Events List
Event
- Title:
- MESP 2014 Future Events
- When:
- 13-04-2014 - 30-11-2014
- Where:
- Near Edinburgh - Near Edinburgh
- Category:
- MESP 2014 Future Events
Description
MESP 2014 Future Events
Organised by, or jointly by, the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace,
EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996
Organised by, or jointly by, the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace,
EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996
Event: Girish Chant Workshop and Girish Kirtan.
Facilitator: Girish.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Sunday 13 April 2014.
Time: Registration: 3pm-3.30pm. Girish Chant Workshop: 3.30pm-5.30pm.
Registration: 7pm-7.30pm. Girish Kirtan: 7.30pm-9.30pm.
Event Description: Girish Kirtan: Girish, an accomplished musician of many genres, sings traditional Sanskrit mantras with a modern, funky, yet deeply devotional twist. Accompanied by his amazing band, Girish invites his audience to participate by singing along and dancing.
Girish Chant Workshop: Girish’s chanting immersion is for anyone seeking to bring the bliss of Sanskrit chanting into daily life or to deepen an existing practice. No previous experience necessary!
Girish is currently on tour to support his new album (Mondolaya, December 2013) His widely acclaimed seven previous releases and tours popularized his original music in yoga studios, churches, and music festivals worldwide. www.girishmusic.com
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Sunday 13 April 2014.
Time: Registration: 3pm-3.30pm. Girish Chant Workshop: 3.30pm-5.30pm.
Registration: 7pm-7.30pm. Girish Kirtan: 7.30pm-9.30pm.
Event Description: Girish Kirtan: Girish, an accomplished musician of many genres, sings traditional Sanskrit mantras with a modern, funky, yet deeply devotional twist. Accompanied by his amazing band, Girish invites his audience to participate by singing along and dancing.
Girish Chant Workshop: Girish’s chanting immersion is for anyone seeking to bring the bliss of Sanskrit chanting into daily life or to deepen an existing practice. No previous experience necessary!
Girish is currently on tour to support his new album (Mondolaya, December 2013) His widely acclaimed seven previous releases and tours popularized his original music in yoga studios, churches, and music festivals worldwide. www.girishmusic.com
Cost: £12/£10 (Concession) for each of the Workshop and the Kirtan, £24/£20 (Concession) for both.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: 2-Day Retreat: The Journey to Your True Self.
Facilitators: Sharadha Bain is a spiritual healer, and Ian Bain has served on the teaching faculty for the four-year training in Nondual Kabbalistic Healing with A Society of Souls.
Venue: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Dates: Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 April 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: “Awakening is the birthright of every created being. To know God is our destiny.
What would it feel like if you realised that, from the very beginning, you were designed to look for, to find, and to receive God? That you were designed to awaken to reality? How would it feel to know that this would definitely happen in your lifetime, because you were made to accomplish this very thing?
If you let yourself feel this, many things will drop away. Those are the things you no longer need. Try to let them go. What is left is the answer you were looking for and the reason you were born.”
Jason Shulman in
‘The Instruction Manual for Receiving God’
Join us for two days of healing, meditation and spiritual exploration, drawing on the revolutionary work of Nondual Kabbalistic Healing developed by Jinen Jason Shulman.
This gentle yet profound path of personal healing and spiritual awakening unites theistic traditions such as the Kabbalah and Christianity with the nondual teachings of Advaita and Buddhism. It also weaves together contemporary psychotherapeutic understanding with the timeless wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions.
During this weekend, we will inquire deeply into the fundamental questions of life and death, suffering and healing, the experience of being human with the heart’s yearning to love and feel loved by God, and our longing to take our rightful place in the larger reality.
Using teaching, discussion, and short meditations and spiritual practices, we will explore:
A new understanding of the ego on the journey of awakening
How we can be with God every moment
The revelatory paradigm of the Four Universes of the Kabbalah
We will also learn and practice the Healing of Immanence, which many people describe as life-changing and a turning point on their spiritual journey.
No prior knowledge of Kabbalah, Advaita, Buddhism or any other tradition is required to participate. People of all faiths are very welcome.
Nondual Kabbalistic Healing was created by Jinen Jason Shulman, one of the foremost spiritual teachers of our time. A unique combination of contemporary kabbalah master and Dharma lineage holder in the zen tradition, he is the founder of A Society of Souls (ASOS), a school dedicated to nondual healing and awakening. More information about Jason, the programmes he has developed, his books and music, can be found at www.societyofsouls.com
Venue: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Dates: Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 April 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: “Awakening is the birthright of every created being. To know God is our destiny.
What would it feel like if you realised that, from the very beginning, you were designed to look for, to find, and to receive God? That you were designed to awaken to reality? How would it feel to know that this would definitely happen in your lifetime, because you were made to accomplish this very thing?
If you let yourself feel this, many things will drop away. Those are the things you no longer need. Try to let them go. What is left is the answer you were looking for and the reason you were born.”
Jason Shulman in
‘The Instruction Manual for Receiving God’
Join us for two days of healing, meditation and spiritual exploration, drawing on the revolutionary work of Nondual Kabbalistic Healing developed by Jinen Jason Shulman.
This gentle yet profound path of personal healing and spiritual awakening unites theistic traditions such as the Kabbalah and Christianity with the nondual teachings of Advaita and Buddhism. It also weaves together contemporary psychotherapeutic understanding with the timeless wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions.
