Four Elements of True Love

Day of Mindfulness (one-day retreat)
for Health Care and Human Service Professionals
from 9:30 to 16:30 on Saturday Jan 12, 2013

at Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong

Walking meditation on the rooftop garden on the Day of Mindfulness at HKU Centre on Behavioral Health

Register online at www.pvfhk.org. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are only 60 spaces available.

Dec 16, 2012

Dear friends,

 You are invited to attend a Day of Mindfulness (DOM) for health care and human service professionals, co-organized by Centre on Behavioral Health HKU and PVFHK Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism (AIAB). We have finished the 3-day series of mindfulness on the topic of practicing mindfulness to take care of our body and mind. We practiced meditation and contemplations based on teachings in the Discourse on Mindful Breathing (Anapanasati Sutta) and the Discourse on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutta), as taught by the Buddha 2600 years ago. We also studied how the mind works, based on the teachings of manifestation-only Buddhist Psychology, which was formulated in the 4^th century by the Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher Vasubandhu. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has used these teachings to form the foundation for mediation practices to help us nourish our body and mind, to develop insight and to help us transform pain and suffering into peace and happiness.

 If you did not attend the previous DOMs, you can view recordings of previous lectures at http://www.pvfhk.org/activities/bodymind.

 In 2013, we will have a Day of Mindfulness for Health Care Professionals once every 3 months, on the 2^nd Saturday of Jan, April, July and October. For the upcoming Jan 12, 2013 DOM, we will study the Four Elements of True Love (Four Immeasurable Minds): loving kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. We will learn how to use them to improve relationships, how to mend broken relationships (or to mend a broken heart), and how to overcome pride, a major obstacle in having a trusting and loving relationship.

In the day of mindfulness, we will learn the practice of going back to our breath, anchoring our mind in the in-breath and out-breath. We become calm and clear when the mind and body are together in one place, with the help of our mindful breath. We will practice listening to the bell, walking meditation, eating meditation, exercise meditation (mindful movements), and relaxing meditation (total relaxation) … We practice to stop, to slowdown the thinking in our mind via bodily actions.

 A sample programme schedule for the Day of Mindfulness is as follow:

9:30                 Sitting and Slow Walking Meditation (indoor)

10:30               Lecture

12:30               Lunch

13:30               Total Relaxation

14:30               Group Discussion

16:00               Walking Meditation (outdoor)

16:30               Farewell

Location:        Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research,
5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

香港大學行為健康教研中心
香港薄扶林沙宣道5號香港賽馬會跨學科研究大樓2樓

Fees:               HKD100.00 per day (including light vegetarian lunch and tea)

How to register:
Register online at www.pvfhk.org, the Plum Village Foundation Hong Kong Website. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are only 50 spaces available.

For more information, please contact us at Centre on Behavioral Health, e-mail: bhealth@hku.hk, Tel: (852) 2831 5163.

Breathe and Smile,

Sr. Hanh Nghiem (Sr. Adornment with Action), PVFHK Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism

Venus Wong, HKU Centre of Behavioral Health