Waking Up to What We Do: Buddhist Ethics as a Practice of Liberation (Online)

Buddhist precepts originated as rules to govern monastic communities and later broadened to guide lay students in cultivating wisdom and compassion in their thoughts, words, and deeds. This lecture will discuss the central ethical guidelines of Buddhism, and describe the liberating effects that are possible when we practice them in our daily interactions. Drawing on Diane Eshin Rizzetto's book Waking Up to What You Do, we will explore the precepts not as commandments by which we judge ourselves, but as basic human values. The precepts can help us to discern the reality of each situation and to take appropriate action. Join us for this evening of teaching, stories, and practice, and discover how the more we choose not to act from self interest at the expense of others, the easier it is to find inner peace and ease.

This program is being offered ONLINE only. Recordings will be distributed to registrants only, and are not available for individual purchase.

All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.

Ginger Clarkson is a Buddhist chaplain, a community dharma leader of Insight Meditation Houston, and a board-certified music therapist and a fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery. She trains psychotherapists internationally in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music. Her publications include A Silent Cure: Transforming Pre-Verbal Trauma Through Meditation, I Dreamed I Was Normal: A Music Therapist’s Journey Through the Realms of Autism, and Spiritual Dimensions of Guided Imagery and Music.