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Friday Evening Lecture
Zen, the Spiritual Exercises, and Jungian Thought

Date: October 9, 20 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Presenter: Ruben Habito, D.Litt.C.
Location: St. Thomas Episcopal Church Inwood at Mockingbird

$20.00 non-members (wine and cheese reception)

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius offers a well-structured format for meditative and contemplative practice and has been a source of spiritual nourishment, especially for who seek inner guidance in facing major decisions in life. Zen meditation, now widely available in the West in numerous centers led by authorized Zen teachers also open practitioners to inner riches and a transformative spiritual vision. These two powerful traditions of spiritual practice can be seen in better light in comparison, as related also to key insights of C.G. Jung on the human psyche and on human spiritual development.

Saturday Workshop
Stages of Spiritual Life: Zen, the Spiritual Exercises, and Jung

Date: October 10, 2009  9:30 a.m. – noon
Presenter: Ruben Habito, D.Litt.C.
Location: St. Thomas Episcopal Church

$40.00 non-members (coffee and rolls provided)

This workshop will outline the phases of spiritual development and fruits of spiritual practice as seen in comparative perspective taking Zen and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and relating these to key insights in Jungian thought. An opportunity for meditative practice in the Zen tradition will be offered, with guidelines for those who wish to practice on a regular basis.

Ruben L.F. Habito is Professor of World Religions and Spirituality at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University and founding teacher of the Maria Kannon Zen Center  in Dallas, Texas.  He is author of Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World (Wisdom, 2006), Experiencing Buddhism: Ways of Wisdom and Compassion (Orbis, 2005), and other volumes in English and Japanese.

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