Evolution Of Mind States Dhamma Talk With Phra Pandit

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Evolution of Mind States

Dhamma Talk with Phra Pandit

at the fabulous new Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives (BIA)

26th December – Boxing Day

3:00-5:00 pm

Little Bangkok Sangha Christmas Dhamma talk !

Topic:

You have all heard about Darwin; his name is forever associated with Evolution. In fact, the idea of evolution had been BIA 1around before Darwin, but he added the essential mechanism – ‘Natural Selection’ as the crucial force. Together with inheritance and variation these power the evolution of the species.

In the modern era there is much application of these three components, especially in social evolution. Are your habits, desires, and motivations programmed into you by a society protecting it’s social memes?

Curiously, if we apply the same 3 components to the mind as experienced by a meditator, we result with a similar process to what Darwin proposed. But it is not survival of the fittest mind states that results! … at least until we change the selection process.

Speaker:

Talk will be given by Phra Pandit, who most of you will know already. 41 years old, in his 15th year as a Bhikkhu, ordained in Thailand, and a lover of meditation, psychology, and vertical axis wind turbines. He is not so keen on astronomers.

Schedule:

~Boxing Day – Sunday 26th December

~2:30 arrive (arrive earlier though, to take a look around this great new complex)

~3:00 Dhamma Talk

~4:00 Meditation

~4:40 Q&A

~5:00 Finish

Details at Little Bangkok Sangha.