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Three Doors of Liberation:
Mindfulness and Humanistic Psychology
Day of Mindfulness (one-day retreat)
for Health Care and Human Service Professionals
from 9:30 to 16:30 on Saturday July 4, 2015
at Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
CBH-DOM-2015-July-RegistrationForm-Final.pdf - Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are only 60 spaces available.
June 11, 2015
Dear friends,
You are invited to attend a Day of Mindfulness (DOM) for health care and human service professionals, co-organized by HKU Centre on Behavioral Health and Plum Village Mindfulness Academy - Hong Kong. This DOM is part of our “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” Initiative to integrate mindfulness practices to the physical and mental health fields.
The foundations of this initiative are the teachings and practices of Mindfulness based on the Discourse on Full Awareness of Breathing (Anapanasati Sutta) and the Disco on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutta), as taught by the Buddha about 2600 years ago. We also studied how the mind works, based on the teachings of Manifestation- Only Psychology, which was systematized in the 4th century by the Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher Vasubandhu of the Yogacara Buddhist School. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has used these teachings to form the foundation for meditation practices to help us nourish our body and mind, to develop insight and to help us transform pain and suffering into peace and happiness. Even though the teachings are from Buddhist tradition, the practices are non-sectarian and are open to people of all faith.
In this DOM, we will look deeply into the teachings on Three Doors of Liberation: emptiness, signlessness and aimlessness and how we can apply them to cultivate peace and happiness. We will see how to relate these teachings into the physiological, psychological and spiritual aspects of our life. What are the meanings of life? Do they only involve eating, sleeping, working, studying, having a family …? How can we get up fresh and energetic in the morning and have joy in our daily activities. We will also look into some main areas of humanistic psychology, how to look at ourselves holistically and bring the best out of us. Among the topics are Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” Pyramid, the inter-being nature of “responsibility and liberty”, different states of consciousness (as discussed in transpersonal psychology) …..
In the day of mindfulness, we will learn the practice of going back to our breath, anchoring our mind in the in-breath and out-breath. We become calm and clear when the mind and body are together in one place, with the help of our mindful breath. We will practice listening to the bell, walking meditation, eating meditation, exercise meditation (mindful movements), and relaxing meditation (total relaxation) … We practice to stop, to slowdown the thinking in our mind via bodily actions.You can find more information about activities of past days of mindfulness at http://pvfhk.org/index.php/en/activities
A sample programme schedule for the Day of Mindfulness is as follow:
9:30 Sitting and Slow Walking Meditation (indoor)
10:30 Lecture
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Total Relaxation
14:30 Group Discussion
16:00 Walking Meditation (outdoor)
16:30 Farewell
Location: Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research,
5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
香港大學行為健康教研中心
香港薄扶林沙宣道5號2樓
Fees: HKD200.00 per day (including light vegetarian lunch and tea)
How to register: CBH-DOM-2015-April-RegistrationForm-Final.pdf Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are only 60 spaces available.
For more information, please contact us at Centre on Behavioral Health, e-mail: bhealth@hku.hk, Tel: (852) 2831 5163.
Day of Mindfulness for healthcare and human services professionals
Co-organized by Plum Village Mindfulness Academy and
Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
“Without recognizing your own presence,
how can you recognize the presence of others?”
Thich Nhat Hanh - The Path of Emancipation
Working in the human service fields can be challenging yet fulfilling. While taking care of others for their physical, emotional and spiritual sufferings, nourishing one’s own mind and heart is important for the helping professionals.
In his 2010 Hong Kong teaching tour, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) and the monastics from Plum Village hosted a Day of Mindfulness for over 200 friends from the healthcare and human service fields. Thay’s teaching was well received and inspired the local healthcare community the importance of spiritual practices. Since year 2012, seasonal Day of Mindfulness were held in collaboration with Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU to sustain the practices in a non-seclarian and scientific manner and promote a better understanding of mind-body care.
In this Day of Mindfulness, apart from listening to the dharma talks on how the teachings of the Buddha can be applied to modern days human service work, participants will learn the practice of mindful breathing, walking mediation, eating in silence, total relaxation, deep listening and loving speech. These practices will help us to slow down, to take a break in our busy life and nourish the physical and emotional wellbeing. Through the practices in this mutually supportive and caring environment, the community will cultivate the peaceful mind and joyful heart to support our work in the human service professions.
