Fall 2008 Contemplative Studies Lectures

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Thursday
September 18

8:00-9:30 pm

"Sudden and Gradual: Paradigms of Awakening in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism"

Lecture by Mark Unno, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Oregon

Mark Unno is a renowned scholar of Japanese Buddhism and Japanese Psychotherapy. He received the Ph.D. from Stanford and has taught at Carleton University and at Brown University. He is the author of Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light (Wisdom: 2004) and the editor of Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures (Wisdom, 2006), as well as numerous article in scholarly journals. He is currently Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon.

(Co-sponsored by the Depts. of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies)

Thursday
September 25

6:00 - 10:00pm

An Introduction into Sôtô Zen Meditation, A Workshop

Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Former Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center

Friday
September 26

4:00pm -

SAILING HOME: Using the Wisdom of Homer's Odyssey to Navigate Life's Perils and Pitfalls: A Talk and Book Signing

Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Former Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center

Smith Buonanno 201

Friday
October 10

4:00pm -

101 Years Old and Still Going Strong: The Tathagatha Zen of Roshi Joshu Sasaki

Seiju Bob Mammoser, Abbot of the Albuqerque Zen Center

Saturday
October 11

11am - 5pm

Retreat: An Introduction to Sasaki-Roshi's Rinzai Zen Practice

Seiju Bob Mammoser, Abbot of the Albuquerque Zen Center

The Chapel At Brown/RISD Hillel

Thursday
October 16

4:00pm -

"Do Buddhist Practices Offer a Science of Healing?: Thoughts on Contemporary Representations of Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation"

David Gardiner, Associate Professor of Religion at Colorado College

(Co-sponsored by the Depts. of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies)

Wilson 102

Thursday
December 11

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Two lectures on Traditional Chinese Medicine are in the process of being scheduled.

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