In a convivial and informal discussion around the notion of Embodied Ethical Wisdom, Bess and Diane will discuss the interface between micro-phenomenlogy, a method developped by Claire Petitmengin, and a traditional Buddhist approach as proposed in Maitreya’s text, the Dharmadharmt?vibh?ga. Although the meeting point clearly relates to the development of awareness, there is both similarities and differences when considering the use of language, the notion of non-dual awareness, the definition of the process of cognition, or that of the body.

Hanne Bess Boelsbjerg works at the Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark. She has earned a master degree at the Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, and a doctorate at the Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Southern Denmark. As part of her post doc, she partakes in the project “Borderlands of Living” led by anthropologist Mette Terp Hoybye. Bess contributes to the exploration of personhood, consciousness and decision taking among comatose patients by conducting fieldwork among clinicians and therapists working to detect signs of consciousness. In this context, she has introduced the method called micro-phenomenology. Bess conducts a qualitative evaluation of a mindfulness and compassion training program for hospice staff, and teaches a course called ‘Researching Social Change’ at the University of Copenhagen in strong collaboration with Katrin Heimann, a skillful micro-phenomenologist, and sociologist Lina Katan (among others).

Diane Denis is an assistant professor of the Rangjung Yehse Institute Center for Buddhist Studies of Kathmandu University. She hold an MFA from Naropa University and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Laval University. She has been a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rimpoche for over 25 years. She is active translator, an artist, a philosopher, and a socially concerned individual. Her ‘contemplative’ approach to teaching is rooted in a Buddhist perspective - which comes from years of research on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophical texts, in particular, the work of Maitreya (IVrth c.), the Dharmdharmat?vibh?ga. Her current research interest is Embodied Ethical Wisdom and the notion of support, basis or reliance as it is found in the Prajñ?p?ramit? litterature.

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