During this weekend, we will inquire deeply into the fundamental questions of life and death, suffering and healing, the experience of being human with the heart’s yearning to love and feel loved by God, and our longing to take our rightful place in the larger reality.
Using teaching, discussion, and short meditations and spiritual practices, we will explore:
A new understanding of the ego on the journey of awakening
How we can be with God every moment
The revelatory paradigm of the Four Universes of the Kabbalah
We will also learn and practice the Healing of Immanence, which many people describe as life-changing and a turning point on their spiritual journey.
No prior knowledge of Kabbalah, Advaita, Buddhism or any other tradition is required to participate. People of all faiths are very welcome.
Nondual Kabbalistic Healing was created by Jinen Jason Shulman, one of the foremost spiritual teachers of our time. A unique combination of contemporary kabbalah master and Dharma lineage holder in the zen tradition, he is the founder of A Society of Souls (ASOS), a school dedicated to nondual healing and awakening. More information about Jason, the programmes he has developed, his books and music, can be found at www.societyofsouls.com
Sharadha Bain is a spiritual healer, teacher and writer based in Edinburgh. She comes from one of India’s oldest Hindu communities and grew up immersed in the path of Vedanta and Advaita. She has built on this with studies in the field of healing and personal growth and since 1990, has studied with numerous teachers in the Middle East, India, Europe and the United States. She is a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner; a Brennan Healing Science practitioner; and a graduate of the three-year training in psychodynamics from the Center for Intentional Living. For the last 12 years, she has been studying and practising Nondual Kabbalistic Healing with A Society of Souls.
Ian Bain has served on the teaching faculty for the four-year training in Nondual Kabbalistic Healing with A Society of Souls. Previously, he was a Fleet Street journalist and public relations consultant.
Ian Bain has served on the teaching faculty for the four-year training in Nondual Kabbalistic Healing with A Society of Souls. Previously, he was a Fleet Street journalist and public relations consultant.
Cost: £100/£80 (Concessions). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.
For finalised details check www.eicsp.org or:
Contact: Neill Walker,
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Event: 2-Day Retreat: Retreat in the City - conducted by Sr Ajahn Candasiri, a Theravada Buddhist nun.
Facilitator: Sister Ajahn Candasiri, has been active in the evolving community of nuns at Chithurst Monastery, Amaravati Monastery and, more recently, at Milntuim Hermitage in Perthshire.
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 10 May - Sunday 11 May 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat Days: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: This weekend will be an opportunity to practise ancient methods for settling the mind that were prescribed by the Buddha over 2,500 years ago. It is open to people of any faith, or none.
In addition to settling the mind, there will also be time and encouragement to consider deeply our human predicament. Such pondering can enable the arising of insight that will help us to maintain a sense of inner tranquillity and balance after the retreat in surroundings that may not always be as tranquil and balanced as we would prefer.
Attendance for the whole weekend is strongly recommended.
Ajahn, or Sister Candasiri was born and grew up in Edinburgh. She was one of the first four women to enter monastic training at Chithurst Buddhist Monastery in West Sussex in 1979 under the guidance of Ajahn Sumedho (the first Western disciple of the late Ven Ajahn Chah of the Thai forest tradition). Since then, she has resided there and at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery where she has been involved with the development of a training for nuns in community.
In 2011, a property was purchased near Comrie in Perthshire where she is establishing a quiet hermitage for nuns of the Amaravati/Chithurst communities.
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 10 May - Sunday 11 May 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat Days: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: This weekend will be an opportunity to practise ancient methods for settling the mind that were prescribed by the Buddha over 2,500 years ago. It is open to people of any faith, or none.
In addition to settling the mind, there will also be time and encouragement to consider deeply our human predicament. Such pondering can enable the arising of insight that will help us to maintain a sense of inner tranquillity and balance after the retreat in surroundings that may not always be as tranquil and balanced as we would prefer.
Attendance for the whole weekend is strongly recommended.
Ajahn, or Sister Candasiri was born and grew up in Edinburgh. She was one of the first four women to enter monastic training at Chithurst Buddhist Monastery in West Sussex in 1979 under the guidance of Ajahn Sumedho (the first Western disciple of the late Ven Ajahn Chah of the Thai forest tradition). Since then, she has resided there and at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery where she has been involved with the development of a training for nuns in community.
In 2011, a property was purchased near Comrie in Perthshire where she is establishing a quiet hermitage for nuns of the Amaravati/Chithurst communities.
Cost: £50/£40 (Concessions). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: Findhorn Eight Hour Kirtan - Non-stop enchanting mantra music experience.
Organisers:Jointly organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996, and ISKCON Scotland, Scottish Charity, SC001127.
Venue: Universal Hall, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, IV36 3TZ.
Date: Saturday 7 June 2014.
Time: 1pm-9pm.
Event Description: KIRTAN (pronounced keertan) is an ancient participatory enchanting mantra music experience. One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan call-and-response chanting genre comes to us from India. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras to the accompaniment of instruments, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove inauspicious things from the heart, to bring us back to the centre of our own identity and awaken divine peace and love within us. It is the yoga of sound.
