[Buddha-l] 2012 Summer Seminar On Buddhism

[Richard Hayes]

Rinzai-ji Zen Center and the University of New Mexico are pleased to announce the 2012 Summer Seminar on Buddhism. The Summer Seminar, held in residence at Bodhi Manda Zen Center in the beautiful Jemez Mountains outside of Albuquerque, NM, combines the academic study of Buddhism with the experience of living and practicing in a Zen monastery. The dates of the Seminar this year are June 4-15.

Featured speakers and topics:

Lance Cousins, Oxford University: “Buddhist Meditation, Old and New”

Toru Funayama, Kyoto University: “Kamalaśīla on the Bodhisattva Path, Meditation, and Yogic Perception”

Morten Schlütter, University of Iowa: “The Platform Sutra and the Beginning of Ch’an”

Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi, Abbot of Rinzai-ji Zen Center, will give dharma talks, health permitting.

Cost for both weeks of the seminar is $1250 or, in the case of students receiving credit, $1100. College credit (3 semester hours) is available through the University of New Mexico.

Contact: John Taber, Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico: jataber at unm.edu

or

Seiju Bob Mammoser, 505 268 4877

For more details visit http://www.summerseminar.org/