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Retreat Dharma Talks at New York Insight Meditation Center

The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

Spiritual bypassing is described by John Welwood as using spiritual practice to avoid addressing psychological wounds and unresolved personal issues. This is usually addressed only on the individual level, yet a spiritual practice can be used to avoid or “bypass” unresolved cultural issues as well, which we are calling cultural spiritual bypassing. In this daylong we will explore some commonly bypassed issues such as racism, social justice, and identity politics.

We will be exploring what it means to be a cultural being among other cultural beings, including looking at how cultural spiritual bypassing manifests both collectively and individually, particularly within spiritual communities. This exploration will be situated in the context of how the Buddha of early Buddhism addressed cultural forms of oppression in teachings on ethics, view, intention, and the five aggregates.

This daylong will include lecture, images, reflection, discussion and meditation practice. All are welcome and encouraged to attend the Friday evening program which will introduce this exploration.

2018-07-06 (2 days) New York Insight Meditation Center

  
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2018-07-06 TBIF: thanks buddha it's friday 1:19:26
Brian Lesage
How how have our cultural orientations influenced how we imagine the Buddha? What have we inadvertently bypassed in the process?
2018-07-07 AM01-introduction to the day 7:14
Sebene Selassie
2018-07-07 AM02-Sebene and Brian Dharma Discussion 21:38
Sebene Selassie
2018-07-07 AM03-meditation wth songs 14:28
Brian Lesage
2018-07-07 AM04-participants sharing experience of meditation with songs- end of am session 18:00
Brian Lesage
2018-07-07 PM01 Intro to An Invitation to the Devas Chant 4:57
Sebene Selassie
2018-07-07 PM02 recorded chanting of An Invitation to the Devas chant 5:02
Sebene Selassie
2018-07-07 PM03 contextualizing kaun yin - unseen deva presence 18:10
Sebene Selassie
2018-07-07 PM04 chanting namo guan shi yin pusa chant 4:04
Sebene Selassie
2018-07-07 PM05 sharing - on unseen non-human beings 27:36
Sebene Selassie
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