journey of a modern buddhist - talk
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Robert Gebka, a former Zen Buddhist monk who lived in a Chinese Buddhist monastery for five years, has studied Buddhist psychology and philosophy with many master teachers both of the Chinese as well as Tibetan Buddhist traditions. In this talk Robert will share his own personal journey of how he managed to apply the ancient teachings to his own depressed and drug addicted life. In essence this talk is about how we can apply the ancient teachings of mindfulness to problems of the fast paced modern living. Session begins with a short ancient Chinese Buddhist chanting and includes a traditional Zen meditation sessionTRANSCRIPT
journey of a
MODERN
Buddhist
Robert Gebka, a former Zen Buddhist monk who lived in a Chinese Buddhist
monastery for five years, has studied Buddhist psychology and philosophy
with many master teachers both of the Chinese as well as Tibetan
Buddhist traditions. In this talk Robert will share his own personal
journey of how he managed to apply the ancient teachings
to his own depressed and drug addicted life. In essence this
talk is about how we can apply the ancient teachings of
mindfulness to problems of the fast paced modern
living. Session begins with a short ancient Chinese
Buddhist chanting and includes a traditional
Zen meditation session
BOURNEMOUTH POSITIVE LIVING GROUP St. Ambrose Church Hall, 72 West Cliff Road
Westbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset , BH4 8BE
21 November 2011, 7H00PM – 10PM
www.powerofpositiveliving.com
For more information contact us on: 075 6436 5443
www.dorset-mindfulness.co.uk
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about the speaker
Robert Gebka is a former Zen Buddhist monk who lived at the Nan Hua Zen Buddhist
monastery for five years. There he studied Buddhist psychology and philosophy with
many master teachers both of the Chinese as well as Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
Robert is currently completing his Master’s degree in Transpersonal Counselling at the
UOM California, USA. He is a therapeutic practitioner practicing mindfulness based
cognitive therapy and stress reduction, life coaching and clinical hypnotherapy. Whilst
living at the monastery he facilitated Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and work-life
balance workshops. Robert also founded the Lotus Project which introduces
Mindfulness Based Life Skills to individuals in the prison environment. Robert had the
blessing of personally meeting influential people like HH the 14th Dalai Lama, Rod
Nicholson – author of Origin Way and African high shaman Credo Mutwa – author of
Songs of the Stars and Indaba My Children. He recently relocated to Bournemouth from
the Isle of Skye, where he spent six months on a personal healing retreat. He works in
the mental health field for the NHS and also offers mindfulness based training to people
experiencing mental health difficulties. He is available for one to one consultations at
the Red Heart Fund Medicine Clinic in Bournemouth as well as the Zen ZONE in Poole.