 The Conference offers a number of additional activities and services:
Meditation & Shrine Room
There will be a meditation room open in the conference center from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Tibet Gifts will be our bookseller this year, offering a wide variety of dharma books and handcrafts from the Himalayas.
Local Sanghas will be sponsoring a confluence of Dharma talks, retreats, lectures and book signings of our featured
speakers and authors. These appearances will taking place in the weeks before and after the 2008 Conference, both in the Chicago area and
throughout the Midwest.
Confluent Events & Workshops
Date: Friday, March 7, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Description: Dr. Marasinge will speak about her work promoting and protecting child rights in Sri Lanka. In 2005 she pioneered a compnay, Child Right Law Guarantee Limited. She will also speak of her work with Rev. Hoeberichts on the Psycho-Spiritual Project to support people devastated by the Tsunami that struck Sri Lanka in 2004. Directions: 1/2 block north of Lake St., 1 block west of Austin Blvd. By train, take the Green Line and get off at the Austin Station
Date: Friday, March 7th - 7pm - 9pm
Description: What Makes you NOT a Buddhist?
Date: Saturday, March 08, 2008, 7 pm
Description: Gathering of well wishers to Mrs. Charika Marasinghe, co-recipient of the 2008 Women Engaged in Buddhism award.
Date: Sunday March 9, 2008 - 9:00 am
Engaged Buddhism and the Path to Putting Compassion into Action
Sensei Joan Hoeberichts, recipient of 2008 of the BCM’s Women and Engaged Buddhism Award and Ven. Molini Rai, PhD & Ven. Dhamma Vijaya, PhD, recipients of 2006 of the BCM’s Women and Engaged Buddhism Award and the United Nations 2008 Award for Outstanding Women in Buddhism.
The speakers will share their personal path to Buddhist social action and update us with slides on the projects they have initiated in Sri Lanka, training trauma therapist for tsunami survivors, and in Nepal, building a home and school for girls who are risk of being sold into brothels.
Their presentations will be followed by a moderated group discussion of how we can engage the suffering around us with active compassion, wisdom and equanimity.
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Date: Sunday, March 9th from 7am to 3pm Event: Dharma talk, a potluck lunch and interviews Teacher: Abbess Khenmo Drolma Host: A Single Thread 1611 Brummel Street Evanston, IL 60202 847-332-2577 Please call to reserve as space is limited.
Description: The Heart Sutra: The common thread between Zen and Tibetan tradition
Date: Sunday, March 9th - 9am - 5pm
Description: What Makes you NOT a Buddhist?
Date: Monday, March 10, 2008, 3:30 pm - Madison, WI Description: Author of A Child's Right to Privacy in International Law, Dr. Marasinghe will describe her work comparing the laws of countries throughout the world with the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child. Directions: Take the South Beltline (Rt. 12 & 18) to Park Street, go toward the State Capital and to the very end of Park at Lake Mendota. The Union is on the right and paid underground parking on the left. If parking is full, go to the parking ramp at Lake Street (up Langdon one block, turn right. Go 1 1/2 blocks. Ramp is on the left). Walk on Library Mall (the extension of State Street) to Bascom Hill, up the sidewalk to the Law School on the South side of the hill.
Date: Monday, March 10, 2008, 7:00pm Description: Psycho-Spiritual Healing After Trauma and Disaster: Directions: Memorial Union Class of '24 Room (4th floor) Listing of additional available teachings and related activities will appear on this page as they become available.
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