The word “mantra” means to deliver (tra) the mind (mana), and it is one of the easiest methods to use. The mantra itself, depending on which one used, often incorporates a vibrational formula to call various energies or powers to oneself, or to awaken one to higher states of awareness, perception and realization.
Kirtan is a spiritual journey: usually starting off with a slow tempo, gradually building up to euphoric crescendos bringing with it the concomitant emotions of joy and elation. The captivating nature of the melodious tunes fused with the eclectic blend of instruments induces the heart with deep sentiments and enlivens the self to profound levels of delight.
All can participate in this chanting, the more participants, the greater the efficacy. Whether one is musically gifted or hasn’t got a rhythmical inclination, not considering caste, creed, colour, religious background or gender; all unite through the medium of this musical experience, transcending the mundane platform and transporting them to a spiritual realm
Vegan food will be served.
Drop in at any time.
Cost: Admission: £5 suggested donation. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 07726688778.
Venue: Universal Hall, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, IV36 3TZ.
Date: Saturday 7 June 2014.
Time: 1pm-9pm.
Event Description: KIRTAN (pronounced keertan) is an ancient participatory enchanting mantra music experience. One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan call-and-response chanting genre comes to us from India. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras to the accompaniment of instruments, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove inauspicious things from the heart, to bring us back to the centre of our own identity and awaken divine peace and love within us. It is the yoga of sound.
The word “mantra” means to deliver (tra) the mind (mana), and it is one of the easiest methods to use. The mantra itself, depending on which one used, often incorporates a vibrational formula to call various energies or powers to oneself, or to awaken one to higher states of awareness, perception and realization.
Kirtan is a spiritual journey: usually starting off with a slow tempo, gradually building up to euphoric crescendos bringing with it the concomitant emotions of joy and elation. The captivating nature of the melodious tunes fused with the eclectic blend of instruments induces the heart with deep sentiments and enlivens the self to profound levels of delight.
All can participate in this chanting, the more participants, the greater the efficacy. Whether one is musically gifted or hasn’t got a rhythmical inclination, not considering caste, creed, colour, religious background or gender; all unite through the medium of this musical experience, transcending the mundane platform and transporting them to a spiritual realm
Vegan food will be served.
Drop in at any time.
Cost: Admission: £5 suggested donation. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 07726688778.
Aisha Salem Visit to Edinburgh, Scotland, 23-29 June 2014.
Organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace,
EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996. www.eicsp.org
Event: Celebration and Satsang.
Facilitator: Aisha Salem.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Monday 23 June 2014.
Time: Registration: 4.30pm-5pm. Event: 5pm-9.30pm. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early.
Event Description: An evening of Celebration in Truth with meditation in movement and Satsang-meeting ~ in deep healing, clarification and surrender to Ultimate Honesty. Participants will have time to eat a snack that they bring themselves in between the dancing and the satsang.
Cost: £15.
Contact: Neill Walker,
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Event: Individual sessions with Aisha Salem.
Facilitator: Aisha Salem.
Venue: Details confirmed on booking.
Dates: Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 June 2014 (day appointments only - 40 minutes).
Time: Details confirmed on booking.
Event Description: Individual meetings in Truth, Life and Being through direct enquiry with Aisha Salem.
Cost: £45.
Contact: Neill Walker,
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Event: 5-Day Retreat with Aisha Salem.
Facilitator: Aisha Salem.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Dates: Wednesday 25 – Sunday 29 June 2014.
Times: Wednesday - Saturday: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am–4.30pm. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early.
Sunday: Registration: 3.30pm-4pm. Retreat: 4pm-9.30pm. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early.
Event Description: A treasure of an invitation to enter the flame of purification, healing and clarification. For a time of working closely with Aisha on your awakening; purification of Heart and clarification of Mind, through a period of 2-5 days in complete honesty of Silence/Truth and Presence. On-going satsangs, social silence, meditations, chanting, movement, self-investigation, contemplation, transmission and integration.
*Full information will be given to those confirmed prior to commencing Retreat.
Cost: £70 per day - £30 discount on full 5 days participation.
Contact: Neill Walker,
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About and further information:
Aisha Salem is a woman living from the deepest of dedication to Truth. For more than a decade, her dedication has brought her Being into fulness as pure Love as well as beyond, to the realization of Truth beyond existence. Aisha travels the world, giving Satsang, retreats and offer her facilitation in realization, wherever the world calls for her Love and cutting edge honesty.
Aisha Salem’s website offers articles, writings, video links, pointers, her full schedule and information about retreating at the centre in Denmark and also around Europe: http://aishasalem.com/
Aisha Salem’s website offers articles, writings, video links, pointers, her full schedule and information about retreating at the centre in Denmark and also around Europe: http://aishasalem.com/
Event: 2-Day Workshop: Sufi Healing and Meditation Workshop.
Facilitator: Murshid Saul Barodofsky, assisted by Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Venue: The Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Date: Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 September 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: This is the first UK workshop led by Murshid Saul from the USA, an original student of Murshid Samuel Lewis and founder of the Dervish Healing Order in 1971. Saul is a master of active practices for self-healing and will include chant, breath practice, walking meditation and other active concentrations that help build magnetism and allow one to become a channel for healing for oneself and others. He will also share what the Sufis call baraka or blessing through his telling of some stories about his time with various spiritul healers and with Murshid Samuel Lewis (1896-1971), the founder of the Dances of Universal Peace. Saadi will assist him by sharing some of these healing circle dances. The workshop is open to all and sponsored by the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning with support from the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace.
