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Event Embracing Negativity (And Positivity) in Life
Date 22 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Time 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue Learning Garden, LG/F University Library, CUHK

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Speaker Ven. Ajahn Brahm

Workshop Description

In this talk, Ajahn Brahm, a world renowned teacher and author of a number of international bestsellers, will use anecdotes seasoned with humour, and strategies proven by time, to speak on how to embrace life with a positive mindset. There will also be a Q&A session afterwards.

Speaker's Bio

Born in London in 1951 and graduated from Cambridge University with First Class Honours in Theoretical Physics, Ajahn Brahm is the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Australia, among other roles. A disciple of the late meditation master Ajahn Chah who has been a Theravada Buddhist monk for over 40 years, he is a highly sought after speaker who has been invited to give talks at the corporate headquarters of Google and Facebook, as well as the United Nations. He also is the author of numerous international bestsellers which have been translated into many different languages including: Opening the Door of your Heart; Mindfulness, Bliss and Beyond; The Art of Disappearing; and Good? Bad? Who Knows?

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  • “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.”

    Mark Twain

  • “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”

    Winston Churchill

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    Mortimer Adler

  • “Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.”

    Vernon Howard

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    Benjamin Franklin

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    John Wooden

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    Henry Ford