Jan.
14: Lecture “Principles of a Contemplative
Science of the Mind,” sponsored by the Psychiatry
and Spirituality Forum at the University of California,
Irvine, Noon-1:00.
Contact:
Aaron Kheriaty akheriat@uci.edu
Jan.
16: Lecture “The Conscious
Universe: Where Buddhism and Physics Converge” at
Unity Church of Santa Barbara, 227 E. Arrellaga Street,
Santa Barbara, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Institute
for Consciousness Studies, 7:00 pm.
Information: info@sbintitute.com
Feb.
5: Lecture “The Question of Free Will: A
Buddhist Perspective” at Casa Tibet México
in Mexico City
Information: Erika de Urquijo erikadeurquijo@casatibet.org.mx
Feb.
6: Lecture “Paths to Perfection: Contemplative
Practices in Christianity and Buddhism” at
Casa Tibet México in Mexico City
Information:
Erika de Urquijo erikadeurquijo@casatibet.org.mx
Feb.
7 – 11: Four Immeasurables Retreat at Tonalli,
Tenancingo, Estado (Edo.) de Mexico
Information: Erika de Urquijo erikadeurquijo@casatibet.org.mx
Feb. 16 – 23:
Meditation Retreat for Health Care Professionals:
Specifically designed for researchers and clinicians
who wish to apply Buddhist contemplative practices
to understanding and healing the mind. Sponsored
by the Santa Barbara Institute for
Consciousness Studies, Santa Barbara, California.
Information: http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=102
Feb. 29:
Lecture “Meditation for Settling the
Mind: Finding Happiness from Within” at Orgyen
Dorje Den, Alameda, California.
Information: http://www.orgyendorjeden.org/
March 1 – 2: Meditation seminar “Balancing
the Heart and Mind” at Orgyen Dorje Den, Alameda,
California.
Information: http://www.orgyendorjeden.org/
March
7 – 9: Meditation retreat on the “Four
Immeasurables” at Rime Buddhist Center, Kansas City.
Information: www.rimecenter.org
March 12:
Paths to Perfection: Contemplative Practices in Christianity
and Buddhism. Unity Church, 227 E Arrellaga St, Santa
Barbara, CA 7pm
Tickets at the door, no pre-registration. www.sbinstitute.com
March 30 – 31: “A Buddhist View of Free
Will: Beyond Determinism and Indeterminism” at
Neuroscience of Free Will Symposium at Columbia University.
Contact:
Eleni Nikitopoulos en2142@columbia.edu
April 1:
Lecture “Advancing the Legacy of William
James: The Radically Empirical Study
of the Mind” at Hartwick College, New York.
Contact: C.W.
Huntington huntingtonc@hartwick.edu
April 2:
Lecture “Advancing the Legacy of William
James: The Radically Empirical Study of the Mind” at
MIT
Information: info@prajnopaya.org
April 12 – 19: The
Way of Shamatha: Soothing the Body, Settling the
Mind, and Illuminating Awareness: Theory and practice
for developing different methods of meditative
quiescence. Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Institute
for Consciousness
Studies, Santa Barbara, California.
Information: http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=97
April 22:
Lecture “The Conscious Universe: Where
Buddhism and Physics Converge” presented at the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Contact: Charlene
P. E. Burns BURNSCP@uwec.edu
April 24:
Lecture “The Pursuit of Meaning in the Age
of Science and Religions” presented at Amherst
College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Contact:
Arthur Zajonc agzajonc@amherst.edu
April 26:
Keynote lecture for the seminar “Buddhism,
Mind and Matter” at the Rochester Zen Center.
Information: http://www.rzc.org/html/events/public.shtml
May
7 – 10: Lecture “Pay Attention: Unlocking
the Power of the Focused Mind" at
the “Happiness & Its Causes” conference,
Sydney, Australia
Information:
www.happinessanditscauses.com.au
May
12 – 18: Shamatha retreat, hosted by the Vajrayana
Institute, Sydney, Australia
Contact:
Beth Phelan beth@vajrayana.com.au
May 24 – 31:
Four Applications of Mindfulness: An exploration
of Buddhist insight practice focusing on body, feeling,
mental states and mental objects. Sponsored by
the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies,
Santa Barbara, California.
Information: http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=98
June 2 – 6: “A
Buddhist Science of the Mind” and “Three
Dimensions of Consciousness: A Buddhist Phenomenology
of the Mind” in the Buddhism Seminar sponsored
by the Rinzai-ji Zen Center and the University of
New Mexico Philosophy Department, hosted by the Bodhi
Manda Zen Center, New Mexico.
Information: http://www.summerseminar.org
June 10
-- 12: Lecturing at the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute,
Garrison Institute, New York
Information: http://mindandlife.org/current.conf.html
June 17 – 19: Three one-day seminars on the Shamatha Project, the concept
of free will in Buddhism, and a Buddhist view on the role of consciousness in
the natural world, at the Scuola Superiore S. Anna, in La Normale University,
Pisa, Italy.
Contact: Prof. Massimo Bergamasco bergamasco@sssup.it
June 20 – 22: Seminar on the role of meditative training in attention and
mindfulness in the cultivation of mental health and balance, sponsored by the
University of Milan Italy.
