SCHEDULE OF TALKS/ COURSES (Piya Tan's Talk) YEAR 2012
Health is the highest gain, especially mental health.
For a healthy mind in a healthy body, early Buddhism has a lot to teach us.
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JANUARY - FEBRUARY PROGRAMMES
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(1) PRACTICAL BUDDHIST COUNSELLING (Non-religious/for beginners)
Buddhist counselling continues where clinical counselling ends. It is a life-long skill, self-help and people helping skill.
We have a healing "heart of light and love" inside us, which helps us to touch and heal our problems and those of others at their roots. Intake 10: Feb 4, 11, 18, 25 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm) Fees: $140 with coursebook For registration & details:http://themindingcentre.org/wp/practical-buddhist-counselling-course-forthcoming/
* Be happy and age healthily. Beginners' Meditation Intake 71: Jan 7, 14, 28 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
Intake 72: Feb 10, 17, 24 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
Intake 73: Mar 3, 10, 17 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm) For registration & details:http://themindingcentre.org/wp/beginners-meditation-course/
(3) MEDITATION & THE MIND (Non-religious)
Recommended as foundation for practice for those who have learned meditation or plan to take up meditation. Intake 6: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm) Course highlights:
(6) BASIC BUDDHISM COURSE (Non-religious)
How Buddhism arise? Being good, without being religious. Self-healing & mental health. The three trainings: healthy society & individual for spiritual liberation. Dates: Jan 5, 12, 19 & 26 (Thu; 7.30 - 9.00 pm) Fees: by donation. For registration & details:http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/courses-meditation-therapy-counselling-etc
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MARCH - JUNE PROGRAMMES
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(1) MEDITATION & THE MIND (Non-religious)
Recommended as foundation for practice for those who have learned meditation or plan to take up meditation.
Intake 6: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
Course instructor: Piya Tan
Fees: $120 (incl course book)
Course contents:
The 3 brains; scientific study of meditation;
Psychology of meditation; mind-body theory; feeling & emotions;
Mental phenomena: the mind during meditation; the Mind is more than the brain;
Mindfulness in daily life; present moment awareness; focusses of mindfulness;
Beginners' Meditation Intake 73: Mar 17, 20, 27 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
Intake 74: Apr 14, 21, 28 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
Intake 75: May 11, 18, 25 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
Intake 76: Jun 8, 15, 22 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
Course fee: $90 per intake
Course instructor: Piya Tan
For registration & course details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/beginners-meditation-course/
For meditation benefits & researched papers: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/
(3) INTERMEDIATE MEDITATION (non-religious)
A follow-up to the Beginners' Meditation Course
Intake 18: Apr 13 & 20 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
Course fees: $90 (incl Guidebook)
Instructor: Piya Tan
For registration & course details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/intermediate-meditation-course/
(4) MEDITATION FOR THE YOUNG (non-religious; for 7-13 years) March intake: 10 & 17 Mar (Sat; 11 am – 12 pm)
Course fee: $70.00 (per intake)
Course instructor: Ratna Lim
For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/meditation-for-the-young-7-13/
(5) BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY COURSE
Mind, consciousness, emotional resilience & wellness
(A non-religious exploration with Piya Tan)
"I enjoy teaching Buddhist Psychology most" (Piya Tan)
Course summary:
Healing yourself (How problems arise and the best way to end them)
The conscious body (The nature of body and mind)
The unconscious (Are we really in control of ourselves?)
Minding the mind (How meditation helps)
The art of loving (A psychology of emotions and communication)
Brain or mind? (Is the mind in the brain or much bigger than it?)
Don't believe everything you think (How problems are self-created and self-solved)
Non-judgement day is here (The power of meditation)
The still eye of the storm (How to calm and clear the mind)
Ancient wisdom, modern science (A brief survey of Buddhist psychology as used in modern science today).
Intake 13 (BP13): Jun 2, 9, 16, 23 (Sat)
Fees: $160.00 (with 2 course books)
Time: 7.00 - 9.00 pm
For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/buddhist-psychology-course/
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JUNE - AUGUST PROGRAMMES
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(1) BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY COURSE
The mind, consciousness & well-being.
A non-religious exploration with Piya Tan
Intake 13: 9, 16, 23, 30 Jun 2012 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
Fees: $160 with course books
For registration & details:http://themindingcentre.org/wp/buddhist-psychology-course/
Buddhist Psychology course summary: Healing yourself: how the mind creates problems: 2 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 the attention; consciousness.
The art of loving: Negative emotions & healing emotions; type of love.
The brain or the mind? Neuroplasticity: how the mind grows the brain; do we need the brain?
Don't believe everything you think: Mental defences and 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 development in Buddhist Psychology.
(2) PSYCHOLOGY OF DEATH & LIVING (non-religious)
Strategies for a happy life.
Intake 10: 6,13, 20, 27 Jul 2012 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
Instructor: Piya Tan
Course fees: $120 (incl course book)
For registration & details:http://themindingcentre.org/wp/psychology-of-death-living-forthcoming/
Psychology of Death & Living Course contents: "The Last Breath": The last moments of a death row inmate.
The last 48 hours of life; The four tasks of grief.
Understand what life really is; Dealing with fear and mental pain
What happens when we die? Have we lived before, will we live again?
How we create our own world; Can we communicate with the dead?
How to "transfer" merit to the dead; The 12 links of life, death, and rebirth
Is rebirth immediate or takes 49 days? Good life, good death, good rebirth
Gods, demons and ghosts: do they exist?
How not to fear death and dying; The Tibetan Book of the Dead
(4) EASY PALI COURSE (ESP)
Drop-in class, the more committed you are, the easier it becomes
Learn the language of early Buddhism to touch the Dharma directly
Dates: 16 & 30 Aug; 13 & 27 Sep
Time: 7.30 – 9.00 pm (fortnightly Thu)
Course fees: By donation (with course notes); registration required
For registration and course details:http://themindingcentre.org/wp/pali-workshop-new/
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OCTOBER - DECEMBER PROGRAMMES
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(1) BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY (A non-religious exploration with Piya Tan)
The mind, consciousness & well-being
Intake 14: 6, 13, 20, 27 Oct (Sat; 7.00 -9.00 pm)
Course summary:
Healing yourself: how the mind creates problems; 2 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?
The art of loving: negative emotions & healing emotions; types of love
Brain or mind? Neuroplasticity: how the mind grows the brain; do we need the brain?
Don't believe everything you think: mental defences & emotional resilience
