Mindful U at Naropa University
Thoughts and Instruction on Mindfulness in Higher Education
Displaying 2 items of Mindful U at Naropa University with the tag "oppression".
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17. Lama Rod Owens: A Dialogue Between Love and Rage
March 13th, 2018 | 37 mins 29 secs
buddhism, dharma, happiness, lama rod owens, oppression
There will always be suffering. But with meditation, we begin to transform our relationship to the suffering and therefore the suffering itself transforms too. Dharma is all about relationships - it’s about how we are centered within our sense of self. And ego how the ego is always interpreting phenomena. Ego interprets phenomenon to give itself life, and the narrative, and the purpose - but that purpose doesn't have to be about being happy and free. It can also be about suffering and pain. You know? Any way that the ego can actually differentiate itself, it will do that.
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03. Jeanine Canty: Environmental Justice
October 17th, 2017 | 30 mins 21 secs
colonization, ecopsychology, environment, oppression
‘Oppressions of People and Oppressions of the Earth Go Hand and Hand’. Naropa Professor Jeanine Canty explains the link between social and ecological injustice and how throughout human history, the oppression of people of color has been inseparable from the oppression of the natural world.