STUDY GROUP March 2, 5:15 to 6:30pm 02/25/2010
![]() 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.
BUDDHISM and MEDICINE, Seminar, April 16,17 02/19/2010
![]() Medicine Buddha 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). Newsletter 12/09 12/15/2009
The latest newsletter for Upper Valley Zen Center can be viewed or downloaded here.
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