Buddhist Spiritual Care Symposium 3rd Annual

Saturday,  October 20th 2007 

From 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM 

Vegetarian Lunch Included

       Welcoming Buddhist chaplains, both volunteer and professional, and those interested in deepening their spiritual care practice for a day of learning and community-building.  

We will have two special talks.

Our morning session will be led by Tom Kilts who will discuss issues of Buddhist Pastoral Authority.

Our afternoon session will be led by Dhammaratna Rina Sircar, Ph.D. on Pali chanting and Forgiveness Practice.

       We also will have 3 simultaneous breakout sessions on: 

      Session A ~ Buddhist Chaplains in Theistic Environment

      Session B ~Buddhist Pastoral Authority

      Session C ~Rituals Around End-of-Life

And of course mindful interconnections!

You may also contact Bill Hart at 415-567-9823

Dhammaratna Rina Sircar, Ph.D., was born in Pyanpon, Burma ( Myanmar ) and finished her studies in Burma, India, and the United States. She received her training from Ven. Taungpulu Kaba-Aye Saydaw in Burma.

She is Co-founder and resident meditation teacher of Taungpulu Kaba-Aye Monastery, Boulder Creek, CA, and Taungpulu Kaba-Aye Meditation Center, San Francisco.

Rina also is a member of the core faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA. She has been teaching since 1974 and has published several books and articles. Her contributions made to the Buddhist world have been widely recognized by the World Buddhist Council.

Chaplain Tom Kilts has been involved in the professional field of chaplaincy for over 11 years.  He is an endorsed and commissioned Interfaith Chaplain and Pastoral Educator from the Nyingmapa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.  He has been a practicing Buddhist for most to all his life and spent time in active discernment to become a Buddhist monk when he was a teenager.  Tom has received empowerments and blessings for his work from numerous teachers, including, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Lama Surya Das and is a member of the International Dzogchen Community under the leadership of his main guru, the great Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.  Tom is an ACPE certified supervisor and serves as Director of Spiritual Care at John Muir Medical Center-Concord Campus.  He has articles published on Buddhism and Chaplaincy in “Plainviews,” “The Mirror,” and in a forthcoming Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling.  He lives with his partner, Sarah and daughter Indra in the SF Bay Area.

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