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SUMMARY:Dzogchen Workshop: Contemplation and Non-Doing: Solitude\, Absorpt
 ion and Letting-be as Structural Principals of Contemplative Religious Pra
 ctice
DTSTART:20210922T140000Z
DTEND:20210924T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260501T152207Z
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DESCRIPTION:Dzogchen is a Tibetan Buddhist contemplative tradition that em
 phasizes effortlessness as a key fea-ture of its doctrinal architecture an
 d meditative programme. Non-striving thus represents one of the central re
 search questions examined in the “Dzogchen” project\, which is sponsor
 ed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and is based a
 t the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
 . The present workshop seeks to explore this theme in a broader framework\
 , by looking at it comparatively from the viewpoints of a number of religi
 ous traditions.\n\nMany traditions of contemplative practice\, whether the
 y be Buddhist or of other religious origin\, emphasize the need to purify 
 the tendencies towards outer and inner forms of distraction. This leads to
  a state of (outward) solitude\, which can (but need not necessarily) be t
 emporarily and spatially delimited. Solitude thus provides a framework for
  actual contemplation or absorption\, the central task of the contemplativ
 e life (= inner solitude). Although contemplation is usually presented as 
 the result of a strenuous process of gradual renunciation and effort\, the
  higher stages of contemplative practice often underscore the fact that wi
 lful striving can be an obstacle to true contemplation. In such an optic\,
  wilful striving eventually gives way to a suspension of effort and opens 
 up to a state of inner letting-be.\n\nThe meaning (and the precise order) 
 of this threefold structure (solitude – contemplation – letting-be) is
  presented differently according to various contemplative traditions. It p
 rovides a fruitful field for a comparative religious enquiry\, one in whic
 h both the commonalities and differences between traditions of mystical pr
 axis can be explored. This workshop will provide a forum for experts to di
 scuss this theme from the perspectives of the following traditions of myst
 ical praxis: Dzogchen\, Tantra\, Mahāmudrā\, Chan/Zen\, Pure Land Bud-dh
 ism\, Daoism\, Kashmiri Shaivism\, Judaism\, Christianity\, and Sufism.\n\
 nProgramme of the workshop
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://buddhistroad.ceres.rub.de/en/events/dzogchen-workshop-contempl
 ation-and-non-doing-en-1/
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