The Narratives We Cling To - Brother Phap Dung

Taking place as part of the course BPM336 “Buddhist Perspectives on Current Social Issues”, this speaker series brought in multiple voices from different social/cultural locations and recognized that a multiplicity of perspectives, lenses and wisdom traditions are crucial when exploring issues such as climate justice, systemic racism, and mental health. Brother Chân Pháp Dung was ordained on February 4th 1998. He was born in Vietnam in 1969, came to the US when he was nine years old. He received a professional BA in Architecture from the University of Southern California, and worked as an architect/designer for four years before becoming a monk. He enjoys playing, learning and sharing mindfulness with children of all ages. Br. Pháp Dung helped to establish Deer Park Monastery and other US centres, creating meditation programs and retreats for children, teens, families, and young adults, as well as planning its halls and infrastructures. He has led mindfulness retreats in North and South America, China, Hong Kong, India, Bhutan and Germany. He is most inspired by meditation as a method of examining and cultivating the mind, of the individual and of the collective; and by community building as a method to heal and develop society. https://plumvillage.org/ Learn more about the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health program at the University of Toronto: https://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/ac... Sign up for the program’s mailing list to connect further and learn about future programming: https://utoronto.us5.list-manage.com/...