Contact: Neil and Natalia, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Event: 2-Day Workshop: Sound Voice and Soul Communication: Journey to the Heart of your Voice.
Facilitator: Chloe Goodchild.
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 September 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat Days: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: Sound Voice and Soul Communication provides relaxed and empowering context in which you will experience the transformative power of your own unique sound and voice.
However we may feel about the global crisis, whether we experience it as a collapse, or a renaissance of consciousness, there is no question that it is offering us a unique opportunity to wake up and re-invent our lives with greater awareness, discernment, courage and loving kindness. Your unique voice offers a simple fast way to access the language and music of your soul. with courage and compassion. Whether or not you have ever shared sound – performatively or therapeutically - with others, you will be aware of the uplifting presence that vocal music has as it envelops you in a stillness beyond the rational mind. All the more so in the graceful silence that remains after the singing has finished. It invites wonder, reverence and a harmonic resonance that unifies everyone.
Sound visionary and voice pioneer Chloe Goodchild, will introduce you to simple user-friendly and life-changing ways to connect with the authentic voice of your soul.
Meditative, spontaneous, and structured vocal practices invite a depth of self-inquiry and deep listening in a safe and supportive context.
You will soon find yourself expressing yourself and more important, hearing yourself and others in ways you never imagined possible.
You will explore your true voice as:
1) a metaphor for life – a way to live in harmony with yourself;
2) a musicianship of love – an opportunity to explore the full expression of your heart;
3) a metaphysics of being – a gateway into the spirit of interconnectedness.
Chloe Goodchild is Founder of The Naked Voice Foundation. You may wish to have a Voiceline, a one-to-one voice session with Chloe first (Skype or telephone). For more information contact: www.thenakedvoice.com
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 September 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat Days: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: Sound Voice and Soul Communication provides relaxed and empowering context in which you will experience the transformative power of your own unique sound and voice.
However we may feel about the global crisis, whether we experience it as a collapse, or a renaissance of consciousness, there is no question that it is offering us a unique opportunity to wake up and re-invent our lives with greater awareness, discernment, courage and loving kindness. Your unique voice offers a simple fast way to access the language and music of your soul. with courage and compassion. Whether or not you have ever shared sound – performatively or therapeutically - with others, you will be aware of the uplifting presence that vocal music has as it envelops you in a stillness beyond the rational mind. All the more so in the graceful silence that remains after the singing has finished. It invites wonder, reverence and a harmonic resonance that unifies everyone.
Sound visionary and voice pioneer Chloe Goodchild, will introduce you to simple user-friendly and life-changing ways to connect with the authentic voice of your soul.
Meditative, spontaneous, and structured vocal practices invite a depth of self-inquiry and deep listening in a safe and supportive context.
You will soon find yourself expressing yourself and more important, hearing yourself and others in ways you never imagined possible.
You will explore your true voice as:
1) a metaphor for life – a way to live in harmony with yourself;
2) a musicianship of love – an opportunity to explore the full expression of your heart;
3) a metaphysics of being – a gateway into the spirit of interconnectedness.
Chloe Goodchild is Founder of The Naked Voice Foundation. You may wish to have a Voiceline, a one-to-one voice session with Chloe first (Skype or telephone). For more information contact: www.thenakedvoice.com
Cost: £100. For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: Evening Workshop: Dances of Universal Peace.
Facilitator: Dominic Ashmole, has been leading Dances of Universal Peace since 2007.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 4 October 2014.
Time: Registration: 5.30am-6pm. Evening Workshop: 6pm-9pm.
Event Description: The Dances of Universal Peace are a powerful group spiritual practice originating in Sufism. We sing or chant sacred phrases while dancing in a circle. By opening our voices and hearts, dancing together and honouring sacred traditions of many different peoples and times, we may experience feelings of connectedness, joy, playfulness, healing and strength.
Dominic Ashmole has been leading Dances of Universal Peace since 2007. Under the guidance of his teacher, Philip O’Donohoe, he became a certified leader in November 2010.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 4 October 2014.
Time: Registration: 5.30am-6pm. Evening Workshop: 6pm-9pm.
Event Description: The Dances of Universal Peace are a powerful group spiritual practice originating in Sufism. We sing or chant sacred phrases while dancing in a circle. By opening our voices and hearts, dancing together and honouring sacred traditions of many different peoples and times, we may experience feelings of connectedness, joy, playfulness, healing and strength.
Dominic Ashmole has been leading Dances of Universal Peace since 2007. Under the guidance of his teacher, Philip O’Donohoe, he became a certified leader in November 2010.
Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: Sufi Kirtan and 2-Day Retreat: Harmony: Hearing the Symphony of Life: Sufi Music and the Mysticism of Sound.
Organisers: Jointly organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996, and the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning, EIAL.
Facilitators: Philip Tansen O'Donohoe and Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Venue: Friday 10 October 2014: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 October 2014: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Dates: 10-12 October 2014.
Times: Friday 10 October: Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Kirtan: 7pm-9.30pm.
Time: Saturday 11 October: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-5pm.
Saturday 11 October: Retreat Evening of Sufi Zikr and Storytelling: 7.30pm-9.30pm.