Touching our deepest desires and inspirations:
Mindfulness and Depth Psychology
Day of Mindfulness (one-day retreat)
for Health Care and Human Service Professionals
from 9:30 to 16:30 on Saturday April 11, 2015
at Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
CBH-DOM-2015-April-RegistrationForm-Final.pdfRegistration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are only 60 spaces available.
March 10, 2015
Dear friends,
You are invited to attend a Day of Mindfulness (DOM) for health care and human service professionals, co-organized by HKU Centre on Behavioral Health and Plum Village Mindfulness Academy - Hong Kong. This DOM is part of our “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” Initiative to integrate mindfulness practices to the physical and mental health fields.
The foundations of this initiative are the teachings and practices of Mindfulness based on the Discourse on Full Awareness of Breathing (Anapanasati Sutta) and the Disco on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutta), as taught by the Buddha about 2600 years ago. We also studied how the mind works, based on the teachings of Manifestation- Only Psychology, which was systematized in the 4th century by the Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher Vasubandhu of the Yogacara Buddhist School. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has used these teachings to form the foundation for meditation practices to help us nourish our body and mind, to develop insight and to help us transform pain and suffering into peace and happiness. Even though the teachings are from Buddhist tradition, the practices are non-sectarian and are open to people of all faith.
In this DOM, we will have a chan
ce to look deeply into our deepest desires and inspirations. What makes us chasing after the five sensual desires: sex power/wealth, fame, overeating, and oversleeping. Why do we always judge ourselves and dwell in the inferiority, superiority and equality complex? Why we are influenced by the herd mentality? We will examine Freud's three personality systems (Id, Ego, Superego), Carl Jung's collective consciousness and Alfred Adler's concept on inferiority complex. How are these concepts related to the teachings of store consciousness, manas and mind-consciousness in the Manifestation-Only Psychology. Are we forever bounded by our wrong desires, which bring us pain and suffering? We have the unwholesome seeds of self-greed, self-conceit but we also have the wholesome seeds of altruism and sympathy. Can we transform the wrong desires to right desires, which brings us peace and happiness? We will examine these topics via the teachings in the Discourse on Youth and Happiness.
In the day of mindfulness, we will learn the practice of going back to our breath, anchoring our mind in the in-breath and out-breath. We become calm and clear when the mind and body are together in one place, with the help of our mindful breath. We will practice listening to the bell, walking meditation, eating meditation, exercise meditation (mindful movements), and relaxing meditation (total relaxation) … We practice to stop, to slowdown the thinking in our mind via bodily actions.You can find more information about activities of past days of mindfulness at http://pvfhk.org/index.php/en/activities
A sample programme schedule for the Day of Mindfulness is as follow:
9:30 Sitting and Slow Walking Meditation (indoor)
10:30 Lecture
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Total Relaxation
14:30 Group Discussion
16:00 Walking Meditation (outdoor)
16:30 Farewell
Location: Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research,
5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Fees: HKD200.00 per day (including light vegetarian lunch and tea)
How to register: CBH-DOM-2015-April-RegistrationForm-Final.pdf Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are only 60 spaces available.
For more information, please contact us at Centre on Behavioral Health, e-mail: bhealth@hku.hk, Tel: (852) 2831 5163.
Day of Mindfulness for healthcare and human services professionals
Co-organized by Plum Village Mindfulness Academy and
Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
“Without recognizing your own presence,
how can you recognize the presence of others?”
Thich Nhat Hanh - The Path of Emancipation
Working in the human service fields can be challenging yet fulfilling. While taking care of others for their physical, emotional and spiritual sufferings, nourishing one’s own mind and heart is important for the helping professionals.
In his 2010 Hong Kong teaching tour, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) and the monastics from Plum Village hosted a Day of Mindfulness for over 200 friends from the healthcare and human service fields. Thay’s teaching was well received and inspired the local healthcare community the importance of spiritual practices. Since year 2012, seasonal Day of Mindfulness were held in collaboration with Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU to sustain the practices in a non-seclarian and scientific manner and promote a better understanding of mind-body care.
In this Day of Mindfulness, apart from listening to the dharma talks on how the teachings of the Buddha can be applied to modern days human service work, participants will learn the practice of mindful breathing, walking mediation, eating in silence, total relaxation, deep listening and loving speech. These practices will help us to slow down, to take a break in our busy life and nourish the physical and emotional wellbeing. Through the practices in this mutually supportive and caring environment, the community will cultivate the peaceful mind and joyful heart to support our work in the human service professions.