David Hinton, Author of Hunger Mountain will speak Monday night October 26th. Due to this event, our normal Monday evening schedule will be modified.
Andrew Palmer, Sensei will not be giving a dharma talk that evening.
We will bow to the opportunity as Zen practitioners to hear this poet speak and will have one simple sit at 6:10. This to gather together and then make our way to David Hinton’s talk.
Date: October 26, 2015
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Max Kade Theater (3rd floor) Armstrong Hall
Title: ANOTHER UNIVERSE: WILDERNESS THOUGHT IN ANCIENT CHINESE CULTURE
The ancient Chinese picture of the universe is fundamentally different from the picture that has dominated our Western tradition, and it has produced the distinctive form of Chinese culture. However distant it may seem, this worldview also feels remarkably contemporary in our secular and scientific age. This talk will describe this worldview in which the Universe is a living and harmonious whole, constantly self-generating (and so, female in nature), and humans are an integral part of that whole. This integration of human and Universe is the deep subject of ancient China’s major art forms: poetry, painting, and calligraphy. It is also the subject of a contemporary philosophical movement called “deep ecology,” and it has had a profound influence on the arts of the West during the last century. The talk will include many projected images of Chinese and contemporary art forms.
A complete interview is on David Hinton’s website, at the following link (note! you will have to cut and paste this link):http://www.davidhinton.net/#!interview/c10gw