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Events October, November, December 2011
CALISTOGA and the CITY of CLEARLAKE
The 2011/2012 series of weekly Dharma talks, about 50 in all, is beginning the last week of October.
CALISTOGA: Roxanne is opening her house at 1802 School Street for meetings every Friday 10:30AM to noon.
CLEARLAKE: Same time and place as last year -- the Methodist Church on the corner of Pearl & Mullen every Monday 10:30-noon.
PAST: SACRAMENTO
We will participate in a Wesak public event along with about a dozen other groups from all Buddhist counties. It is held on Sunday May 29, and details can be found on their website
http://buddhadaysacramento.org
PAST: U.C. Berkeley 23 April 2010 - Exhibit and Conference
The proposed calligraphy exhibit has now been confirmed. It will show for two months from April 1 to June 1. Of the 37 works produced by 23 Tendai priests in Japan (2002-2007), approximately 21 will be selected and displayed. The formal opening, marked by an all-day conference under the direction of Professor of Japanese Buddhism Duncan Ryuken Williams, will take place on Friday April 23rd and is titled "TENDAI STUDIES AND ARTS SYMPOSIUM." Here is the lineup:
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 the American Tendai scholar Paul Groner of U Virginia. He is the author of "Saicho" and "Ryogen."
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Ven. Monshin Paul Naamon, head of the Tendai sect in America, will introduce the speakers: 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;" Professor of Art History Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, author of "Japanese Mandalas;" and Ven Senkei Shibayama, one of the calligraphers and the author of "Saicho no Sho." After his talk, Ven Shibayama, assisted by two colleagues, will demonstrate Tendai calligraphy.
This will be followed by a reception for the opening of the exhibit. The full schedule, along with lecture titles, is found on the blog.
SATURDAY EVENT: On the following day, Saturday April 24, the Japanese contingent will travel to Cobb Mountain 2 hours north to do a ceremony (rakkei shiki) celebrating the founding of a new temple. All are welcome to attend.
SUNDAY EVENT: On April 25, at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley, Ven. Senkei Shibayama, master of shodo and author of "Saicho No Sho" will perform dynamic calligraphy with the giant brush. All are welcome to attend.
(Download PDF with full details)
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