Sunday 12 October: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: “Why does a mystic give such great importance to harmony? Because for a mystic his or her whole life is one continuous symphony of music, each soul contributing to the symphony by his or her particular part in the music. Success, therefore, depends upon the ideal of harmony the person has. Very few people in the world give attention to harmony. They do not know that without this, there is no chance of being happy. Only the harmonious ones can make happiness and partake of that happiness. Otherwise it is hard to find happiness in the world. The fighter has no peace; battle will be ever increasing. It is the peacemaker who is blessed. No doubt to make peace, one will have to fight with oneself in order to be able to make peace with others.” - Hazrat Inayat Khan
The weekend will begin with a Friday evening of "Sufi Kirtan," which uses traditional forms of music in new melodic and rhythmic ways. The intention remains, as it did for our Sufi ancestors, to open ourselves to the deepest connection with the divine Beloved. The evening is open to all.
This weekend workshop will continue to explore the ancient methods Sufis have used to experience music as a spiritual practice and prayer. In this way, 'one becomes an hollow reed,' as Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi recommends. At the same time, we will explore and experience new Western styles of Sufi music, linked to group movement and prayer, chanting, poetry, meditation, Dances of Universal Peace and storytelling. Saturday evening, Tansen and Saadi will guide workshop participants in an extended experience of Sufi zikr, using movement and music in various forms. Disabled access available.
The workshop leaders are UK senior teachers (murshids) in the Chishti Ruhaniat tradition of Sufism (see www.sufiruhaniat.eu), in the line of Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti and Hazrat Inayat Khan Chishti. Saadi (Neil Douglas-Klotz) is the author of several books on Sufism and Middle Eastern mysticism, including The Sufi Book of Life, Desert Wisdom, The Tent of Abraham and Prayers of the Cosmos. He is the co-founder, with Neill Walker, of the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace, MESP. Philip Tansen is a singer and musician who has made a life-long study of use of sound in healing and spiritual development. He has trained in various forms of meditation over the last 30 years.
Facilitators: Philip Tansen O'Donohoe and Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz.
Venue: Friday 10 October 2014: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 October 2014: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Dates: 10-12 October 2014.
Times: Friday 10 October: Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Kirtan: 7pm-9.30pm.
Time: Saturday 11 October: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-5pm.
Saturday 11 October: Retreat Evening of Sufi Zikr and Storytelling: 7.30pm-9.30pm.
Sunday 12 October: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: “Why does a mystic give such great importance to harmony? Because for a mystic his or her whole life is one continuous symphony of music, each soul contributing to the symphony by his or her particular part in the music. Success, therefore, depends upon the ideal of harmony the person has. Very few people in the world give attention to harmony. They do not know that without this, there is no chance of being happy. Only the harmonious ones can make happiness and partake of that happiness. Otherwise it is hard to find happiness in the world. The fighter has no peace; battle will be ever increasing. It is the peacemaker who is blessed. No doubt to make peace, one will have to fight with oneself in order to be able to make peace with others.” - Hazrat Inayat Khan
The weekend will begin with a Friday evening of "Sufi Kirtan," which uses traditional forms of music in new melodic and rhythmic ways. The intention remains, as it did for our Sufi ancestors, to open ourselves to the deepest connection with the divine Beloved. The evening is open to all.
This weekend workshop will continue to explore the ancient methods Sufis have used to experience music as a spiritual practice and prayer. In this way, 'one becomes an hollow reed,' as Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi recommends. At the same time, we will explore and experience new Western styles of Sufi music, linked to group movement and prayer, chanting, poetry, meditation, Dances of Universal Peace and storytelling. Saturday evening, Tansen and Saadi will guide workshop participants in an extended experience of Sufi zikr, using movement and music in various forms. Disabled access available.
The workshop leaders are UK senior teachers (murshids) in the Chishti Ruhaniat tradition of Sufism (see www.sufiruhaniat.eu), in the line of Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti and Hazrat Inayat Khan Chishti. Saadi (Neil Douglas-Klotz) is the author of several books on Sufism and Middle Eastern mysticism, including The Sufi Book of Life, Desert Wisdom, The Tent of Abraham and Prayers of the Cosmos. He is the co-founder, with Neill Walker, of the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace, MESP. Philip Tansen is a singer and musician who has made a life-long study of use of sound in healing and spiritual development. He has trained in various forms of meditation over the last 30 years.
Cost: Friday Evening Sufi Kirtan: £10 (This evening is open to all).
Saturday and Sunday: £140/£110 (Concessions). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Alice Fateah Saunders, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +44 (0)131 664 6206.
Saturday and Sunday: £140/£110 (Concessions). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Alice Fateah Saunders, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +44 (0)131 664 6206.
Event: Edinburgh Eight Hour Kirtan - Non-stop enchanting mantra music experience.
Organisers: Jointly organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996, and ISKCON Scotland, Scottish Charity, SC001127.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 18 October 2014.
Time: 1pm-9pm.
Event Description: KIRTAN (pronounced keertan) is an ancient participatory enchanting mantra music experience. One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan call-and-response chanting genre comes to us from India. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras to the accompaniment of instruments, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove inauspicious things from the heart, to bring us back to the centre of our own identity and awaken divine peace and love within us. It is the yoga of sound.
