Book launch – Learning to stop: mindfulness meditation as anti-violence pedagogy

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) by Remy Low

In a world that continues to be beset by violence of all kinds – from the invisible and barely visible harms considered “normal”, to historical wrongs and systemic injustices, to large-scale conflicts – what is the use of mindfulness meditation? Is it not a form of passivity and withdrawal? Does it not detract from the “real work” of making change?

Please join us for a discussion on these questions and related themes hosted by Dr Daniel Couch (Education, University of Sydney) featuring:

• Dr Emma Tseris – Social Work, University of Sydney
• Brother Phap Hai – Mountain Spring Monastery, Plum Village International
• Dr Jane Park – Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
• Dr Remy Low – Education, University of Sydney.