The topic of this talk is EcoDharma – the Buddha’s radical teachings that can help us face the eco-crises, respond with wisdom and even find happiness in the process!

The talk will focus particularly on equanimity, the ability to stay steady, grounded and open in the midst of change. Equanimity is a core attitude or approach to life and practice in both the secular mindfulness and Buddhist approaches to meditation. It is one of the 4 ‘heart qualities’ often called the ‘boundless ‘or ‘immeasureable’ qualities which we can develop in our practice.

This Dharma talk opens our weekend retreat;  however, it is open to anyone to attend. You do not have to be a retreat participant in order to attend the talk.

November weekend retreat participants are automatically included, there is no need to register separately for it.

Time: 7:15pm – 8:45pm

Join us at 7.15pm for a 20 minute opening meditation, followed by the Dharma talk and discussion. This will be followed by a short compassion meditation finishing at approx. 8.45pm.

About suzie

Suzie Brown has been practising meditation for twenty years and is co-founder of the Melbourne Insight Meditation Group. Her teachers have included Subhana Barzaghi, Carol Perry and James Baraz. She has also practised with and supported the Sri Lankan born Buddhist yoga teacher Channa Dassanayaka.

Suzie trained in both Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and has been teaching mindfulness since 2010. She developed Mindfulness for Parents courses and workshops and she has a mindful parenting blog and e-course, called Feed the Parent.

Suzie has worked as a facilitator, trainer and educator for over a decade in the areas of environmental sustainability and organizational strategy. She has a young daughter and is founder of the group Australian Parents for Climate Action which works for a safe climate future for our children.

dharma talk fee

$15 (covers basic venue costs) + Dana

Additional Cost: Dana

In keeping with a 2,500 year old tradition no fee is charged for the teachings. The cost does not include any payment to the teachers.

At the end of the retreat you are invited to give a dana to express your appreciation and to support the teachers to continue their work. The teachings can be seen as a gift and dana can be seen as a reciprocal gift.

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