meditation

The Path to Genuine Happiness
with Dr. B. Alan Wallace and co-teacher Eva Natanya
Saturday & Sunday, January 11 & 12, 2020, 9am-5pm at Curtis Hall at the Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community

For details and to register, go to www.diamondlightsac.org and click on the event link. (https://mailchi.mp/c17c587f32b5/balanwallacesacramento)

Where is the path to genuine happiness? Would you like to go deeper, explore the way and know more about the Buddhist view of genuine happiness?

Join author, scholar, scientist, Buddhist and founder of the Center for Contemplative Research, Dr. B. Alan Wallace, as he shares insights gleaned from decades of contemplation and work with such spiritual leaders as His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama. Dr. Wallace will be assisted by co-teacher Eva Natanya, PhD, scholar, lecturer, writer and translator.

Meditations offered during this two-day weekend workshop present a path to inner fulfillment and human flourishing. This is a happiness through the awareness of our own inner obstacles and the realization of the inherent resources in our hearts and minds. You will probe the nature of awareness itself, following the path of genuine happiness to its source and probing into the nature of consciousness.

Aimed at people inspired to explore the path in more detail and to gain insights into the Buddhist view of genuine happiness, this weekend retreat will include an introduction to the path (known as the nine stages of shamatha) with guided meditations and Buddhist perspectives useful for both beginning and experienced practitioners. The afternoons will introduce compassion and heart-opening practices and the days may conclude with Q&A, if time permits.

Cost: General admission starts at $80 per day*; scholarships available; no one turned away due to lack of funds
*Base fee of $80 per day primarily covers event costs and teachers’ expenses; higher fee amounts support scholarships; teachers are not paid and rely solely on donations (see explanation of Dana on event information page)
**If you want to attend the entire weekend workshop, you must register for both days!!
For details and to register, go to www.diamondlightsac.org and click on the event link. (https://mailchi.mp/c17c587f32b5/balanwallacesacramento)
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Dr. Wallace, a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970, has taught Buddhist theory and meditation worldwide since 1976. Having devoted fourteen years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, he went on to earn an undergraduate degree in Physics and the Philosophy of Science at Amherst College and a doctorate in Religious Studies at Stanford.

Since 1987, Dr. Wallace has been a frequent translator and contributor to meetings between the Dalai Lama and prominent scientists. He has written and translated over forty books and is regarded as one of the West’s preeminent meditation teachers. In 2002, he founded the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and education to advance understanding of the nature and potentials of consciousness.

The Center for Contemplative Research in Tuscany, Italy, is a current project of the Santa Barbara Institute and was established as a nexus for advancing interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understanding that joins scientific knowledge and spiritual practice. It is a non-sectarian organization that reaches out to the scientific and academic communities, a variety of contemplative traditions, and the general public.
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Eva Natanya is a scholar of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, an academic lecturer, writer, translator and retreat leader. She has earned an masters degree in Christian Systematic Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and a doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia. For over twenty years, she has studied mediation, yoga, and philosophy in both the Christian and Buddhist traditions with master teachers in the United States, England, and India.