We are pleased to invite you to Planet Earth Festival to be held in Lucca from 2 to 5 October 2025We will be present with our event entitled "Meditation and Nature" Friday October 3 pm 19:00, at the Botanical Garden. Venerable Massimo Stordi and Angelo Gemignani, moderated by Manuela Ferro, will discuss meditation and nature through the intersection of Buddhism and neuroscience, exploring their profound connection.
The cultural event under the dscientific direction by Stefano Mancuso It has reached its fourth edition and the theme chosen for the year 2025 is Unstable systems.
The rapidity of climate, geopolitical, technological, and economic change makes every prospect uncertain and elusive, and the Festival aims to be a collective laboratory for reflecting on instability as a structural condition, no longer a passing emergency.
Friday, October 3 – 19:00 PM
ANGELO GEMIGNANI
FRIDAY MASSIMO STORDI
Manuela Ferro
BOTANICAL GARDEN
Free admission, no reservations required. Places last.
A Buddhist monk and a neuroscientist explore the profound connection between meditation, nature, and science, between inner peace and harmony with living things. Contemplative practice invites us to experience nature not as a backdrop, but as a sacred space to be inhabited with care. Thus, meditation and ecology intertwine: both recognize the interdependence of all life and teach us to protect what surrounds us: trees, rivers, animals, relationships. Because every conscious gesture is a seed for the Earth.
At the end, Ven. Massimo Stordi will lead a meditation session.
A Buddhist monk who received ordination in XNUMX from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He was director of the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute for more than ten years and is now President of the Monastic Sangha Lhungtok Choekhorling Association, which is working to establish the first monastery of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in Italy.
A Buddhist monk, he received his vows in 1983 from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He directed the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute for over ten years. He is president of the Sangha Lhungtok Choekorling Monastic Association, which is working to establish the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Italy.
Professor Angelo Gemignani
A psychiatrist and professor of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pisa, he is Director of the Department of Neuroscience, the Clinical Psychology Unit, and the Master's Program in Neuroscience, Mindfulness, and Contemplative Practices at the Pisa University Hospital. His research interests range from the psychophysiological mechanisms of sleep and consciousness to the study of acute and chronic stress, emotions, and altered states of consciousness. His current scientific focus is on the study of the psychobiological correlates of meditation techniques and their effects on different levels of consciousness.
Manuela Ferro
Founder and Cultural Director of the Tibet Festival in Pomaia. A speaker at national events, she works on communications and cultural projects. She writes for specialized magazines on Buddhism and spirituality. She is vice president of the Sangha ETS Foundation.
All information about Pianeta Terra Festival is on the official website: www.pianetaterrafestival.it
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