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Activités 2019

La plupart des activités ont lieu à Montluçon

FORMATIONS EN 1 AN

CERTIFICAT DE MEDITATION (CBMT)

Formation sur 1 an en 3 stages de 4 jours

À Montluçon

Enseignement des multiples aspects de la méditation en relation avec la tradition taoïste. Transmission par plusieurs spécialistes avec chacun un minimum de 20 d’expériences méditatives intenses.
Les stages sont ouverts également aux personnes non-inscrites au certificat

CBMT1	24-27 août 2018	Alan Redman (Shijing)	Wuwei et sérénité
CBMT2	30 Mai-2 juin 2019	Catherine Despeux	Le calme du cœur
CBMT3	2-5 août 2019	Karine Martin et autres	Diverses pratiques taoïstes

STAGES PONCTUELS 2019

[SDP]       STAGE TAOÏSME ET PSYCHOLOGIE
                PAR LIVIA KOHN

8-10 mars 2019

La psychologie taoiste et la dynamique de la vie

Enseignant principal: Livia Kohn, universitaire de Boston (USA)

Accompagné par Karine Martin


[CBCT3]   SÉMINAIRE TAOISTE SUR LE DESTIN 
                 PAR NATHALIE MOURIER 
6-7 Avril 2019

Le destin à travers le Bazi, Yijing et fengshui

Enseignant principal: Nathalie Mourier de la sociètè MARIP
Accompagné par Karine Martin

[ST] STAGE TAOISTE: TRANSMISSION DES PRATIQUES DE L’ÉVEIL
DE LA MONTAGNE HUASHAN

PAR LE MAITRE CHEN YUMING
4-5 mai 2019

Enseignant principal: Maitre Chen Yuming
Accompagné par Karine Martin 

[CBMT2]   RETRAITE MÉDITATION SUR LE CALME DU COEUR
                 PAR CATHERINE DESPEUX 
30 Mai-2 juin 2019
Séminaire indépendant et/ou inclus dans le Certificat Méditation
Enseignant principal: Catherine Despeux
Accompagné par Karine Martin 


[CBMT3]    RETRAITE MÉDITATION 
2-5 août 2019
En préparation
Enseignant principal: en préparation
Séminaire indépendant et/ou inclus dans le Certificat Méditation 

ACTIVITÉS HEBDOMADAIRES / RÉGULIÈRES

MEDITATION DYNAMIQUE HEBDOMADAIRE (MDH)

Séances de 1h de méditation et Qigong à Montluçon avec Karine M.

Inscription à la séances

QIGONG HEBDOMADAIRE (QHM)

Séances de de Qigong hebdomadaire à Montluçon avec Catherine T.

Inscription annuelle

ATELIERs DE MEDITATION A FONTAINEBLEAU (AMF)

Journées ponctuelles de méditation. En préparation

AGENDA








ACTIVITÉS PASSÉES 2018

RETRAITE DE MEDITATION TAOÏSTE WUWEI ET SERENITE (CBMT1)

24-27 août 2018

À Montluçon

Enseignant principal : Alan Redman dit Shijing maître Taoïste de la 30ème génération de la porte du Dragon, président de l'association taoïste d’Angleterre.

Accompagné de Karine Martin

Retraite incluse dans le certificat de méditation

SEMINAIRE YIN YANG AVEC CYRILLE JAVARY (CBCT1)

31 août - 2 septembre

À Montluçon

Thème:"Yin-Yang, la dynamique du monde"

Enseignant : Cyrille Javary de l’association Djohi

Accompagné de Karine Martin

CONFERENCE DE CYRILLE JAVARY : LA CITE INTERDITE DE PEKIN ET LA SYMBOLOQIE YIN YANG

31 août 20h-22h

À Montluçon

Tarif Donation libre ; Inscription en ligne obligatoire via le formulaire contact

Inclus dans le Certificat Taoïste (CBCT1)

SÉMINAIRE TAOISTE SUR LES CONCEPTS TAOISTES ÉVOLUTION ET APPLICATIONS (CBCT1)

1-3 févr. 2019

Séminaire indépendant et/ou inclus dans le Certificat Taoïste

CONFÉRENCES EN FRANCE

CONFERENCE"LE TAO A TRAVERS LES PAROLES DES MYSTIQUES À L'INSTITUT EUROPEEN DE QIGONG

19 Juillet 2018

Par Karine Martin. Organisation et inscription directement par l'IEQG

CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LA PAIX À UNESCO PARIS

17-18-19 sept. 2018

Table ronde avec la participation de Karine Martin. 

