Geshe Dorjee Damdul to give a series of talks on emotions at CKSL on February 21-23, 2009

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 17, 2009 -- Geshe Dorjee Damdul is to give a series of talks at Choe Khor Sum Ling premises, on February 21-23, 2009. The series of talks present a path for working with emotions that is firmly grounded in the Buddhist treatises.
What are emotions? How do they arise? Can we discipline them? How to cultivate positive emotions like compassion, loving kindness? How to counter destructive emotions like anger, hatred, attachment, willful indifference?

Geshe Dorjee Damdul, well-versed in the Buddhist philosophy and modern science, will answer these questions in relation to the wisdom seeing the ultimate reality, interdependent nature of ourselves and world around us.
The topics to be discussed during these three days include universal compassion, wisdom of emotions and inner health, modern ethics, scientific discoveries, spiritual path.

Geshe Dorjee Damdul is a distinguished Buddhist scholar, whose interest lies in the relation between Buddhism and science, especially in physics. Geshe La participated in several conferences on "Buddhism & Science", Life and Mind Institute meetings, dialogues between His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and western scientists, incl. the famous dialogue on Emotional Awareness between Paul Ekman and the Dalai Lama which resulted in the book with the same title. Geshe La teaches Buddhist philosophy at the Institute of the Buddhist dialectics in Sarah, near Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.

Schedule:
February 21, 2009, Saturday
02:30 PM – 05:00 PM: Wisdom of Emotions & Inner Health
05:00 PM – 06:00 PM: Tea break
06:00 PM – 08:00 PM: Q & A session, general discussion

February 22, 2009, Sunday
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Universal Compassion & Modern Ethics
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Tea break
12:00 PM – 01:30 PM: Q & A session, general discussion

February 23, 2009, Monday
02:30 PM – 05:00 PM: Interdependence and Spiritual Path

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM: Tea break
06:00 PM – 08:00 PM: Q & A session, general discussion

Teaching is free and open for everyone.
Venue: Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street, Domlur Layout, Bangalore - 71 | Tel: 080 414 864 97, mob. +91 9845220563, +91 99869 44153.
Please visit our web-site - www.cksl.in - for directions and further information on activities at the Center.

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