• SEEING INTO THE LIFE OF THINGS. BOOK LAUNCH

    Octavia Books 513 Octavia Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

    Rodger Kamenetz’s new book, Seeing Into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter, addresses the problem of reactivity. These afflictive states of mind are at the root of our personal suffering: envy, resentment, rage, anxiety—difficult and unpleasant mind states that drive us crazy until we feel our own lives are not our own. ... Read more

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  • Jewish Buddhist Dialogue: International Symposium on Jewish Meditation

    https://hamakom.community/isjm/ , United Kingdom

    I will join authors Brenda Shoshana and Judith Linzer for a great discussion of how we have learned to make use of Buddhist wisdom in Jewish practice. You can register here to join the zoom: REGISTER   About the presenters: Brenda SHOSHANNA Brenda Shoshanna, Ph.D., award-winning author, speaker, playwright, psychologist, long term practitioner of Judaism ... Read more

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  • ADAT SHALOM. ENDURING INFLUENCE OF THE JEWISH-BUDDHIST DIALOGUE

    Adat Shalom Synagogue 2727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The Dalai Lama asked two questions to the Jewish scholars and rabbis who met with him in Dharamsala in 1990. The first was about Jewish spiritual survival in exile. The second which has become increasingly important is the problem of reactive emotions and how our spiritual practices might “purify” these states of mind. In my ... Read more

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