TOPIC FOR Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 Meeting from 7pm – 9pm ET
We will begin with a 45 minute meditation followed by a Dharma talk.
We are presenting a dharma talk series this month on Women of the Dharma! Allie Vaknin will kick it off this Wednesday with a talk on the highly impactful Buddhist Nun, writer, and teacher Pema Chödrön. The following week April Koester will speak on influential Thai Buddhist Upasika Kee Nanayon and on July 23rd Lezlie Laws will speak on Karen Armstrong.
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Intention Creates the Self
During this talk, Peter reviews the characteristics of intention, suggesting that this function of the mind emerges from the complex interactions between various neurological networks in the brain, not attributable to the existence of a self. This contemporary view of how intentions form and operate describes two functions of consciousness–cognitive intentions and behavioral intentions. We can train to be able to mindfully monitor the emerging intentions associated with thoughts and beliefs, accompanied by the ability to mindfully attend to the intention to either act or not act on the cognitive manifestations, depending upon their ethical attributes or suitability in a situation. This review includes quotes from Buddhist commentaries on the characteristics of cetana, the Pali word typically translated as intention or volition.
This talk was preceded by a supportive guided meditation: “Guided Contemplation of Intention”, which is posted in the Audio archive on this site.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Intention Creates the Self
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:14 — 60.6MB)