.  B. Alan Wallace 2010 Itinerary

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. 6 – 7: Retreat “Balancing the Heart and Mind” 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 conference “Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality Meeting 2010: Meditation and Prayer: Neuroscientific Approaches and Philosophical Implications” at Schloss Munzingen near Freiburg, sponsored by the Institut für Umweltmedizin und Krankenhaushygiene, FreiburgContact:  
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 11 – 14: Meditation Retreat “Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga,” 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 Middion, Santa Barbara, CA.
Information: info@sbinstitute.com

April 1: Lecture: “Paths to Perfection: Contemplative Practices in
Christianity and Buddhism” at the Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Australia
Contact: Beth Phelan

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: Beth Phelan

April 10 – 11: Retreat on “Cultivating a Focused Mind and Open Heart” at the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre, Phuket,Thailand
Information: http://phuketinternationalacademy.com/PIAMC/index.php

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

Teachings in Singapore July 14 - 17

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

July 15: Dialogue with Faculty members of NUS – Nature of Emotions and a Healthy Mind, 11.00 am - 2.00 pm; Public Forum “Cultivating
Emotional Balance for Genuine Happiness” with Dr Paul Ekman, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

July 16: Meditation Workshop “Mental Wellbeing: A Taste of
Mindfulness” at Po Ming Tse, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

July 17: Meditation Workshop “Mental Wellbeing: A Taste of
Mindfulness, ” 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Contact: Wee Sin Tho

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

Information: info@sbinstitute.com

Aug. 31 – Sept. 3: Meditation Retreat: “The Way of Meditation:
Exploring the Depths of Consciousness,” sponsored by the Tibetan
Center, Hamburg, Germany
Contact: Birgit Stratmann

Sept. 3: Lecture: “On the Relevance of Meditation in Today’s World,”
sponsored by the Tibetan Center, Hamburg, Germany
Contact: Birgit Stratmann

Sept. 5 – 11: Lectures in Moscow & Kalmykia
Information: Erdne Ombadykow telotulku@gmail.com

 

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

Nov. 14: Public lecture at the Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Australia
Information: Beth Phelan

Nov. 15 – 21: Meditation retreat on the Four Immeasurables, sponsored by at the Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Australia
Information: Beth Phelan

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 UniversityContact: "Dr. Pinit Ratanakul" pinitratanakul2@hotmail.com

Dec. 9 – 12: Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Dzogchen Tradition retreat in Tonalli        
Information: "Casa Tibet"