with Rob Preece

Monday, September 7, 2015
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Our lives are frequently dominated by feelings and strong emotions. However, we receive conflicting information on how to deal with them. Even the Buddhist teachings seem to contradict themselves on this question:

• Are all our emotions fundamentally flawed and need to be counteracted with antidotes?
• Or can we rely on tantric methods to transform our emotions and lead us to deeper self-knowledge?

Rob Preece argues that neither of those extremes is correct. Based on his extensive background both in Tibetan Buddhism and Western psychology he will show how to work with emotions and how this can complement our meditation practice.

Rob Preece has been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist for the past 40 years. He was a founding member of Manjushri Institute in the UK and lived there until 1980 when he went into retreat above Dharamsala on the guidance of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Returning to the west in 1985 he began to train as a Psychotherapist at the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology in London, a Jungian based psychotherapy. Since that time he has had a busy psychotherapy practice and has taught many workshops on comparative Jungian and Buddhist Psychology. More recently his work has shifted from psychotherapy to spiritual mentoring.

Over the past 25 years Rob has also lead many meditation retreats introducing the practices of the Tantric tradition with a wish to honor Lama Yeshe’s profound and creative approach to practice. Rob is an experienced thangka painter and keen gardener and is the father of two boys. He is the author of "The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra", "The Wisdom of Imperfection", "The Courage to Feel", "Preparing for Tantra" and "Feeling Wisdom".