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2007/2008 Lectures
Pico Iyer

Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 8:00 PM, Campbell Hall

Seeing Things Differently – The Dalai Lama and Our Divided World

“With extraordinary empathy and insight, Iyer shows how cultures collide... how a dance of dreams and desires and preconceptions ensues every time a visitor and a local meet.” -Salon.com

Pico Iyer, a part-time Santa Barbara resident, describes himself as a “global village on two legs.” Named one of 100 “writers who could change your life” by Utne Reader, Iyer is an acclaimed and perceptive observer of Asia and Buddhism and the author of several books including Sun After Dark, Abandon, and The Global Soul. Iyer’s most recent book The Open Road reflects on his revered friend, the Dalai Lama’s ideas and work as a religious leader, politician, scientist, and philosopher.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

General public $10.00 / UCSB Students $8.00

2008 Retreats with Alan Wallace in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies is happy to announce that Alan Wallace will be leading a series of six retreats, each a week long, at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara in 2008. Each will balance lectures, meditation and discussion periods. Residential facilities are available onsite or one may commute.

Click on the links below for more information about each retreat.

Feb. 16 – 23, 2008 - 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.
http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=102

April 12 – 19, 2008 - The Way of Shamatha:
Soothing the Body, Settling the Mind, and Illuminating Awareness:
Theory and practice for developing different methods of meditative quiescence.
http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=97

May 24 – 31, 2008 - Four Applications of Mindfulness:
An exploration of Buddhist insight practice focusing on body,
feeling, mental states and mental objects.
http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=98

July 19 – 26, 2008 - 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.
http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=99

Sept. 6 – 13, 2008 - Lucid Dreaming & Dream Yoga:
Exploring the nature of the dream state and its relation to waking reality.
http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=100

Nov. 15 - 22, 2008 - Awakening to Our Buddha-Nature:
Overcoming the roots of suffering and opening to nondual awareness.
http://www.sbinstitute.com/events_view.php?id=101

Facilities: All of the retreats will be held at the "Retreat Renewal Center," part of the 20 acre complex of beautiful parks, gardens and courtyards surrounding the historic Old Mission in Santa Barbara, CA. One may commute or stay onsite. Single rooms have a double bed; double rooms have two twin beds. Each of the rooms has its own closet, desk and sink.

Schedule: The retreats will begin around dinner time the day of the event and end with lunch on the last date listed. In terms of the daily schedule, the first session (7:15-8:00am) will begin the day with meditation; morning (9:00am-noon) and afternoon (2:00-5:00pm) sessions will include lectures, meditation, and discussion periods; the last meeting (7:00-9:00pm) will conclude the day with meditation and discussion.

For more information, contact: info@sbinstitute.com

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Ojai's Satdharma Center

Prayers and Teachings to Prevent Conflict

I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the real key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace, the equitable use of natural resources, and through concern for future generations, the proper care of the environment.
~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Talk by His Holiness XIV Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
CULTIVATING PEACE AS AN ANTIDOTE TO VIOLENCE
Washington National Cathedral September 11, 2003