Learn about this year's Spring Festival of Faiths
(the March 22 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://festivaloffaiths.org/2013-events/
The first portion of the program will provide a basic introduction to Tibetan Buddhism then look more closely at the reasons why we meditate. We often find ourselves struggling with our inner lives of thoughts and emotions as they relate to the pain and uncertainty of life around us. How does the mind rest at ease with its world? Meditation is a powerful means of working with challenges and helps us habituate our mind to a different way of understanding and relaxing with experience.
The second half of the program will focus on the practice of bearing witness – which lies at the heart of all true spiritual practice as a freeing, embolding and poignant approach to life that allows us to respond with clarity. Namgyel will ask the audience to engage in the practice of open questioning with her while she takes a fresh look at all the assumptions and beliefs we have about spirituality. The audiences repeatedly comment on how this approach has reinvigorated their meditation practice and how they relate to their lives as a whole.
The Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and Shambhala International
Silence is both porous and generous enough to receive both noise and no-noise and forms the ground from which we both see through the illusion of separation from God and are trained by the ordeals (depression, anxiety, despair) of life rooted in the Mystery in Whom we live and move and have our being.
“Karma” is one of Buddhism’s most well-known contributions to popular culture, but what does it really mean? Buddhism defines karma as action and result, cause and effect. It is the natural law of the world we live in. Some might say it is the web within which we are caught. But experience shows us that positive actions yield positive results, and negative actions, negative outcomes. In other words, we are shaped by our karma, but we can influence it as well. The imperative to act compassionately, then, means that we can chart a course towards a positive future for ourselves and others.
Compassion been a fundamental precept of essentially ever religious tradition and for many is what defines our humanity. While clearly caring for those who are suffering results in significant benefit to the receiver, science has now shown that such behavior offers profound benefit to the giver in regard to mental and physical health and to longevity. There is now a body of evidence that demonstrates that through mental training practices such as compassion meditation and that by doing so not only reap the benefit in regard to health but also have a greater sense of fulfillment and happiness.
Matthieu Ricard, molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk, author and photographer
Siddheshvari Devi Ji (Didi Ji), founder of Radha Madhav Society
Swami Atmarupananda, renowned teacher of Hinduism
Fr. Richard Rohr, globally recognized ecumenical teacher and author
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world’s leading experts on Islamic science and spirituality
Dalai Lama Fellows, a global community of college students who work toward a world that tends to the good of the whole as well as of the individual
(the March 22 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://festivaloffaiths.org/2013-events/
May 2013 Events
Tuesday, May 14 • Actors Theatre of Louisville
1pm to 5:30pm: Mind at Ease – Why We Meditate and The Way of the Bodhisattva
Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, retreat master at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling retreat center in Colorado, will host this mini-retreat on the contemplative practices of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.The first portion of the program will provide a basic introduction to Tibetan Buddhism then look more closely at the reasons why we meditate. We often find ourselves struggling with our inner lives of thoughts and emotions as they relate to the pain and uncertainty of life around us. How does the mind rest at ease with its world? Meditation is a powerful means of working with challenges and helps us habituate our mind to a different way of understanding and relaxing with experience.
The second half of the program will focus on the practice of bearing witness – which lies at the heart of all true spiritual practice as a freeing, embolding and poignant approach to life that allows us to respond with clarity. Namgyel will ask the audience to engage in the practice of open questioning with her while she takes a fresh look at all the assumptions and beliefs we have about spirituality. The audiences repeatedly comment on how this approach has reinvigorated their meditation practice and how they relate to their lives as a whole.
7pm to 9pm: Film on Compassion
“When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West” directed by Victress Hitchcock.Wednesday, May 15 •Actors Theatre of Louisville
9am to 10am: Guided Meditation
Gerardo Abboud, president of the Dongyuling Buddhist Centre in Argentina10am to 12pm: A Pathway to Compassion
Bishop Marc Andrus, Episcopal Diocese of CaliforniaThe Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and Shambhala International
1pm to 2:30pm: Out of silence something is born that leads to Silence Itself
Fr. Martin Laird, renowned author and Professor of Early Christian Studies at Villanova UniversitySilence is both porous and generous enough to receive both noise and no-noise and forms the ground from which we both see through the illusion of separation from God and are trained by the ordeals (depression, anxiety, despair) of life rooted in the Mystery in Whom we live and move and have our being.
3pm to 5:30pm: The True Self
Fr. Richard Rohr, globally recognized ecumenical teacher and author7pm to 9pm: Merton in His Own Voice
Audio recordings of Thomas Merton and commentary by Merton scholars.Thursday, May 16 •Actors Theatre of Louisville
9am to 10am: Guided Meditation
Gerardo Abboud, president of the Dongyuling Buddhist Centre in Argentina10am to 12pm: Karma and the Imperative of Compassion
Dungse Jampal Norbu, renowned Buddhist teacher“Karma” is one of Buddhism’s most well-known contributions to popular culture, but what does it really mean? Buddhism defines karma as action and result, cause and effect. It is the natural law of the world we live in. Some might say it is the web within which we are caught. But experience shows us that positive actions yield positive results, and negative actions, negative outcomes. In other words, we are shaped by our karma, but we can influence it as well. The imperative to act compassionately, then, means that we can chart a course towards a positive future for ourselves and others.
1pm to 2:30pm: The Sacred Art of Silence
Arjia Rinpoche, director of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana3pm: to 5:30pm Sacred Silence and Hinduism – Simply and Surprisingly Explained
Siddheshvari Devi Ji (Didi Ji), founder of Radha Madhav Society7pm to 9pm: Film on Compassion
“Yangsi … Reincarnation is Just the Beginning” directed by Mark ElliottFriday, May 17 • Galt House
9am to 10am: Guided Meditation
Gerardo Abboud, president of the Dongyuling Buddhist Centre in Argentina10am to 12pm:Compassion from a Buddhist’s and a Neuroscientist’s Perspectives
Matthieu Ricard, molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk, author and photographer, and James Doty, MD, founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and EducationCompassion been a fundamental precept of essentially ever religious tradition and for many is what defines our humanity. While clearly caring for those who are suffering results in significant benefit to the receiver, science has now shown that such behavior offers profound benefit to the giver in regard to mental and physical health and to longevity. There is now a body of evidence that demonstrates that through mental training practices such as compassion meditation and that by doing so not only reap the benefit in regard to health but also have a greater sense of fulfillment and happiness.
1pm to 2:30pm: Sacred Silence from the Jewish Perspective
Rabbi Arthur Green, scholar of Jewish mysticism and Neo-Hasidism and professor in the non-denominational rabbinical program at Hebrew College in Boston3pm to 5:30pm: Sacred Silence in Sufism and the vendanta
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world’s leading experts on Islamic science and spirituality, and Swami Atmarupananda, renowned teacher of HinduismSaturday, May 18 • Galt House
9am to 3pm: Sacred Silence: Pathway to Compassion
World renowned experts on contemplative practice and compassion will discuss the nature of “sacred silence” from the perspective of several faith traditions. (The program will break for lunch from 1 pm to 2 pm.)Matthieu Ricard, molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk, author and photographer
Siddheshvari Devi Ji (Didi Ji), founder of Radha Madhav Society
Swami Atmarupananda, renowned teacher of Hinduism
Fr. Richard Rohr, globally recognized ecumenical teacher and author
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world’s leading experts on Islamic science and spirituality
Dalai Lama Fellows, a global community of college students who work toward a world that tends to the good of the whole as well as of the individual
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