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A little Shambhala for Songkran?

A little Shambhala for Songkran?

The Bangkok Shambhala Meditation Centre, part of an international network where the Shamatha Viphashana mindfulness technique is taught, will host a series of training sessions during the Songkran festival.

Roland Cohan will lead the first-level training, titled “The Art of Being Human”, demonstrating the simple technique of mindfulness and awareness, which can benefit people of any spiritual tradition and enrich their existing spiritual path. 
This path shows how to take the challenges of daily life in our modern society as opportunities for both contemplative practice and social action.
Suited for both beginners and those with experience, “The Art of Being Human” offers a foundation of sitting practice together with mind-body practices. Participants will be introduced to the Shambhala path of “warriorship” based on the development of genuineness, confidence, humour and dignity.
Cohen is a senior teacher in Shambhala who has served as resident senior teacher for Shambhala in New Zealand and resident director of Shambhala training in Boulder, Colorado. He has taught at Naropa University and continues to teach in the US, Australia and New Zealand. 
Shambhala Training is inspired by the ancient legend of the Kingdom of Shambhala, said to be a society that drew its gentle and fearless sense of social responsibility from the practice of meditation. 
The legend has been a guiding vision for many centuries in Asian culture and has parallels in Western traditions. All aspects of our daily life and society – family, commerce, education, the arts – can be permeated with a sense of sacredness.
The Art of Being Human” sessions from April 13 to 15 include talks by the director, individual meditation instruction meetings, periods of walking and sitting meditation, mindbody exercises and group discussions.
Learn more at https://Bangkok.Shambhala.info.
 

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