Weekly Schedules
CPB: St. Louis
Thursdays (CPB: St. Louis)
(*First Unitarian Church of St. Louis):
Beginner Meditation Class, 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Bell Meditation, Walking Meditation, Zazen (sitting meditation)
Dharma Talk, Group Discussion, Tea & Refreshments, 8-9:00 p.m.
*CPB: St. Louis meets every Thursday evening at First Unitarian Church of St. Louis in the Central West End by Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 5007 Waterman Blvd, St. Louis, MO. Take exit 36B off of 64/40 and continue towards the hospital for about a mile, then take a left on Waterman; the Church is on the corner of Waterman.
List of Dharma Talks *(Select Dharma Talks are available in podcast under the "Dharma Talks" section of this website.)
Lecture Series: Causality
February 28: "The Central Teaching of Buddhism: Causality"
March 6: "Causality and the Moral Life in Pragmatic Buddhism"
March 13: "Who is My Neighbor?: How Causality Informs Social Responsibility"
March 20: "Karma: A Pragmatic Buddhist Understanding"
March 27: "Environmental Responsibility in Buddhism: Then and Now"
Lecture Series: The Three Characteristics of Existence
April 3: "Selflessness (Anatman) & Impermanence (Anicca)"
April 10: "Unsatisfactoriness (Dukkha)"
Lecture Series: Zen Buddhism & The Japanese Influence
April 17: "Why Sit if Bodymind is Already Unified?: Dogen's Response"
April 24: "Dogen's Bendowa"
May 1: NO PRACTICE (CPB's Conference for Monastic Leaders (CML) at Furman University in Greenville, SC)
May 8: "Eihei Dogen's Shobogenzo and the creation of Soto Zen"
May 15: "Kukai and Japanese Buddhism"
May 22: "Mantra, Mudra, and Mandala: The Legacy of Shingon"
American Shaolin Center (ASC)
Wednesdays
(St. Charles Natural Healing Center):
American Shaolin Center (ASC) meets from 6-8:00 p.m.
Class includes meditation and yoga from 6-7:00 p.m. and American Shaolin Gongfu (Kung fu) from 7-8:00 p.m.
Saturdays
(Washington University):
WUCAG meets from 3-6:00 p.m.
Class includes American Shaolin Gongfu (Kung fu) and Hard Qigong (Chi Kung) for Core Strength Training. Advanced Students also participate in sparring on Saturdays.
*All ASC classes at the St. Charles Natural Healing Center are located at 200 Park Charles South in St. Peters, MO. Please call 636-926-7777 in advance to confirm!
**All WUCAG classes are held in the Barry Room of the Wohl Center across from the Wash. U. main campus. From Forsyth Road, turn onto Wallace and pass two stop signs, then take a right and park in the parking garage next to the Wohl Center.
Special Events, Workshops and Retreats
Saturday, February 16: Universal Meditation Retreat at Elliot Chapel with CPB: St. Louis. Event coordinator is interfaith director Judy Highfill. Jim Eubanks led a workshop on "Qi Development: Mindfulness in Daily Life through Body-Mind Unification."
Sunday, April 20, 2008: CPB cosponsors Earth Day in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO.
Saturday, April 26, 2008: CPB's 2nd Annual Spring Meditation Workshop from 10am-Noon at First Unitarian Church of St. Louis.
Friday-Sunday, May 2-4, 2008: First Annual OPB Council of Monastic Leaders (CML), Greenville, SC, Furman University. Events include monastic training, ordinations of novice monks (William Perkins, Wayne Hughes, John Winter, Paul Trotti), a public lecture on "Pragmatic Buddhism: The Emergence of an American Buddhist Tradition," and a public meditation workshop. For details about this event, email the OPB Monastic Director, Jim Eubanks (Shi Yong Xiang) at jim.eubanks@gmail.com.
Saturday, June 14, 2008: CPB's Summer Meditation Workshop. Time and location TBA.
