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Led by Bhante Basnagoda Rahula

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Led by M. Alejandro Chaoul

Abstract Alejandro Chaoul, Tibetan Bon-Buddhist TraditionAlejandro Chaoul is an assistant professor at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center where he conducts research using mind-body techniques with cancer patients, and holds group and individual meditation classes at the Integrative Medicine Center. He is also an associate faculty member at The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at University of Texas Medical School, where he teaches medical students in the areas of spirituality,...

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Presented by Anne Klein

Abstract Harvey Aronson Tibetan BuddhistHarvey Aronson is a psychotherapist and teacher of Buddhist psychology. He is the founding co-director of Dawn Mountain: Tibetan Temple, Research Institute, and Community Center in Houston, Texas. The center’s mission is to preserve and present authentic traditional Buddhist practice while investigating ways of making it practicable to modern Westerners. He is the author of Buddhist Practice on Western Ground, the writing of which was supported by a...

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Led by Alejandro Chaoul, PhD

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led by Lex Gillian

Abstract Ginger Clarkson, Vipassana Meditation Suggested donation $10Join a practice focused on using compassion to create unity. Vipassana meditation involves fluid attention to what is actually occurring, both internally and externally, without trying to change, judge, or analyze it. A practitioner aims to observe consciously whatever happens, neither grasping nor rejecting any particular stimulus or experience, thereby freeing themselves from habitual responses. Ginger Clarkson is a...

Abstract Ginger Clarkson, Vipassana Tradition Suggested donation $10Using Qigong exercises to relax the body and focus the mind, this meditation helps participants notice whatever body sensations, thoughts, perceptions, and emotions arise from moment to moment. Vipassana meditation involves fluid attention to what is actually occurring, both internally and externally, without trying to change, judge, or analyze it. A practitioner aims to observe consciously whatever happens, neither...

Abstract Gaelyn Godwin Roshi, Zen Buddhist Tradition Pay What You Can, suggested value $10For the month of April, the Rothko Chapel presented a meditation in the Zen Buddhist tradition on the 50th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination. Led by Gaelyn Godwin Roshi of Houston Zen Center, this session explored the practice of allowing ourselves to be fully present with the moment and will lift up MLK’s profound impact on equity, peace and justice.We enter...