Transforming Stress into Well-being: Balancing Male & Female

Kum Nye Argentina & Center for Skillful Means present:

Balancing Male & Female: Transforming Stress into Well-being

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 9:30 -17:30hrs

Place: Japanese Gardens, Buenos Aires, Argentina

with Arnaud Maitland

Stress might simply be a warning that you are out of balance. In the traditional Buddhist teachings, stress belongs to the subject of needless suffering. The Buddha has provided a wide array of insights, suggestions and practices on how to restore balance and to relieve mental, physical and spiritual suffering.

However inspiring the Buddha’s insights are, they can be challenging to embody. Our senses tend to perceive in familiar ways, making it hard to envision any other way of being. Without deliberate transformation on our part, our energy is directed toward the same scope of problems, by the identical attitude, channeled through unchanged eyes and ears, and with the same old spectrum of choices. We may feel isolated, emotional, and unable to fulfill our plans and aspirations. We may become a stranger to ourselves.

Stress indicates that something needs attention; something inside is stuck, unable to function well. It is time to wake up to our hidden strengths, restoring the balance to body and mind.

Every human being, man or woman, has to balance feminine and masculine qualities. These days many people are out of balance as they magnify either the masculine at the expense of the feminine, or vice versa. In Tibetan Buddhism the union of feminine and masculine is called wisdom in action – timely, appropriate action without stress and with no mistakes. In a complete human being the female and male qualities are each developed equally and fully.

The model of Transforming Stress into Well-being is based on restoring inner and outer balance, recapturing intelligence and vitality. Instead of feeling drained, overwhelmed and fearful, you will become more alive, creative and confident. You may be in the midst of exhilarating tension, without feeling stress.

About the seminar:

The morning will be focused on the difference between normal tension and unnecessary stress. You will understand how to restore various balances that will protect from stress while drawing out the most of you and every situation.  In the afternoon we will give attention to an essential balance: the male & female aspects of our being.

The teachings are based on Tarthang Tulku’s books Skillful Means and Knowledge of Freedom Chapter 22.

Seminar leader:

Arnaud Maitland JD, MA in Buddhist philosophy and psychology, senior student of Tarthang Tulku since 1976, and Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist teacher; author of MasterWork (2000) and Living without Regret (2004) leading seminars worldwide in Tarthang Tulku’s teachings of Kum Nye, Skillful Means, Knowledge of Freedom, Time Space Knowledge, as well as Nyingma philosophy and psychology.

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