Synopsis: Professsor Jon Kabat-Zinn will describe the revolution in medicine that has occurred over the past 30 years that has integrated the mind back into the body and developed a remarkable range of practices for integrating one’s experience, reducing stress, healing the body, coping more effectively with emotions such as anxiety, anger, and depression, and cultivating greater well-being and happiness. His work has been instrumental in bringing Buddhist meditative practices, as he likes to say, “without the Buddhism” to full acceptance within the mainstream of medicine, psychology, and health care, and has shown them to be effective in the reduction of people suffering.

Synopsis: Chanting: nuns and monks of Plum Village and Deer Park Monasteries. Part of the Mindfulness & Psychotherapy Conference presented by UCLA Extension on Oct. 5, 6, 7 at UCLA.

Synopsis: A Basket of Plums: The songs in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

EARTH SONG

I live on a mountain, I live by the sea,
I live in a valley, I live by a stream,
I live on the Earth, the Earth is my home,
My home is my body, the home of my mind.

The wind blows through grasses the wind blows through trees,
My breath is the wind, that blows through me,
The eyes in the sky, the eyes of awareness,
The sun by day, the moon by night. 

This is my song, a love song for Earth,
The Earth in my bowl, the Earth in my cup,
the earth in my arm, I hold you with love.
I hold the day , I hold the night.
The night in my arms.

Synopsis: Excerpts from the BBC documentary ‘The Mindful Way’ which show Luang Por Chah, briefly featuring the young Ajahn Liam who was later nominated by Luang Por Chah to lead Wat Pah Pong and continues to do so.Video series of biography of Ajahn Chah: http://www.ajahnchah.org/videos.htm

Synopsis: The Great Bell Chant read by Thay Thich Nhat Hanh,
Chant by Brother Phap Niem.

“May the sound of this bell penetrate deeply into the cosmos.
In even the darkest places, may living beings hears it clearly
so their suffering will cease,
understanding arises in their hearts,
and  they can transcend the path of anxiety and sorrow.
Namo Shakyamunaye Buddhaya”~Inviting the Bell.

Synopsis: Earth Store Bodhisattva (Ksitigarbha) has the greatest vows among the Bodhisattvas in the Buddhist pantheon. He vows to go down to the hells and not return until they are empty of sufferers. I return and rely on the Bodhisattva King of Great Vows” means I go for spiritual refuge to the Awakened Being, Earth Store Bodhisattva. A wonderful song by Venerable Heng Sure.

Synopsis: B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D. has been a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970. He is currently seeking ways to integrate Buddhist contemplative practices and Western science to advance the study of the mind. He is the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies ( http://sbinstitute.com ).

Join Buddhism and Science Symposium II, 2010 (Singapore)
Topic: “Emotional Awareness: Cultivating Mental Balance and Leading a Good Life.”
Date: 15 July 2010 (Thurs) Venue:SUNTECH Convention Centre, Gallery West Level 3.
Speakers: Dr B. Alan Wallace, Dr Paul Ekman and Venerable Jing Yin

Synopsis: The Three Refuge 三皈依 by Bodhicitta

Homage to Him, the Blessed One, the Exalted One, the Fully Enlightened One.

* I go to the Buddha,
Dhamma - The Teachings, 
Sangha - The Community as my refuge.
For the second time (*). For the third time (*).

“This indeed is the safe refuge, this is the refuge supreme.
Having gone to such a refuge, one is released from all suffering.”- Dhammapada

Synopsis: A beautiful collaboration of ECM recording artist, Steve Tibbetts’, westernized sounds and the Tibetan chants of the young Choying Drolma. Steve and Marc, longtime recording partners, contribute their trademark sound without distorting the natural spiritual quality of Tibetan music. The music is from the album entitled, “Selwa”, by Six Degree Records. “Selwa” represents some of Buddhists practices that support the notion of “spontaneous expression” and luminosity that also spawns creative music and thought that is unlike any other. The album features beautiful ambient sounds, guitar, and percussion, and Choyings’ haunting chants.

Speaker: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the
Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and
Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Synopsis: Jon Kabat-Zinn tells us why being mindful can help us unlock our compassionate side. This was part of a talk put on by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.