Dharma Bum Life Program
Title: Dharma Bum Life – Summer Term 2009
Date: June 1 – July 31
Location: San Diego, Taiwan, Japan
Cost: Free – Program is funded by benefactors of The Meditation Initiative
Description:
This program will teach you how to live a simple life in today’s fast paced American culture. The focus will be on developing a daily practice of meditation and mindfulness in each moment. Learn to apply mindfulness to the way you use transportation, buy food and clothes, care for the environment, eat, and provide community service. There will be instruction on how to lead meditation in the community, with the focus on schools and prisons.
Additional Opportunities:
Once the term is complete, there will be opportunities to live in a Zen Monastery in Taiwan or Japan. No cost to stay, student must pay for travel expenses. Participants may also start a Dharma Bum Meditation group at their college campus and learn how to open a Dharma Bum Center in their own city.
Requirements:
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Meet 2 evenings a week (7p-9p) at the Dharma Bum Center for meditation and classes
Four full day meditation retreats on Saturday or Sunday (options below)
*Zen Center of San Diego , Drikung Center, Pao Fa Temple, Dharma Punx, Deer Park
Community Service 2 times a week with other group members
*Meditation in Schools, Food Redistribution, Homeless Outreach
20 minutes per day of personal meditation practice and record in a journal
Readings – The Dharma Bums and The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk
To Apply:
Email peace@meditationinitiative.org for application. This program will be limited to fifteen students per term, whom you will meet with weekly at the Dharma Bum Center. This will be your community of practitioners throughout the program. Applications must be received no later than May 1st, 2009.
***Course credit offered by certain professors, please ask for more details***
