attention; consciousness.

The art of loving: Negative emotions & healing emotions; types of love.

Brain or mind? Neuroplasticity: how the mind grows the brain.

Don’t believe everything you think: Mental defences & emotional resilience.

Non-judgement day is here: Mindfulness in daily life: meditation on the move.

The still eye of the storm: The brain during meditation; cultivating a still centre.

Ancient wisdom, modern science: Scientific developments in Buddhist psychology.

Buddhist Psychology Intake 19

Instructor: Piya Tan

Date: 6, 13, 20, 27 Sep 2014 (Sat)

Time: 7.00 – 9.00 pm

Venue: The Minding Centre

Fees: $ 170 Incl course reader (2 bound volumes)

PIYA TAN, meditation therapist, was a Theravada monk for 20 years, and learnt Vipassana (Insight) meditation from Mahasi Sayadaw & forest meditation from Ajahn Brahmavamso. He has been teaching meditation since the 1980s, and has taught at the University of California @ Berkeley, the Defence Science Organi-zation, SIA, HP, Hitachi, BP, etc. He is personal meditation mentor to various individuals and has healed many people. Currently, he is translating and teaching early Indian texts on meditation and

psychology. He is doing all this for Ratna and their two children. Wiki Piya: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piya_Tan

Shenton House, 3 Shenton Way, #03-06 B, Room 5

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Health care professionals, social workers, care-givers, executives, clergy, managers, lecturers, teachers, parents, or anyone interested in the mind and mental health.

Open your inner eye:

Tap your true potential

The still centre in life’s storm

The Minding Centre, Singapore

BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY The mind, consciousness & well-being

Instructor: Piya Tan

Course Description

2014

1a Healing yourself Theme: The mind precedes all things

Text: Consciousness and Meditation: A random

survey of recent developments (SD 17.8c)

A brief survey of modern Buddhist psychology.

Buddhist psychotherapy as a way of life. False reality

and true reality. The six senses: what they are and

how they function.

1b Minding the body Themes: The 18 senses (āyatana): 2 kinds of pain

& latent tendencies (anusaya)

Study text: Nakula,pit Sutta (S 22.1/3:1-5). The

psycho-physical aggregates: the nature of body-mind

interaction. Interbeing: the connectedness of life and

environment.

2a The unconscious Theme: Latent tendencies (anusaya)

Text: The Unconscious (SD 17.8b)

How the mind really works, or are we really in

control. The mind according to early Buddhism: the

conscious, pre-conscious and the unconscious.

Conscious actions and latent tendencies. Why we are

often not in control of our actions (physical action,

speech and thought).

2b Mastering the mind Theme: Mental proliferation (papaca) Study text: Saññoga Sutta (A 7.48)

Overcoming distracting thoughts, and thinking

straight. Why we get distracted. What is a focussed

mind. Dealing with sexuality: suffering of being men

and being women.

3a The art of loving Theme: The 4 divine abodes (brahma,vihāra).

Study text: Brahma,vihāra Sutta (A 10.208/5:299 =

SD 2.10)

Neuroplasticity: how the mind grows the brain.

Dealing with one’s negative emotions and learning to

love oneself. Love (including mention of Erich

Fromm) and lovingkindness.

3b Don’t believe everything you think Theme: The roots of motivation (akusala,mla, kusala,mla) Study text: Khaluka Sutta (A 8.14/190 f = SD 7.9)

Defence mechanisms and psychological masks.

Motivation. Repression and suppression.

4a Non-judgement day is here Theme: Focus of mindfulness (satipahāna).

Study text: Satipatthna Sutta (M 10/1:55-63)

Open focus (mention of Fehmi’s ideas): how we

look at things. Dealing with one’s deeper emotions

through focus of mindfulness. Applying the four

stations of mindfulness to daily life. Present-moment

awareness. Conscious breathing and its benefits.

4b The still eye of the storm Theme: The 4 elements (dhātu) & non-self (anattā)

Study text: Mah Rhul’ovda Sutta (M 62.8-

17/1:421-424)

Dealing with problems, not with people.

Understanding change as a healing process. Inner

stillness.

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