with Jon Landaw

Sunday, May 4, 2014
11:15am – 12:45pm

In this stand-alone talk, we will continue to explore what "practicing dharma" really means. In Part One we concentrated mainly on becoming aware of, and then refraining from buying into, destructive habit patterns and the mistaken attitudes that motivate them.

This week, after a brief summary of that initial approach, we will explore the more pro-active approach of cultivating positive states of mind and the beneficial behavior that arises from them. Emphasis will be placed on the methods for bringing our everyday experiences ─ including those that ordinarily cause us great difficulty ─ into the path of spiritual fulfillment. Time will be set aside for Q&A.

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.