Date: 4 June 2011 (Saturday)

            Time: 3pm to 5pm

            Venue: Ren Ci Community Hospital, Level 4 Multipupose Hall

Synopsis

Buddhist meditation has become mainstream in the US and the west over a generation now, inspiring new areas of "Mind Sciences." Such studies are basically based on two common meditation practices, the Breathing Meditation and the Loving-Kindness meditation. Breathing Meditation is a "mind-centering" exercise where we use our natural breathing to internally calm ourselves. Loving-Kindness meditation is a "heart-centred" exercise for a more inclusive and healing selfhood. One great advantage is that such meditation works best as a self-help living skill (like learning to drive). Mr Piya Tan's talk will look at both the theory and practical aspects of meditation therapy.

Speaker's Profile

Piya Tan is a lay Buddhist minister and a non-denominational practitioner who regularly teaches early Buddhism and practises meditation therapy and counselling. After spending 20 years as a Theravada monk, he became a full-time Buddhist teacher. In the 1980s he was a key consultant and lecturer to the Buddhist Studies Team which introduced Buddhism as religious knowledge in secondary schools in Singapore. In the early 1990s, he was invited to the University of California at Berkeley as a Visiting Scholar in recognition of his Buddhist work. Piya now teaches Buddhism and meditation at various Buddhist centres and the tertiary Buddhist groups. He is married and has two teenage sons.

Programme Lineup

How to Register?

Please call 6746 1110 to leave us your name and contact number. You are also required to pay a registration fee of $5 per person, which includes refreshments.