Upper Valley Zen Center

A Zen Study Group will meet the first Tuesday, March 2, this month 5:15 to 6:30 pm.  We continue reading Zen Mind Beginner's Mind by Soto Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki, with two selections from part three, "Right Understanding".  The text of the two chapters, "Emptiness" and "Attachment, Non-attachment", can be downloaded below.  Join us, whether or not you have come before.  

DESCRIPTION

Around the world and throughout history an individual's power and capacity to heal has been connected, more or less directly, to spirituality. This is true not only where "traditional" medicine is practiced; it can also inform the ways contemporary doctors in conventional settings interact with their patients.  

This seminar explores a Buddhist perspective on health, illness and the healing arts with Tibetan physician, Buddhist monk and Public Health Ph.D (UCLA) Kunchok Gyaltsen.  Other presenters include anthropologists engaged in cross cultural study of health and illness and local practitioners of medicine and Buddhism.  The format includes lectures, invited response, audience comment and opportunity to engage in Buddhist meditation practice.

PRESENTERS

        Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen, Ph.D. UCLA School of Public Health, Kumbum Tibetan Medical Hospital, Quinghai Tibetan Medical College
        Eric Jacobsen, Ph.D. Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
        Theresia Hofer, Ph.D. University College, London; Welcome Trust for the History of Medicine.
        Barbara Gerke, Ph.D. University of Oxford, Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College;  International Trust for Traditional Medicine, India (1994 to 2008).
        Local Practitioner Panel. Suitei Charles Meyers, acupuncturist and lay ordained Zen monk; Dr. Richard White, Family Practice  Physician; Dr. Lori Alvord, surgeon and member, Navajo tribe.

SCHEDULE

         Friday am
         4:00 pm to 5:30 pm    Introductory presentations
         5:30 pm to 6:30 pm    Meditation   (Dr. Gyaltsen)

         Saturday am
         8:00 to 9:00      Meditation
         9:00 to 10:00    Dr. Gyaltsen
         10:15 to 11:45  Response and discussion
         11:45                Lunch (buy your own, Dartmouth)

         Saturday pm
         12:45 to 1:45    Dr. Gyaltsen
          2:00  to 3:30    Local Practitioner Panel
          3:30  to 4:00    Summary and Conclusion
          4:00 to  4:30    Concluding Meditation

COST and REGISTRATION, etc.

          Registration:  $25 registration fee (free to
                  Dartmouth students). 
                  Payment can be made online at DONATIONS
                  or by mail sent to:
                             Seminar
                             c/o UVZC, 58 Bridge St
                             White River Junction
                             VT 05001. 
          Meals and Accommodations:  A list of local
                  accommodations will be sent to out-of-town
                  participants on request.  Meals may be purchased
                  at Dartmouth dining halls or in nearby Hanover.
                  For more information, CONTACT US.
                                    
SPONSORS

          Dartmouth Anthropology Department, Dartmouth
          Himalayan Initiative (Rubin Grant), Zen Practice Group at
          Dartmouth, Upper Valley Zen Center, (other funding
          applications pending).

The latest newsletter for Upper Valley Zen Center can be viewed or downloaded here.