Contact: Nanni Deambrogio ndeambrogio@mindproject.com
June 23 – June
29: Exploring the Depths of the Psyche: A Shamatha
Retreat in the Great Perfection Tradition of Tibetan
Buddhism, at the Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Wales.
Information: http://www.lamrim.org.uk/wales/en/1/
programme.html
July 19 – 26:
The Four Immeasurables and Buddhist Mind-Training:
Cultivating a good heart through the practice of
loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and
impartiality, as well as training the mind through
meditation. Sponsored by the Santa
Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, Santa
Barbara, California.
Information: http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=99
Aug. 2 – 9:
Meditation retreat on the Tibetan Seven-Point Mind-Training
at the Great Space Center, Lone Pine, California.
Information:
Doroethy Leonard Doroethy@cox.net
August
13, 7pm: "Achieving
Free Will: A Buddhist Perspective." Unity Church,
227 E Arrellaga St, Santa Barbara, CA. $15 donation at
the door. info@sbinstitute.com
August
18: "Buddhist Ways of Knowing," sponsored by Casa Tibet
Mexico
Information: “Casa
Tibet” casatibet@adetel.net.mx
August
19: "Guru Yoga," sponsored by Casa Tibet
Mexico
Information: “Casa
Tibet” casatibet@adetel.net.mx
August 20 – 24: “The
Direct Crossing Over” Retreat
at Tonalli, Tenancingo, Estado (Edo.) de Mexico
Information: “Casa Tibet” casatibet@adetel.net.mx
Saturday
August 30th: All day seminar."Pay Attention! The
Power of the Focused Mind." Unity Church, 227 E Arrellaga
St, Santa Barbara, CA.
9am to 5pm, lunch break noon to 2pm. $60
pre-register: info@sbinstitute.com
Sept. 6 – 13,
2008 - Lucid Dreaming & Dream
Yoga: Exploring the nature of the dream state
and its relation to waking reality. Sponsored by the
Santa Barbara Institute for
Consciousness Studies, Santa Barbara, California.
Information: http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=100
Wednesday,
Sept 17, 7pm: "Experience, Reason, and Faith in Science
and Religion." Unity Church, 227 E Arrellaga
St, Santa Barbara, CA. $15 donation at the door. info@sbinstitute.com
Sept.
26: Full-day public workshop & lecture “Healing
the Mind: Where Meditation and Neuroscience Converge,” Toronto,
Canada
Information: Angela Szeto amszeto@rogers.com www.mindbodypsychotherapy.com
Sept.
27: Full-day workshop for trainees on the clinical
application of mindfulness meditation, Toronto,
Canada
Information: Angela Szeto amszeto@rogers.com
www.mindbodypsychotherapy.com
Oct. 2:
Lecture “Advancing the Legacy of William
James: The Radically Empirical Study of the Mind” at
the conference “Awakened
World 2008: The Evolution of Revolution,” sponsored
by the Association for Global New Thought, at Renaissance
Esmeralda Resort, Palm Desert, California, Oct. 1 – 5,
2008.Information: http://www.agnt.org/awakened8.htm
Oct 13:
Lecture “Advancing the Legacy of William
James: The Radically Empirical Study of the Mind” in
the Computation and Neural Systems (CNS) seminar series
at Caltech at 4pm in Beckman Behavioral Biology, Room
024. POSTPONED
Information:
Michael Spezio mlspezio@hss.caltech.edu
Oct. 16 – 19: Lecture “Mental
Causation and Free Will” and
the Mind & Life Institute Conference on “Self, Mental Causation and
Free Will” in Berlin. POSTPONED
Information:
www.mindandlife.org
November
2-8: Exploring the Depths of the Psyche: A Shamatha
Retreat in the Great Perfection Tradition of Tibetan
Buddhism, sponsored by Kagyu Changchub Chuling in
Portland, Oregon and held at Great Vow Zen Monastery.
Information: kgillis1@comcast.net
http://www.kcc.org/
Nov. 15 - 22, 2008 - Awakening to Our Buddha-Nature:
Overcoming the roots of suffering and opening to nondual
awareness. Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Institute
for Consciousness Studies, Santa Barbara, California.
Information: http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=101
Dec.
1 – 3: Keynote lecture “The Pursuit
of Meaning in the Modern World” at the conference “Buddhism
and Consumerism,” at the College of Religious Studies, Mahidol
University, Bangkok, Thailand
Information: Dr. Pinit Ratanakul
pinitratanakul2@hotmail.com
Dec. 5:
Lecture “Genuine Happiness—A Buddhist
Science of Mind” in the Buddhist Library, No.
2 & 4 Lorong 24A Geylang, Singapore 398526
Contact: Buddhist Library buddhlib@singnet.com.sg
Dec. 6-10: “Balancing the Heart & Mind:
A Meditation Seminar” in the Buddhist Library,
No. 2 & 4 Lorong 24A Geylang, Singapore 398526
Contact: Buddhist Library buddhlib@singnet.com.sg
2007 Itinerary
