Wednesday, November 24, 2010

U of T: Nov 29: SHINZEN YOUNG on "How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science"

In case you are interested:

New College at the University of Toronto and basicmindfulness.org present:

Free public talk by SHINZEN YOUNG

"Divide and Conquer: How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science"

Introduced and moderated by Jeff Warren, author of *The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness* (Random House, 2007)

Monday Nov. 29 , 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

*170 College Street*, The Mining Building, room 128 (north-east corner of College and King's College Road, at U of T's main gates)

About Shinzen Young: Author of the "Science of Enlightenment" talks, Shinzen Young is one of North America's most respected Buddhist scholars and teachers of meditation. He has trained extensively in three major Buddhist meditative traditions: Vajrayana, Zen, and Vipassana. His intellectual interests includes the burgeoning dialogue between Eastern internal science and Western technological science. Shinzen leads meditation retreats in the mindfulness tradition throughout the world, and has helped establish several centers and programs.

For more information on Shinzen, see www.basicmindfulness.org


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