The word “mantra” means to deliver (tra) the mind (mana), and it is one of the easiest methods to use. The mantra itself, depending on which one used, often incorporates a vibrational formula to call various energies or powers to oneself, or to awaken one to higher states of awareness, perception and realization.
Kirtan is a spiritual journey: usually starting off with a slow tempo, gradually building up to euphoric crescendos bringing with it the concomitant emotions of joy and elation. The captivating nature of the melodious tunes fused with the eclectic blend of instruments induces the heart with deep sentiments and enlivens the self to profound levels of delight.
All can participate in this chanting, the more participants, the greater the efficacy. Whether one is musically gifted or hasn’t got a rhythmical inclination, not considering caste, creed, colour, religious background or gender; all unite through the medium of this musical experience, transcending the mundane platform and transporting them to a spiritual realm
Vegan food will be served.
Drop in at any time.
Cost: Admission: £5 suggested donation. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 07726688778.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 18 October 2014.
Time: 1pm-9pm.
Event Description: KIRTAN (pronounced keertan) is an ancient participatory enchanting mantra music experience. One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan call-and-response chanting genre comes to us from India. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras to the accompaniment of instruments, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove inauspicious things from the heart, to bring us back to the centre of our own identity and awaken divine peace and love within us. It is the yoga of sound.
The word “mantra” means to deliver (tra) the mind (mana), and it is one of the easiest methods to use. The mantra itself, depending on which one used, often incorporates a vibrational formula to call various energies or powers to oneself, or to awaken one to higher states of awareness, perception and realization.
Kirtan is a spiritual journey: usually starting off with a slow tempo, gradually building up to euphoric crescendos bringing with it the concomitant emotions of joy and elation. The captivating nature of the melodious tunes fused with the eclectic blend of instruments induces the heart with deep sentiments and enlivens the self to profound levels of delight.
All can participate in this chanting, the more participants, the greater the efficacy. Whether one is musically gifted or hasn’t got a rhythmical inclination, not considering caste, creed, colour, religious background or gender; all unite through the medium of this musical experience, transcending the mundane platform and transporting them to a spiritual realm
Vegan food will be served.
Drop in at any time.
Cost: Admission: £5 suggested donation. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 07726688778.
Brenda Carter Blessings Visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.
For finalised details check www.eicsp.org or:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: Afternoon Workshop: Education with Head, Heart and Hands.
Facilitator: Satish Kumar, Editor of Resurgence Magazine.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 1 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 1.30pm-2pm. Half Day Workshop: 2pm-5.30pm.
Event Description: Our current educational system serves the interest of the economy rather than the individual but we need an education which places equal importance to head, heart, hands and homes. Of course we need to learn to think and use our brains but we also need to develop our intuition, our imagination and our heart qualities.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 1 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 1.30pm-2pm. Half Day Workshop: 2pm-5.30pm.
Event Description: Our current educational system serves the interest of the economy rather than the individual but we need an education which places equal importance to head, heart, hands and homes. Of course we need to learn to think and use our brains but we also need to develop our intuition, our imagination and our heart qualities.
Cost: £30/£25 (Concessions). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: An Evening with Satish Kumar.
Speaker: Satish Kumar, Editor of Resurgence Magazine.
Title: Soil, Soul, Society.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 1 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 6.30pm-7pn. Event: 7pm-approx 9pm.
Event Description: The future well being of humanity and the earth is dependant on a new world view in which the care of the planet, nourishment of the soul and the nurturing of the human community are integrated and seen as a continuum. As the trinity of Egalité, liberté and fraternité, we need a new trinity for the age of ecology which has wholeness, integrity and cohesion. I propose the trinity of soil, soul and society. Our reverence for the earth, our care of the soul and a just order in society represent a vision of sustainability, spirituality and justice.
When he was only nine years old, Satish Kumar renounced the world and joined the wandering brotherhood of Jain monks. Dissuaded from his path by an inner voice at the age of eighteen, he left the monastic order and became a campaigner for land reform, working to turn Gandhi’s vision of a peaceful world into reality.
Fired by the example of Bertrand Russell, he undertook an 8,000 mile peace pilgrimage, walking from India to America without any money, through deserts, mountains, storms and snow. It was an adventure during which he was thrown into jail in France, faced a loaded gun in America – and delivered packets of ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of the four nuclear powers.
In 1973, he settled in England, taking the Editorship of Resurgence magazine. He has been the editor ever since (30 + years!). He is the guiding spirit behind a number of ecological, spiritual and educational ventures in Britain. He founded the Small School in Hartland, a pioneering secondary school (aged 11-16), which brings into its curriculum ecological and spiritual values. In 1991, Schumacher College, a residential international centre for the study of ecological and spiritual values, was founded, of which he is a Visiting Fellow.
Following Indian tradition, in his fiftieth year, he undertook another pilgrimage: again carrying no money, he walked 2,000 miles to the holy places of Britain – Glastonbury, Canterbury, Lindisfarne and Iona. Meeting old friends and making new ones along the way, this pilgrimage was a celebration of his love of life and nature.
In July 2000, Satish Kumar was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth. In July 2001 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster. In July 2009 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Exeter University.
In November 2001, Satish Kumar was presented with the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad.
His autobiography, No Destination, has sold 50,000 copies and is published by Green Books. Satish’s three other books, You Are, Therefore I Am – A Declaration of Dependence, The Buddha and the Terrorist, Spiritual Compass and his new book Earth Pilgrim are published by Green Books.
