with Jon Landaw

Sunday, March 23, 2014
11:15am – 12:45pm

We often hear how the only way to make our lives meaningful is by "practicing dharma." But what exactly does that phrase mean? Is it referring to certain rituals such as performing prostrations, circumambulating stupas and making mandala offerings? Or does it mean reading scriptural texts and meditating on their meaning? What about ordinary everyday activities such as eating, drinking and going to work? Can they be dharma practices?

Join us as we explore what it really means to practice dharma and learn how we can transform all our activities into this essential practice.

Everyone is welcome.

Jon Landaw was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1944. He received his A.B. degree in English Literature from Dartmouth College in 1965 and spent three years teaching English as a Second Language with the Peace Corps in Iran (1966–69).

Jon worked as English editor for the Translation Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (1972–77) producing numerous texts under the guidance of Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. As a student of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche since the mid-1970's, he has edited numerous works for Wisdom Publications, including “Wisdom Energy” and “Introduction to Tantra.” He is also the author of “Prince Siddhartha,” a biography of Buddha for children, “Images of Enlightenment,” published by Snow Lion in 1993 and “Buddhism for Dummies”. As an instructor of Buddhist meditation, he has taught in numerous Dharma centers throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

Jon and his wife currently live in Capitola where he teaches regularly at the nearby Land of Medicine Buddha center.