Via Centre of Gravity…
LIFE IS HARD: LOVE AND COMPASSION ARE NECESSITIES FOR BASIC SUSTAINABILITY
with Norman Fischer
Based on Norman’s recent book “Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong,”, in turn based on a popular traditional Indo-Tibetan text, this weekend workshop will offer practical exercises for reducing self-centeredness, which comes so naturally to us, yet causes us so much pain – and developing compassion. We will study the text and engage in discussion and imaginative exercises designed to bring the material home to the particularity of our lives today.
Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave, Fourth Floor
PUBLIC EVENING TALK
FRI, MAR 14, 2014
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Alterna Savings Meeting Room
Registration: Eventbrite – Training in Compassion: Evening Talk with Norman Fischer
By donation (Suggested $25)
WEEKEND RETREAT
SAT, MAR 15 – SUN, MAR 16, 2014
9:00am – 4:30pm
Innovation Lab
Registration: Eventbrite – Life is Hard: Love and Compassion are Necessities for Basic Sustainability with Norman Fischer
By donation (Suggested $200)
DAILY SCHEDULE
9:00am to 12:00pm • Sitting and walking meditation with instruction
1:30pm to 4:30pm • Workshop
ABOUT NORMAN FISCHER
Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as Co-abbot from 1995-2000. He is presently a Senior Dharma Teacher there as well as the founder and spiritual director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, an organization dedicated to adapting Zen Buddhist teachings to Western culture. everydayzen.org
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