How to Transform Our Collective Consciousness Using Buddhist Psychology With Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

Shantum Seth is a dharma teacher ordained by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who leads pilgrimages in the footsteps of the Buddha. In this episode, Shantum Seth shares about the power of spiritual pilgrimage, how to bring compassion into our everyday life, the ethics of the Eightfold Path, and how to cultivate moments of awakening.

Listen and Learn:

What is happening at the Harvard Center for Mindfulness
Bringing mindfulness into the minds of researchers
What is Mindfulness
Compassion in daily life
Recognizing our interconnectedness
Buddhist ethics and the Eightfold Path
Right Livelihood
How to shift our collective consciousness

About Shantum Seth

Shantum Seth was Ordained as a Dharmacharya (Dharma Teacher) by the Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh in 2001. He has been teaching in India and across the world, and has been leading pilgrimages ‘In the Footsteps of the Buddha’ and other multi-faith and transformative journeys since 1988, when he organized a pilgrimage for Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. www.buddhapath.com He is actively involved in social, environmental and educational programmes including work on cultivating Mindfulness in society, with Educators, the Police and the Corporate Sector amongst others. He is setting up a mindfulness meditation practice centre in Dehradun, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. This is being pioneered by the non-profit trust, Ahimsa www.ahimsatrust.org of which he is a Co- Founder.

He has been a Senior Advisor to the World Bank and advised the Ministry of Culture on Buddhism and the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India on Pilgrimage Tourism. Hand has contributed to a number of books including, ‘Walking with the Buddha’, ‘Planting Seeds…Sharing Mindfulness with Children’, and ‘Volunteers against Conflict’. He has also been a consultant on films, including ‘Life of the Buddha’ made by the BBC and Discovery, and ‘The Story of India’ made by BBC and PBS.