----------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Zen Buddhist Temple [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:18 PM To: Chicago Temple Subject: Fwd: Buddhist Women's Conference - Chicago, March 11, 2006
Subject: Buddhist Women's Conference - Chicago, March 11, 2006 Buddhist Council of the Midwest Women Living the Dharma Conference Dear Friends in the Dharma, The Buddhist Council of the Midwest and DePaul University are co-sponsoring a Buddhist Women's Conference o! n March 11, 2006 at the De Paul University Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield, Chicago IL 60614. The Buddhist Women's Conference, the first of its kind in the Midwest, offers an opportunity for Buddhists women of all traditions, both lay and ordained, to look at their lives as women in the context of the Dharma, share their experiences and cultures, and further deepen their spiritual lives. Anyone who is interested in learning more about women and Buddhism is welcome to attend. ! Rita Gross, Ph.D., author of Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, and Professor Emeritus of Religion at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, will deliver the keynote speech. In addition, three fully ordained women from the different Buddhist traditions will join together in a special plenary session to discuss Buddhist women and spiritual practice in the 21st century. They are Venerable Sudhamma Bhikkhuni (Theravada), Abbess of the Carolina Buddhist Vihara, Greenville, SC, Reverend Kyoki Roberts (Mahayana) of the Zen Center of Pittsburgh and the Board of Soto Zen, and Khenmo Nyima Drolma (Vajrayana), Abbess of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery, Bristol, VT. Buddhist authors, nuns, priests, and lay practitioners will offer a variety of workshops and discussion groups. <http://www.dharmawomen.org/> http://www.dharmawomen.org/ The Conference Brochure, including the Registration Form can be downloaded <http://www.dharmawomen.org/BWC_web01.pdf> www.dharmawomen.org/BWC_web01.pdf Please share this e-mail soon as possible; the 25% discount early registration offer expires February 1, 2006. Any questions may ! be e-mailed to: <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] With Loving Kindness, Gew Ogyen Wang Vice-President, Buddhist Council of the Midwest Buddhist Women's Conference Chair Zen Buddhist Temple 1710 W. Cornelia Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 773.528.8685 773.528.9909 (fax) www.ZenBuddhistTemple.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
