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Events Nov 2009-April 2010
City of Clearlake
Every Monday Morning 10:30AM-Noon at the United Methodist Church of Clearlake, 14521 Pearl Ave near Mullen Ave.
Starting November 9, 2009, we will be meeting every Monday in the Church's Fellowship House. Titled "Buddhist Philosophy," this is a free offering to the general public and includes about 15-20 minutes each of tea and refreshments, chanting, Dharma talk, and open discussion.
Calistoga - Dharma Meetings
Taking place every Friday morning 9:30-11:30AM (except Dec 18 & 25) starting Nov 6, 2009.
The venue is the Calistoga Community Center at 1307 Washington St, next to the police station. Parking available.
No charge. Tea. Brief Chanting. Talk on Buddhism. Discussion and questions. All are welcome.
U.C. Berkeley 23 April 2010 - Exhibit and Conference
(UPDATED OCT 2009)
The proposed calligraphy exhibit has now been confirmed. It will show for three months from April 15 to July 15. Of the 37 works produced by 23 Tendai priests in Japan (2002-2007), approximately 12 will be selected and displayed. The formal opening, marked by an all-day conference under the direction of Professor of Japanese Buddhism Duncan Williams, will take place on Friday April 23rd and is titled "TENDAI STUDIES AND ART SYMPOSIUM." Here is the lineup to date:
MORNING SESSION. The keynote lecture will be delivered by Professor Shoshin Ichishima of Taisho U. In 1974-5 he served as a lecturer at UC, and he is also a venerable Buddhist priest with temples in Chiba-ken. Two more talks will follow, one by Professor Hodo Shioiri of Taisho U. and one by an American Tendai scholar yet to be named.
AFTERNOON SESSION. Explaining the exhibit and its origin in Buddhism will be one of the calligraphers, Ven. Genmyo Hiruma, the abbot of Shokan-ji temple. He will then demonstrate the art, assisted by two colleagues.
Before the reception, two further talks will be given, one by Ven. Monshin Paul Naamon, head of the Tendai sect in America, and the other by John Stevens, author of the popular "Sacred Calligraphy of the East." His lecture is titled "An Illustrated History of Tendai Calligraphy." Professor Stevens also wrote the great exposition of Tendai called "Marathon Monks of Mt Hiei." The respondent is UC Berkeley Professor of Art History Greg Levine.
On the weekend following the scholastic Conference, an event is envisioned at the monastery on Cobb Mountain.
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