SiVIC Forum February 2018:
Mindfulness: Buddhist Psychology

Buddhist mindfulness concepts and meditation techniques have become an important part of certain western psychology disciplines. Therapies developed with mindfulness at the core are found to be quite effective over traditional methods. In this interreligious forum we first invite Dr. Caroline Fleck, a clinical psychologist and Stanford instructor, to give an introduction to how mindfulness is applied in modern clinical psychology. Ven. Jianhu will then give an overview of the Yogacara School in Buddhism, which analyzes consciousness in detail and form a “Buddhist psychology” that is completely independent of western psychology. We hope that this type of exploration can help all of us gain a broader perspective on how our mind works.

PLEASE RSVP: rsvp@sivicouncil.org