In Collaboration with the Sowa Rigpa Institute:
An Unseen Beings Online Course
Join us for this special eight-week online course exploring interactions between ‘daemonology’ and ‘ecology’ in traditional medicine and the Buddhist world, as well as some timely methods for integrating more embodied and nuanced ecological awareness into our spiritual and healing practices.
Classes will be conducted live online over eight weeks, from October 11th-November 29th, every Wednesday from 7-8:30pm British Time. They will be recorded for later viewing.
Among other topics, we will explore:
Buddhist approaches to the classification of sentient beings, especially in Indian and Tibetan traditions.
Methods of ritual engagement, and their various frameworks, in Tibetan traditions.
Plant sentience in Buddhism - traditional and modern approaches.
‘Nature spirit’ (daemonological) paradigms and their importance to Buddhist eco-philosophies.
Unpacking the complexities of the concept of ‘nature,’ both in Buddhist and non-Buddhist contexts.
The profound influence of medical systems like Sowa Rigpa in seeking to understand and guide human relations with the more-than-human world.
‘Provocation’ disorders in Tibetan Medicine, and what they can teach us about interactions between ecological and individual health.
Historical climatic changes in Tibet, and what they can teach us about ‘Buddhist’ approaches to climate crisis.
‘Animism’ and Buddhism in Tibet.
What does ‘Buddhist’ climate action look like in the modern world?
How to establish a collaborative relationship with healing plants.
Practical ways to deepen our engagement with the more-than-human world in our spiritual practice.