Alan Wallace's Teaching Itinerary 2008

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. 5 – 11: The Way of Shamatha: Soothing the Body, Settling the Mind, and Illuminating Awareness: Theory and practice for developing different methods of meditative quiescence, at Shambhala Mountain Center. Information: http://www.shambhalamountain.org

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.
Information: Michael Spezio mlspezio@hss.caltech.edu
  
Oct. 18 – 19: Lecture “Mental Causation and Free Will” at the Mind & Life Institute Conference in Berlin.
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