In 2008, Satish Kumar presented a 50-minute documentary on the BBC as part of the Natural World series. In the programme Satish introduced the Dartmoor scenes and sights that most inspire him and contemplated the lessons they hold for humanity. A highly acclaimed documentary that mixed eastern philosophy with the western landscape of Dartmoor; the programme was watched by over 3.6 million people.
From March to May 2008 Satish was invited as Des Lee visiting Professor of Global Awareness at Webster University, St Louis, Missouri. Satish teaches lectures and runs workshops internationally on reverential ecology, holistic education and voluntary simplicity.
Title: Soil, Soul, Society.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 1 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 6.30pm-7pn. Event: 7pm-approx 9pm.
Event Description: The future well being of humanity and the earth is dependant on a new world view in which the care of the planet, nourishment of the soul and the nurturing of the human community are integrated and seen as a continuum. As the trinity of Egalité, liberté and fraternité, we need a new trinity for the age of ecology which has wholeness, integrity and cohesion. I propose the trinity of soil, soul and society. Our reverence for the earth, our care of the soul and a just order in society represent a vision of sustainability, spirituality and justice.
When he was only nine years old, Satish Kumar renounced the world and joined the wandering brotherhood of Jain monks. Dissuaded from his path by an inner voice at the age of eighteen, he left the monastic order and became a campaigner for land reform, working to turn Gandhi’s vision of a peaceful world into reality.
Fired by the example of Bertrand Russell, he undertook an 8,000 mile peace pilgrimage, walking from India to America without any money, through deserts, mountains, storms and snow. It was an adventure during which he was thrown into jail in France, faced a loaded gun in America – and delivered packets of ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of the four nuclear powers.
In 1973, he settled in England, taking the Editorship of Resurgence magazine. He has been the editor ever since (30 + years!). He is the guiding spirit behind a number of ecological, spiritual and educational ventures in Britain. He founded the Small School in Hartland, a pioneering secondary school (aged 11-16), which brings into its curriculum ecological and spiritual values. In 1991, Schumacher College, a residential international centre for the study of ecological and spiritual values, was founded, of which he is a Visiting Fellow.
Following Indian tradition, in his fiftieth year, he undertook another pilgrimage: again carrying no money, he walked 2,000 miles to the holy places of Britain – Glastonbury, Canterbury, Lindisfarne and Iona. Meeting old friends and making new ones along the way, this pilgrimage was a celebration of his love of life and nature.
In July 2000, Satish Kumar was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth. In July 2001 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster. In July 2009 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Exeter University.
In November 2001, Satish Kumar was presented with the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad.
His autobiography, No Destination, has sold 50,000 copies and is published by Green Books. Satish’s three other books, You Are, Therefore I Am – A Declaration of Dependence, The Buddha and the Terrorist, Spiritual Compass and his new book Earth Pilgrim are published by Green Books.
In 2008, Satish Kumar presented a 50-minute documentary on the BBC as part of the Natural World series. In the programme Satish introduced the Dartmoor scenes and sights that most inspire him and contemplated the lessons they hold for humanity. A highly acclaimed documentary that mixed eastern philosophy with the western landscape of Dartmoor; the programme was watched by over 3.6 million people.
From March to May 2008 Satish was invited as Des Lee visiting Professor of Global Awareness at Webster University, St Louis, Missouri. Satish teaches lectures and runs workshops internationally on reverential ecology, holistic education and voluntary simplicity.
Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: Day Conference: Rabindranath Tagore's Spirituality: Artistic, Educational and Political Expressions.
Organisers: Jointly organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996, and the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs).
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 8 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Day Conference: 10am-5pm.
Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Evening Event: 7pm-9pm.
Event Description: The conference themes will include the following:
1. the formation of Tagore's spirituality and the evidence of it in his artistic endeavours
2. the contribution of Tagore's spirituality to his action at home and in the world and to his outlook on world affairs
2.1. evidence of Tagore's spirituality in his international contacts, his ideas on politics and the nation and nationalism and a consideration of how his spirituality may have been affected by, or changed by, his action in the world
2.2. the contemporary relevance of Tagore and of his spirituality
3. evidence of Tagore's spirituality in his educational and socio-cultural endeavours
4. evidence of Tagore's spirituality in his dialogues with Gandhi and other political and spiritual leaders of his time
5. linking the themes raised to Scotland - to Scots that Tagore had contact with, and to Scotland today.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 8 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Day Conference: 10am-5pm.
Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Evening Event: 7pm-9pm.
Event Description: The conference themes will include the following:
1. the formation of Tagore's spirituality and the evidence of it in his artistic endeavours
2. the contribution of Tagore's spirituality to his action at home and in the world and to his outlook on world affairs
2.1. evidence of Tagore's spirituality in his international contacts, his ideas on politics and the nation and nationalism and a consideration of how his spirituality may have been affected by, or changed by, his action in the world
2.2. the contemporary relevance of Tagore and of his spirituality
3. evidence of Tagore's spirituality in his educational and socio-cultural endeavours
4. evidence of Tagore's spirituality in his dialogues with Gandhi and other political and spiritual leaders of his time
5. linking the themes raised to Scotland - to Scots that Tagore had contact with, and to Scotland today.
