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With the demands of our daily life,
how can we apply the Buddha’s teaching?
how can we learn to recognize when we are causing suffering to oneself and others,
and learn to become free of this suffering through Metta practice?
This workshop will be based on Dr. Wright’s Metta Map, a three-dimensional cueing device for individuals and groups, designed to recognize and resolve conflict, reduce stress, and achieve clarity of intention. The Metta Map is based on Buddhist principles, and contains within its structure and content the entirety of the Buddha Dhamma. By applying practical daily life examples to the Metta Map, the Map will demostrate the Buddha’s fundamental teaching of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Participants will analyze the elements of the Map, deepening one’s Metta experience, and charting one’s personal journey to Enlightenment. This tool is easy to understand and teach.
Schedule:
9:30 am, Registration
10:00 am, Dharma & The Map and the Equations
12 noon, Lunch
1:30 pm, Interaction Exercises
Place: Woo Ju Memorial Library @ CYM
Fee: $15 per person (Including Vegetarian Lunch)
Contact: (845) 225 -1819, ext 103, library@baus.org
Suggested Preliminary studies:
1. Participants are encouraged to read Dr. Barbara Wright’s books before the workshop. (Available both in English & Chinese, please contact us to inquire copies)
2. Preliminary Class: 10/3/2015, Saturday 2:00 – 3:30 pm @ Woo Ju Library.
Dr. Barbara Wright:
Through the culmination of 30 years of private practice, study, and Buddhist meditation, Dr. Barbara Wright has created a “map” of the principles of Mettā, which in Pāli means “loving-kindness for all” or “universal benevolence”. Using this physical map, the “player” can experience the practice of compassionate communication for skillful conflict resolution through bodily movements. The participant also experiences Mettā’s effects on inner — and interpersonal — relationships. Dr. Wright, a speech therapist and clinical psychologist, has practiced Buddhism with Bhikkhu Thanissaro. Her works are widely appreciated and she has been invited to teach internationally.
Click Here To Download The High Resolution Version of the Metta Map
Click Here For Metta Map Equations
Note:
“Chinese interpretation could be available by Ms. Ting Swenson (賴郁婷), please call us for more detail. Mrs. Ting is a member of BAUS and a devoted Buddhist who practices Metta meditation. She was a lecturer in the English Language and Literature Department at Tamkang University (Taiwan) and the MA in Theatre Arts program at California State-Fullerton. She was also a director and playwright of Children’s Theatre and Buddhist Summer Camps for Youth! She is currently employed as an IT Systems Administrator.”