Welcome to Episodes 03-05 of the Vibe with Venerable series, where we talk “live” to Buddhist masters together.
Soryu Forall will join us for 3 consecutive episodes, all on the topic of prapañca (see below). You are highly encouraged to attend all 3 if you can.
Full listing of all Vibe with Venerable episodes here.
Episode 03. The Mind’s Tendency to Spread Conflict: What is Prapañca
Prapañca (Pali: papañca; Chinese: 妄想) is an important concept in the Buddhist understanding of how conflict arises at the individual and collective level. We will explore texts that explain prapañca and describe how to cut through clinging to it, for our benefit and the benefit of the world.
We will review texts from several traditions to understand this term, it’s connection with other terms such as samjna and sanskara, and how we work with it in our meditation practice.
15 April 2025 (Tuesday), 8am US Pacific Time, 11am US Eastern, 4pm London, 11pm Singapore (Timezone convertor). [Register below]
Episode 04. The Mind’s Tendency to Spread Conflict: Why does Prapañca cause conflict
We will look into a few critical texts from the Theravada school of Buddhism to understand the source of conflict in our world, our relationships, and our own minds. We will also consider how to resolve these conflicts.
22 April 2025 (Tuesday), 8am US Pacific Time, 11am US Eastern, 4pm London, 11pm Singapore (Timezone convertor). [Register below]
Episode 05. The Mind’s Tendency to Spread Conflict: What should we do about Prapañca
We will describe how to use Buddhist practice to overcome our tendency to engage in prapanca. We will see how clearing our minds is an act of compassion.
29 April 2025 (Tuesday), 8am US Pacific Time, 11am US Eastern, 4pm London, 11pm Singapore (Timezone convertor). [Register below]
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About the Teacher
Soryu Forall has a decade of intensive monastic training, a degree in Economics from Williams College, and extensive experience in social and environmental justice. As a child, Forall saw deep suffering in the world and he knew that he must do something. Forall wanted to face the problem directly, but did not know how. As a teen, upon learning that monasteries are built for such a purpose, he traveled to Japan in order to study suffering and the end of suffering. Forall was ordained in 1998 at Sogen Temple under the tutelage of the Zen Master Shodo Harada.
After training at Sogen Temple for five years, Forall trained further at Hemis Gompa, a Kagyud Tibetan monastery in northern India; Xue Feng Si, an ancient Ch’an monastery in eastern China; and at the Sariputta Ambedkar Monastery in southern India, where he served as head monk (Ambedkar Buddhism is an influential sect that defines spiritual training as social engagement and economic justice). While there, he led peaceful protests and organized community efforts to overcome the injustice of the caste system. He also helped to raise thirty boys with the understanding that all are inconceivably valuable, regardless of family circumstance.
Forall, a native Vermonter, returned to his home state in 2008 and has continued to fight against systemic injustice and promote youth empowerment. He has created successful curriculum for mindfulness in education, trained professional mindfulness teachers all over the world, worked with high level athletes and business people on using mindfulness for high performance, and founded the Center for Mindful Learning, where he currently serves as President and head teacher.
Here is Soryu’s Forall story.
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