2018年綠活心靈活動系列----擁抱自己、擁抱地球 Wherevergreen Mindfulness Activity Series: Embrace Youself Embrace the Earth
環境保育、倡導社會政策改變、為不平而鳴……。在亂世之中，如何保持平靜澄明的心，不受紛擾牽動？如何擁有穩如泰山的力量去面對重重困難和挑戰？
想一想，甘地先生、曼德拉總統、一行襌師及其同修們，是怎樣做到堅持信念，並且鍥而不捨地對不公不義進行非暴力抗爭的？答案是一顆強壯的內心。
強壯的內心並不能靠健身修練出來；鍛鍊強壯的內心的方法，是靜。平靜，需要合適的環境空間造就嗎？需要100平方呎，還是1000平方呎？不，平靜來自內在。讓心靜如止水一樣，我們內心的污垢才能浮現出來；去除污垢的內心，才有空間注入堅實的能量；唯有心變得徹底的實在，我們才能有力量去創造，去改變。
現代生活節奏急促，有沒有給自己機會：停一停，靜一靜？
綠活地圖邀請心靈環保哲人烏普老師再度來港，主持一系列綠色心靈活動。當你體驗過靜心的力量和學習靜修的智慧過後，你會變得更強更有力量。準備好了嗎，迎接一 個不一樣的自己！
17- 21/10 (三至日)
綠活心靈五日四夜靜修營 @南大嶼山大浪有機農社
詳情及報名: goo.gl/2VuHU1
16/10 (二) 7:30-9:30 PM
綠活心靈講座：放下手機，親近自然，尋回自己 @香港靜觀中心
詳情及報名: goo.gl/5bnSEb
3/11 (六) 9:00AM-5:00 PM
綠活心靈一日營 @生活書院
詳情及報名: goo.gl/AhuwXR
綠活地圖介紹 http://wherevergreen.hk/
綠活地圖 wherevergreen.hk 是一個非牟利的網上平台，讓人人都可以發掘和分享社區裡的綠色生活地點、資訊和故事，促進社區裡的資訊交流、資源共享、社群互動及計劃協作，藉以推動綠色公民的實踐。
烏普老師 Upul Nishantha Gamage 介紹
斯里蘭卡「尼藍毗禪修中心」(Nilambe Meditation Center)導師，師從國際知名禪修導師葛榮 (Godwin Samaratatne) ，積極在斯里蘭卡的醫院、大學、寺院和監獄教導靜修；不時到海外，包括香港講學。烏普老師奉行簡約生活，支持當地有機耕作農民，以身體力行去關愛世界。引他的話：「一起放眼，你會看見世界、宇宙和有生命的大自然，是一體。」他由2014年起每年來港主持綠色心靈活動。
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尼藍毗禪修中心 Upul Nishantha Gamage nilambe.net
Environmental protection and conservation, advocating policy changes, speaking up against injustice…
how can we keep our heart calm and clear in the face of disturbance and troubles? How can we acquire steady strength to deal with the difficulties and challenages
Think, how did leaders like Mr. Gandhi, President Mandala and Thích Nhất Hạnh insist on their believes and show great preservance in staging non-violence movement against injustice. The answer is a strong heart.
A strong heart is not acquired by gym training; it is silence that trains up our heart. How to reach silence? Does it require a suitable environment or space? 100 sq feet or 1000 sq feet? NO, silence is from nowhere but within. Let’s bring our heart to a quiet condition as ifit is static water. That would help separate the dirt from our heart, and make space in our heart for energies to fill in and to strengthen our heart. Only when we have a strengthened heart, we can effectively create and make changes.
Have your got tired of the hectic pace of city life? Why don’t you give yourself an opportunity to pause and quiet down?
Wherevergreen will invite green philosopher Mr. Upul Nishantha Gamage to Hong Kong again to host a series of green, mindfulness activities which will help make you stronger with the strength of silence and wisdom of meditation.
Are you ready for meeting with a different self?
17-21/10 (WED-SUN)
Wherevergreen 5-day-4-night Meditation Retreat @Island Club, Tai Long Village, Lantau
Details and registration: goo.gl/2VuHU1
16/10 (TUE) 7:30-9:30 PM
Wherevergreen Talk: Getting Closer to the Nature and Yourself @HK Center for Mindfulness
Details & registration: goo.gl/5bnSEb
3/11(SAT) 9:00AM-5:00 PM
Wherevergreen One-Day Retreat @School of Everyday Life
Details and registration: goo.gl/AhuwXR
Wherevergreen http://wherevergreen.hk/
wherevergreen is a non-profit making online platform which allows people to explore, share, and co-create information, locations, and stories relating to green living in the community. Hence, the platform encourages the circulation and exchange of information, prompts interaction among members, and initiates projects. This provides a greater incentive for members to put green civic action and green living into practice. Wherevergreen will invite green philosopher Mr. Upul Nishantha Gamage to Hong Kong again to host a series of green, mindfulness activities which will help make you stronger with the strength of silence and wisdom of meditation.
Upul Nishantha Gamage is the resident teacher at the Nilambe Meditation Center in Sri Lanka. He was a student of the world-renowned lay meditation teacher, Godwin Samaratatne. Gamage has been teaching meditation in the hospitals, universities, temples, and prisons in Sri Lanka for decades. He has also been invited to teach meditation in Europe and other parts of Asia including Hong Kong. He lives a green life and supports local organic farming. He loves the world with his mind and action. “If you open your eyes, you’ll see that the world, the universe, and the living nature are all in one unity”, said Gamage. He held annual green mindfulness activities in Hong Kong every year from 2014 onwards.
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Upul Nishantha Gamage http://nilambe.net/