Thème :l'énergie universelle aime tous les êtres.

DIALOGUE & EDUCATION INTERCULTURELS ET INTERRELIGIEUX POUR UN MONDE DE PAIX, D’HARMONIE ET DE TOLERANCE Organisée par La Délégation permanente de Côte d’Ivoire auprès de l’UNESCO En coopération avec La Délégation permanente de la

République fédérale du Nigéria auprès de l’UNESCO L’Organisation mondiale des Bouddhistes (WFB) L’Association Pure Land Learning College (PLLC) L’Association des Amis de Master Chin Kung à l’UNESCO (PAHD)

CONFÉRENCES ET REPRÉSENTATIONS À L'ÉTRANGER

CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LA PAIX ET LE DIALOGUE INTERRELIGIEUX À SINGAPOUR: 
2nd Christian-Taoist dialogue colloquium Christian and Taoist éthics in dialogue
4-8 nov. 2018
Conférence de Karine Martin invitée par la Fédération taoiste de Singapore pour représenter le Taoisme. thème du discours: Les trois trésors du Taoisme: Compassion, frugalité et humilité.


CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LE DIALOGUE INTERRELIGIEUX  À TAIWAN 
Organisée par Cheng Shiu University of Sciences and Technology (CSU) a Taiwan
2018宗教生命關懷國際學術研討會-宗教交流與融合
9-10 Nov. 2018 
Conférence de Karine Martin invitée par l'université Cheng Shiu University of Sciences and Technology pour présenter le développement du taoisme en occident.

Conférence sur le développement sur le Taoisme en occident 
à l'université Chinoise de Hong Kong
1 dec. 2018
Conférence de Karine Martin invitée par l'université Chinoise de Hong kong

Conférence sur le développement su Taoisme en occident à la fédération taoiste de Hong Kong 
organisée par la fédération taoiste de Hong Kong et Fungying seen koon
2 dec.2018

Conférence de Karine Martin invitée par la fédération Taoiste de Hong kong

VOYAGES D’ÉTUDES 2018

VOYAGE D’ETUDES EN CHINE NOV. 2018 (VECN18)

11-20 nov. 2018Thème: Talismans, méditation, mantras
Pèlerinage dans les Îles et montagnes sacrées de Chine; Immersion dans les pratiques mystérieuses de la spiritualité chinoise au cœur de l’île bouddhiste de Putuoshan, dans les monastères de la montagne de la fluorescence d'or et la montagne du Tigre et du Dragon. Rencontre des grands maîtres locaux.

PÉLERINAGE DANS LES TEMPLES DE TAIWAN
4-14 Déc. 2018

TOUTES NOS ACTIVITES PASSEES

PICTURES ACTIVITES 2018/2019

 

 

 

STAGE PSYCHOLOGIE TAOÏSTE avec LIVIA KOHN

Daoist Psychology 
&
Life Dynamics

 with Livia Kohn 

  March 8-10, 2019

in Montluçon, France

9 - 10 mars 2019 À Montluçon
2 jours 9h-17h avec pause déjeuner
Organisé par AFT
Enseignant principal: Livia Kohn

Accompagné de Karine Martin

Mind and body in Daoism form part of the same continuum of vital energy (qi), yet are expressed in different dimensions—spirit, heart-mind, emotions, inner nature, and destiny.

