THE ARTS

Mastering Enlightenment's Arts

Reality, Art & Illusion Seminar

A discussion of the Indian philosophy of the world as maya -- under its several meanings as illusion, art, magic, creative power, measure, etc. Various techniques in the arts are used to illustrate the diaphanous and vibrational character of the material world, and to suggest a new approach to the old philosophy that the universe is "mind" only.

The Way of Tea Seminar

The philosophy and art of cha-no-yu, or The Rite Of Tea, practiced as a form of Zen meditation, with suggestions for its application to other spheres of life - cooking, eating, walking, working with the hands, or just plain breathing.