Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies

January 24-31: The Way of Shamatha: Soothing the Body, Settling the Mind, and Illuminating Awareness: Theory and practice for developing different methods of meditative quiescence. Mission Renewal Center, Old Mission, Santa Barbara, CA

Information: info@sbinstitute.com

Feb. 5: Lecture “The Question of Free Will: A Buddhist Perspective” at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Information: http://www.spiritrock.org/calendar/

Feb. 12 – 14: The Great Perfection: Primordial Consciousness and the Absolute Space of Phenomena, Rime Center, Kansas City
Contact: Information: www.rimecenter.org

Feb. 16: Lecture “What makes life meaningful? A contemplative view” in Querétaro, Mexico, sponsored by Casa Tibet México
Information: “Casa Tibet” casatibet@adetel.net.mx

Feb. 17: Lecture “What Makes Us Human? Scientific and Buddhist Views” in Mexico City, sponsored by Casa Tibet México
Information: “Casa Tibet” casatibet@adetel.net.mx

Feb. 18 – 21: Dzogchen retreat in Tonalli
Information: “Casa Tibet” casatibet@adetel.net.mx

Feb. 25 – 27: “Toward a Three-Dimensional Science of the Mind” at the Expert Meeting “Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality II:
Meditation: Neuroscientific Approaches and Philosophical Implications” at Schloss Reinach in Munzingen, Germany, sponsored by the Institut für Umweltmedizin und Krankenhaushygiene, Freiburg
Contact: Stefan Schmidt stefan.schmidt@uniklinik-freiburg.de

March 4 – 5: Lecture “Toward a Three-Dimensional Science of the Mind” at the “Science and Buddhism” colloquium at the University of Oxford, sponsored by the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies.
Contact: Vesna A. Wallace vesna.wallace@balliol.ox.ac.uk

March 10: Lecture "The Conscious Universe: Where Buddhism and Physics Converge” at Upaya, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Information: www.upaya.org/programs/

March 18: “The Question of Free Will: A Buddhist Perspective,”at Jewel Heart, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Information: www.jewelheart.org/index.html

March 20: Keynote lecture “Experience, Reason, and Faith in Science and Religion: A Buddhist Perspective” at annual conference of the Grand Dialogue in Science and Religion for the Greater Grand Rapids Area, sponsored by Grand Valley State University
Information: www.gvsu.edu/granddialogue/
Contact: Dr. Douglas Kindschi kindschd@gvsu.edu

March 21-28: Seven-Point Mind-Training Retreat, Mission Renewal Center, Old Mission, Santa Barbara, CA.
Information: info@sbinstitute.com

April 1: Free Lecture: “Paths to Perfection: Contemplative Practices in
Christianity and Buddhism” at the Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Australia
Contact: office@vajrayana.com.au

April 2 – 8: Retreat: The Way of Shamatha: Soothing the Body, Settling the Mind, and Illuminating Awareness: Theory and practice for
developing different methods of meditative quiescence near Sydney,
Australia, sponsored by the Vajrayana Institute
Information: Lena Bruselid retreats@vajrayana.com.au

April 14 – June 12: First 8-week retreat at the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre
Information: info@sbinstitute.com

July 14: Emotional Balance Meditation Workshop at the Buddhist
Library, Singapore, 8:00 am- 5:00 pm

July 15: Public Forum “Cultivating Emotional Balance and a Good Life”
with Dr Paul Ekman and Ven. Jing Yin, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

July 16: “Emotions and a Healthy Mind,” Conversation with Dr. Paul
Ekman and National University of Singapore, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

July 16: NUS Lunchtime Forum: Dr Alan Wallace in Conversation with Dr
Paul Ekman on “Improving Inter-personal Relationships: Through
Cultivating Emotional Awareness & Mindful Attention,” at University
Hall Auditorium, Level 2, Lee Kong Chian Wing, 21 Lower Kent Ridge
Road, Singapore 119077, 12.00 pm - 2.00 pm.
Contact: Wee Sin Tho wee.sintho@gmail.com

July 18 - Aug. 24: 6-week CEB teacher training course at the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre
Information: info@sbinstitute.com

Aug. 30 – Sept. 3: Meditation Retreat: “The Way of Meditation:
Exploring the Depths of Consciousness,” sponsored by the Tibetan
Center, Hamburg, Germany
Contact: Birgit Stratmann bs@tibet.de

Sept. 3: Lecture: “How Meditation Can Change Our Lives,” sponsored by
the Tibetan Center, Hamburg, Germany.
Contact: Birgit Stratmann bs@tibet.de

Sept. 6: Lecture: "What Makes Us Human? A Buddhist View," Kalmyk State University, 10:00 am.

Lecture: “Science ends, Buddhism Begins” at Kalmyk Institute of Humanitarian Studies and Scientific Research. KGRAN Hall, 3:00 pm

Sept. 7: Lecture: “Teaching Buddhist ethics and mind training for Children” at Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni Monastery, 10:00 am.

Lecture: “Shamatha” at Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni Monastery, 5:00 pm.

Sept. 8: Lecture: “Toward a Contemplative Science of the Mind” at Medical College, Elista, 10:00 am.

Lecture: “Shamatha” at Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni Monastery, 5:00 pm.

Sept. 10: Keynote lecture: “The Consciousness Universe: Where Physics and Buddhism Converge” in the conference “The Role of Consciousness in Physics: Buddhist and Scientific Views,” sponsored by the Institute of Philosophy and the Tibetan Office, Moscow
Information: Andrey Terentiev

Sept. 11: Lecture “Shamatha and Vipashyana in Dzogchen” in “Otkrytyi Mir,” 1:00 pm.
Information: Erdne Ombadykow

Sept. 16 – Nov. 11: Second 8-week retreat at the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre
Information: info@sbinstitute.com

Nov. 14: Lecture: "The Question of Free Will: A Buddhist Perspective," Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Australia
Information: Beth Palin

Nov. 15 – 21: Meditation retreat on the Four Immeasurables, sponsored by at the Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Australia
Information: Lena Bruselid retreats@vajrayana.com.au

Dec. 1 – 2: Keynote lecture “Buddhism and Science: What makes us
human?” at “World Buddhism Conference on Buddhism and Sciences,”
organized by The College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University
Contact: Dr. Pinit Ratanakul pinitratanakul2@hotmail.com

Dec. 7: Lecture in Guadalajara
Information: "Casa Tibet" casatibet@adetel.net.mx

Dec. 15: Lecture: “Socioreligious viewpoint of Neurosciences - Buddhism: ‘Science of the mind’ or Religion?” at Collegium generale, Rm #110, 1st floor of the main building of the University of Bern, Switzerland
Contact: Eliane Mueller

Dec. 20 – 24: Keynote lecture presented at the “Buddhism and Science”
conference, sponsored by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim
Contact: Dorjee Damdul