Buddhist Mind Science: Activating Your Potential is a FPMT introductory level course. This course introduces the Buddhist knowledge of the mind to provide:
And it does so through presenting both the Buddhist and a comparative modern scientific perspectives to stimulate reflection and inquiry. The course is presented over seven modules.
Module 2 Transforming the Mind to Cultivate Lasting Happiness explores what meditation is and focuses on calming the mind and refining attention with the breath, a healthy emotional life, and enhancing wholesome emotions and mental states as first foundations for cultivating lasting happiness. It is complemented by references to current scientific understanding on attention training, well-being, empathy, and emotions.
This module contains 6 units:
Unit 1: Settling the Mind and Focusing Attention with the Breath
Unit 2: Analytical Meditation
Unit 3: Working with Emotions
Unit 4: Emotions and Afflictions
Unit 5: A Healthy Emotional Life
Unit 6: Bringing the Practice to Daily Life
This Online Module includes the following resources:
Important information about your order of online materials:
Following your order, you will receive an email with a link to a webpage to download a PDF document which will contain the enrollment key for each module and instructions on how to access the course on the FPMT Online Learning Center.
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