This workshop examines these on three levels: 
- the traditional Daoist understanding, 
- matching concepts in modern science, 
- and ways of modification in terms of personal energy management.

In the second half, we then apply our new appreciation of the Daoist mind-body system to the dynamics of day-to-day living. 
Understanding first the powerful flow of yin and yang in various dimensions, we will look at our rela-tionship to material goods, living spaces, artistic and intellectual endeavors, as well as different aspects of time, aiming to achieve an overall sense of right-ness in our lives.


Livia Kohn

One of the world’s foremost scholars, Livia is Professor Emerita of Religion & East Asian Studies at Boston University. Her specialty is Daoism and the study of Chinese longevity practices. She has written and edited numerous books and articles. 
Livia is also the organiser of  the International Daoist Studies Conferences held yearly around the world since 2003.
A long-term practitioner of taiji quan and meditation, she is also a certified instructor of yoga and qigong as well as a Core Health facilitator. 


Registration price 220 € (including 30 € of membership)

For people from abroad, pay in cash (€) on arrival 
Booking in advance mandatory (limited number of places) by sending us directly the following information by email on afdaoiste@gmail.com: 
First name, last name, address, phone number

For french people, please book online and pay in advance by cheque

Accomodation and meals on site
Accomodation in dorms for 3 people available (fee not included). please contact us directly on afdaoiste@gmail.com for booking and price. (only 9 beds available; please book early)

Transport and hôtels nearby: click here

The three treasures of Taoism: speech by KM during the Christianism-Taoism colloqium in Singapore

San bao,

The three treasure of Taoism:

Compassion, Frugality and Humility

Presented by

Karine Martin, PhD

French Daoist Association Chairman

at

2^nd Christian-Taoist Dialogue Colloquium

Christian and Taoist Ethics in Dialogue

4-8 November 2018 in Singapore

Fourth Session: Spiritual Development and Self-Cultivation

Speech content

In the daodejing chapter 67, Laozi the founder of Taoism tells us that he has three treasure compassion, frugality and humility; he holds them dear and keep them consistently with him. He adds that it is why people considers his Dao great.

The reason everybody calls the Dao great

Is because there is nothing  quite like it

It is exactly because it is great

that there is nothing quite like it

if there were something that were consistently like it

how could it be small

I have three treasures that I hold and cherish

The first is compassion

The second is frugality

The third is not daring to put myself ahead of others (humility)

Having compassion, I can be brave

Having frugality I can be generous

Having humility I can take the time to perfect my abilities

Now if I am brave without compassion

Generous without frugality

Go to the fore without putting my own concerns last

I might as well be dead

If you wage war with compassion you will win

If you protect yourself with compassion you will be impervious

Heaven will take care of you

Protecting you with compassion

In our modern society where the main message diffused consistently by ways of advertisement is over consumption and excessive competition the usefulness of those three qualities seem outdated and out of place.

How can my child succeed at school if he does not compete? How can my husband rise up to the top in his field if he stays humble and compassionate? May a householder ask herself.

For many, while having these qualities sounds nice, fear of failing or falling below others by using them grasp one heart. How can we get the motivation to apply those three qualities in our life if we fear that they do not serve us well?

Our Original nature is Good and benevolent

First it is important to observe within oneself that indeed the thought of having those qualities feels nice. Why does it feel nice? Because the Taoist teachings tells us that indeed that kind of qualities mirror those of heaven and as such are part of our naturalness; they are the qualities of our true nature. According to Taoism, man is born good, his original nature is good, and it is the conditioning of society that leads him down the stray path of fear, competition and other defects.

Furthermore, in Taoism, we believe that to be happy, one must stay closer as possible to its original nature. It is in this natural state that Man feels most at ease and can find delight in life.

Desires and environment meddle with our original nature

In the Qingjing (Classic of Pure and Tranquil), Laozi tells us that the heart spontaneously likes clarity and tranquillity, but that desires meddle with it. According to such a concept, we thus are inherently born with the positive qualities of compassion, frugality and humility.