Cost: Day Conference: £25/£20 (Concessions)/£10 (Students).
Evening Event: £10/£8 (Concessions)/£5 (Students).
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Evening Event: £10/£8 (Concessions)/£5 (Students).
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, ICSP, Scottish Charity, SC03899, www.eicsp.org, and Blue Morpho Body and Mind Centre, www.bluemorphocentre.co.uk
Event: Day Workshop for Professionals: Zen Psychotherapy: Going beyond Mindfulness.
Facilitator: Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author.
Venue: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Date: Saturday 22 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: The Buddhist tradition includes some of the world's earliest texts on psychology and there has recently be wide interest in what this rich source can offer to contemporary psychotherapy. Current interest in mindfulness is only the tip of the iceberg. Many of the methods common in contemporary psychotherapy are anticipated in the tradition, but commonly with significant differences of emphasis over, for instance, the nature of the self, the modes of conditioning of the mind, the nature of psychological liberation and the relative importance of solitude and relationship. Dr Brazier has studied and worked with this material for several decades and lectures on it in Asia, the Americas and Europe. This day workshop for professionals (and others interested) will introduce significant theory and methodology.
Venue: Stockbridge House, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB.
Date: Saturday 22 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: The Buddhist tradition includes some of the world's earliest texts on psychology and there has recently be wide interest in what this rich source can offer to contemporary psychotherapy. Current interest in mindfulness is only the tip of the iceberg. Many of the methods common in contemporary psychotherapy are anticipated in the tradition, but commonly with significant differences of emphasis over, for instance, the nature of the self, the modes of conditioning of the mind, the nature of psychological liberation and the relative importance of solitude and relationship. Dr Brazier has studied and worked with this material for several decades and lectures on it in Asia, the Americas and Europe. This day workshop for professionals (and others interested) will introduce significant theory and methodology.
Cost: £120. For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: Individual Sessions with Dr David Brazier.
Facilitator: Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author.
Venue: Details confirmed on booking.
Dates: Details confirmed on booking.
Time: Details confirmed on booking.
Event Description: Zen Therapy sessions lie in the middle ground between psychotherapy and spiritual direction. The theoretical basis of the encounter is Buddhist psychology but theory is not generally imparted in the session. The actual process of each encounter depends upon the unique need or personal koan of the individual and has the aim of achieving a deepening of faith in life, release of compassionate energy, and/or some inching toward greater liberation
Venue: Details confirmed on booking.
Dates: Details confirmed on booking.
Time: Details confirmed on booking.
Event Description: Zen Therapy sessions lie in the middle ground between psychotherapy and spiritual direction. The theoretical basis of the encounter is Buddhist psychology but theory is not generally imparted in the session. The actual process of each encounter depends upon the unique need or personal koan of the individual and has the aim of achieving a deepening of faith in life, release of compassionate energy, and/or some inching toward greater liberation
Cost: £40 (1 hour). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Event: 2-Day Retreat: Teachings on Love and Compassion: Awakening the Heart: Cultivating the Mind.
Facilitator: Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author.
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: A 2-day retreat with meditation and Dharma teachings, discussion, a modicum of ritual, and plenty of opportunity for self-exploration. We shall meet to practice together. Those who do not have previous experience of meditation or Buddhist practice will find this a valuable way to get a taste for this ancient path and those who do have experience will find the approach refreshingly distinctive. Buddhism is a spiritual way that encompasses great diversity yet perennially returns to core values of love, compassion, peace and wisdom. These qualities are not just academic concepts but qualities that may be awakened in us. Once the heart is aroused, the mind naturally finds a way. This being a retreat the emphasis is upon contemplative practice, but conceived in the frame of the importance of actual compassionate action in the world.
Venue: Skye Room, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB.
Dates: Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 November 2014.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Event: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: A 2-day retreat with meditation and Dharma teachings, discussion, a modicum of ritual, and plenty of opportunity for self-exploration. We shall meet to practice together. Those who do not have previous experience of meditation or Buddhist practice will find this a valuable way to get a taste for this ancient path and those who do have experience will find the approach refreshingly distinctive. Buddhism is a spiritual way that encompasses great diversity yet perennially returns to core values of love, compassion, peace and wisdom. These qualities are not just academic concepts but qualities that may be awakened in us. Once the heart is aroused, the mind naturally finds a way. This being a retreat the emphasis is upon contemplative practice, but conceived in the frame of the importance of actual compassionate action in the world.
Cost: £100. For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.
Biography:
Dr David Brazier, president of the International Zen Therapy Institute, Dharmavidya of the Amida Order of Pureland Buddhism. Zen master, psychotherapist and author. His published work includes nine books, among them, Zen Therapy, Love and Its Disappointment, Beyond Carl Rogers, and Who Loves Dies Well. He is the lead teacher on professional training programmes in Korea, Spain and South America and travels and lectures extensively. He has studied Buddhism for forty five years including periods with Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese), Kennett Roshi (Soto Zen), Saiko Sensei (Shinshu), Chogyam Trungpa (Kargyu) and other leading teachers. He has founded and worked on many social aid projects and gives spiritual direction in various communities but has become known primarily for his work on Buddhist psychology. Between lecture tours he lives at a hermitage in a rural area of central France.
Venue
- Venue:
- Near Edinburgh
- City:
- Near Edinburgh
- State:
- Scotland
- Country:
- UK
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