Fearless Compassion: Engaging the World with an Open Heart
Artists, Authors & Teachers offer talks and contemplative workshops during Northern California Shambhala's 2005 Teaching Series
(PRWEB) April 9, 2005 -- Artists, Authors & Teachers offer talks and contemplative workshops during Northern California Shambhala's 2005 Teaching Series
April Speakers and Workshop Leaders:
Kunga Dawa
•Treading the Path in Times of Turmoil
7:30 pm, Fri., April 22, $25, $20 members
•Bringing All Obstacles to the Path
9-5 Sat., April 23, $50
•Cultivating Natural Wakefulness
9-5 Sun., April 24, $50
San Francisco Shambhala Center, 1630 Taraval Street
Barbara Bush
•True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude
7:30 pm, Fri., April 29, $20
•Brush Spirit: Contemplative Calligraphy
7:30 pm April 29 & 10-6 Sat., April 30- Sun., May 1, $140
Berkeley Shambhala Center
2289 Fulton Street
April highlights of the 2005 Northern California Shambhala Teaching Series include evening talks, demonstrations, and workshops by a nationally recognized meditation instructor and a popular author/artist April 22 through May 1 in San Francisco and Berkeley.
Kunga Dawa (Richard Arthure), will talk on April 22 about how to travel the path of awakening in difficult times. This well-respected teacher will also offer day long seminars, April 23 and 24, on the obstacles one may encounter while on the spiritual path and the nature of the mind.
Barbara Bashs public talk on April 29 will focus on her new book, True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude. Published by Shambhala this book explores one womans journey into loneliness, fear and connection with the world. She will also facilitate Brush Spirit, a weekend workshop April 30-May exploring calligraphy as a direct form of artistic expression that can call forth the freshness of each moment. Proceeds from this event benefit the Sonoma Shambhala Center.
Northern California Shambhala is a non-profit community of eleven meditation centers and study groups located throughout the bay area, including Marin, Sonoma, Davis, Berkeley, Mountain Views, and San Francisco. It is part of an international network of centers dedicated to meditation and other contemplative practices. Founded in 1973 by reknowned Tibetan Buddhist meditation master, artist, poet, and author Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the Shambhala tradition is now led by the Rinpoches son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and hosts nationally recognized teachers and authors, including Pema Chödrön.
For more information about the events or other upcoming programs in the series, please call San Francisco Shambhala at 415-731-4426, Berkeley Shambhala Center at 510-841-3242 or visit www.norcal.shambhala.org.
Photo: Barbara Bash at work. Electronic art is available.
Media contact only: Karen Pierce Gonzalez Public Relations, 707-792-4376
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