Friday, November 14, 7:00 – 8:30pm and Saturday, November 15, 9:00am – 12 noon

You Had Me at “Hello” A lecture and workshop with Michael Lipson, PhD

Buddha held up a blossom. Mahakashyapa smiled. – Dogen Eihei

I am the speaking-with-you. – John 4:26

"You had me at 'Hello'." – Jerry Maguire

“Christian esoteric practice and Buddhist awareness meet in the concept of Right Speech, one of the folds in Buddha’s Eightfold Path. To refer to the origin of all being as the “Word,” in the tradition of the gospel of John, makes Right Speech not only an ethical, but a spiritual principle. The Zen koan tradition, with its emphasis on dialogue, points in the same direction. In this lecture and workshop, our aim is to bring the fundamental principle, the Word beyond all words, into direct experience.”

Friday: $10-$20 suggested donation; Workshop: $30-$40; Both days: $45.