The society we live in based on consumerism has very early on understood the power of desires and how to make use of it to generate more money.

When our stomach is full we are naturally meant to stop eating, but then desires meddle with us and that nice picture of that creamy dessert on the menu overstimulate our senses and makes us believe that we need more food….so there goes our frugality, victim of marketing advertisements.

In the same way, we spontaneously lead towards compassion, but fear of the competitive atmosphere in the company we work for meddle with it. When our colleague asks us for help on a project our first movement is to answer yes, but then the fear that he might get better appraisal than us or the fear of loosing our job strikes us… and there goes our compassionate nature.

The list of such examples is long, and the power of desires to leads us down stray lanes is not to be undervalued; nor is the power of advertisements and other marketing tools.

This kind of conditioning starts very early on in one s life. At school, the youngsters are trained to be better than their classmates to get higher marks. Competition to enter good university is getting harder every year. Helping one’s friends in such an environment becomes then a risk to see the friend get a higher score then his. That environment of competition leads the child away from is natural state of compassion and fraternity.

This description is all well interesting but then what are we to do? Changing society is not a matter of simply observing and discussing about it and does not depend on the brief speech of a Taoist such as myself.

Changes starts within each individual’s heart

Well, we could summarize the solution by the simple sentence: “change starts within one’s heart”. For people to be able to live in a society that mirror the cosmic harmony, each must first get reconnected to their innate benevolent nature. This means overcoming the fear of lacking. It is the fear of lacking material sufficiency that very often drives one to competition, lies and malevolent action. The fear meddles with the heart.

How to overcome fear in for example an environment of competition, rivalry at work or in business?

Improving one’ condition or career is not about competing against other but competing against one’s fear, desires and malevolent thoughts. Laozi tells us that:

“clever is the man who understands others but even more wise is the man who knows himself and thus is able to control himself”.

To know oneself is to understand the mechanism of our thoughts and emotions and then be able to transcend them to reconnect to our pure and benevolent nature.

The whole process of marketing is based on a deep understanding of man thoughts process. A car sells better when it is publicised through family pictures, associated with nice music and natural background. Marketers spends a lot of time studying people’s mind to create the best advertisement campaign. If each and everyone would starts taking a few minutes a day observing their thoughts and emotion, gazing inwards instead of outwards, they would then be able to appease their heart and recover their natural blissful state. A peaceful heart and mind do not crave the latest car or the highest position in the hierarchy. True contentment is within and the mind stays still when faced with external temptations.

Laozi, in the Classic of tranquillity and Purity (Qingjing jing) tells us:

The human spirit is fond of purity, but the mind disturbs it; the human mind is fond of stillness, but desires meddle with it. If the mind can be constant without desires, then the mind will become still; when the mind has settled, then the spirit will be pure. Naturally the Six Desires will not be born, and the Three Poisons will perish. Those who cannot accomplish this have minds not yet settled and are not yet rid of desires.

Therefore, it is impossible for living beings to attain the true Dao with deluded minds. Since they have deluded minds, their spirits are frightened; because their spirits are frightened, they are attached to the myriad phenomena. Because they are attached to the myriad phenomena, they give birth to greedy seeking; due to the birth of this greedy seeking, they encounter confusion and anger.

Conclusion

Compassion, frugality and humility are indeed the three treasures of Taoism; more so because they are the reflection of the innate nature of Man on the clear water of a tranquil mind.

While greedy companies entice us to ever more consume and compete by playing on our fears and desires, a simple method of turning inwards would bring a halt to their strategies.

A tranquil heart feels complete and content by itself. Tranquillity appears through inner observation and meditation. These techniques do not belong to Taoism alone; most religions including Christianity do have their own form of inner observation, may it be through prayers, meditation and confessions. If religions such as Taoism and Christianity are to participate into solving the problems that society is now facing, they should bring forward their ancestral technique of appeasing the mind and comforting the heart of each individual.

Thank you

KARINE MARTIN

MARTINKARINE2014@HOTMAIL.COM

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