Part 2 in a weeklong series of blog posts written by undergraduate students from the 2017 spring-semester class, “Mindfulness & Compassion: Living Fully Personally and Professionally” at the University of Virginia. Introduction As a second year student at the University of Virginia, I started to notice myself living in a state of frenzy. I was …
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The main goal of this presentation is to explore the entanglements betweentechnologies of the self and ecology. I am particularly interested in the ways in which the modern self — characterized by Elias as the homo clausus and by Watts as the skin-encapsulated ego — can be suspended, eroding the dualism between self and others, …
Education for Ethical and Compassionate Leadership
Education for Ethical and Compassionate Leadership We live in a time of increasingly fragile social institutions: a political system distorted by increases in inequality; financial markets that create unsustainable debt; and an economy that drives a scarcity mentality and ever-escalating consumption, diminishing the quality of time-starved and stress-filled lives. We have crises in health care, …
We are at a moment in time when the thriving of all beings on our Planet Mother is in question. What happens when we become aware and engaged as members of living systems? How does that awareness bring deeper meaning to learning within and outside of formal education systems that cultivates a more sustainable life? …
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Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Discussion among participants and His Holiness’s final remarks Session 10 of “Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence”, the Mind and Life XXIII conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in dialogue with contemplative scholars, activists and ecological scientists who …
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Topic Three – Ethics and Action The Skillful Means of ActivismSPEAKER: Dekila Chungyalpa What does successful activism look like? Laws against child labor, reservation quotas for scheduled tribes and castes, protection of wildlife preserves are examples of …
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Topic Three – Ethics and Action A Buddhist Perspective on the Psychology of Action and Behavior ChangeSPEAKER: Thupten Jinpa The idea of transformation or change lies at the very heart of Buddhism. Traditionally, this process, characterized as …
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 20-21, 2011. Topic Three – Ethics and Action Session 7: The Psychology of Action and Behavior ChangeSPEAKER: Elke Weber The path to a sustainable human future on Earth lies in finding a balance between conflicting goals – between striving …
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” on October 18-19, 2011. Topic Two – Ethics, Philosophy, Theology A Buddhist Perspective and Open Discussion PANELISTS:His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaDekila ChungyalpaJohn DunneDaniel GolemanJoan Halifax RoshiThupten JinpaDiana LivermanSallie McFagueGreg NorrisClare PalmerJonathan PatzMatthieu RicardElke Weber
