*Cost: $95 (lunch included)
*Enrollment limited to 100

*For information and preregistration, contact the Continuing Studies Program at 650-725-2650.

8:00: Meditation (optional)
9:00: Introductory Overview
9:15: Buddhist Thoughts, Carl Bielefeldt
10:00: Buddhist Practices, Gil Fronsdal
10:45: Break
11:15: Buddhist Art, Max Moerman
12:00: Discussion
12:30: Lunch
1:45: Buddhism and Family, Hank Glassman
2:30: Buddhism and Culture, Anne Klein
3:15: Break
3:45: Buddhism and Nature, Mark Gonnerman
4:30: Discussion
5:00: End

Carl Bielefeldt. Professor of Buddhist studies, Stanford; Co-Director, Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies. Carl received his degree in Buddhist Studies from U.C. Berkeley and has been teaching at Stanford for twenty years. He is a long-time student of Zen and member of the San Francisco Zen Center.

Egil "Gil" Fronsdal. Director, Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, Palo Alto; Fellow, Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies. Gil is a graduate of the Buddhist studies program at Stanford with many years of training in both Zen and Vipassana forms of Buddhism. He is now one of the most popular meditation teachers in the Bay Area.

Henry "Hank" Glassman. Doctoral student in Buddhist studies, Stanford; Fellow, Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies. Hank specializes in Japanese Buddhism and is currently writing a dissertation on the salvation of women in medieval Japan. He practices Zen at the Berkeley Zendo.

Mark Gonnerman. Doctoral student in Religious studies, Stanford; Program Development Officer and Fellow, Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies. Mark is writing his dissertation on the American Buddhist poet Gary Snyder, while running Stanford's new Asian Religions and Cultures (ARC) initiative. He practices Zen at Kannon Do in Mountain View.

Anne Klein. Professor of Buddhist studies, Rice University. Anne is a graduate of the Buddhist studies program at the University of Virginia and a former professor at Stanford. A specialist in Tibetan Buddhism, she has studied under several Tibetan teachers and is well known both for her books and for her work with meditation groups.

David "Max" Moerman. Professor of Buddhist studies, Barnard College. Max is a recent graduate of the Stanford Buddhist studies program. He specializes in Japanese Buddhism and wrote his dissertation on the sacred Kumano mountain range in medieval Japan.