91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ’s Seventh Annual Student Symposium
Ukiah, CA 95482
Join us for a showcase of student paper presentations and recitations on texts from 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ¡¯s curriculum. The entire 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ community comes together for this lively day-long event, promoting student scholarship, public speaking, and cross-cohort shared inquiry.?
Guests may attend in person at 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ SW Upstairs Lounge or online by
Program
(All times are USA PDT; note that individual paper start times are approximate)?
Morning?
MC: James Nguyen (MA ¡®22)
8:30-8:40: Opening Remarks: President Susan Rounds
8:40-9:30 Session 1: Living a Meaningful Life
8:40-8:45 Recitation: Sanskrit 2 (Anthony Santana; Edwina Wang; Nikolaos Bellington; Saipriya Vallabi; Sean Kerr; Smitha Lahiri; Victoria Sheung)? ¡°Medley of Mantras¡±?
8:45-9:00 Dillon Balmaceda, ¡°A Courageous Life¡±?
9:00-9:15 Anis Ansari, ¡°Walk: A Real Life Game¡±
9:15-9:30 Nancy Cao, ¡°Why are Humans Unhappy?¡±
9:30-9:40 Coffee/Tea Break (10 min)?
9:40-10:55 Session 2: Cultivating the Heart/Mind
9:40-9:45 Recitation: Qiulian He, ¡°Song of the Three Jewels¡±
9:45-10:00 Bach Nguyen, ¡°Freedom from Thoughts¡±?
10:00-10:15 Edwina Yafang Wang, ¡°Search Out Bodhi Only in the Mind¡±?
10:15-10:30 Wenbo Yin, ¡°To Breathe or to Hear¡±?
10:30-10:45? Kittisaro Weinberg, ¡°Contemplation of Sameness¡±??
Lunch & Dessert
Afternoon?
MC: Sanju Baral (MA ¡®23)
1:10- 2:25 Session 3:? Shifting Perspectives
1:10-1:15 Recitation: Ajahn Kovilo, Kittisaro Weinberg, ¡°The Main Therav¨¡da Mantra¡±??
1:15-1:30 Ben Sandel, ¡°Fractals as a Tool for Contemplating the Ten Esoteric Doors¡±??
1:30-1:45 Sehen Gamhewa, ¡°Technology as Transformed Reality¡±
1:45-2:00 Abigail Anderson, ¡°Who Am I? Descartes and Kant on the Ideal and the Subject¡±?
2:05-2:20 Monica Wei, ¡°Discriminate in Non-discrimination¡±??
2:20-2:25 Skit: Tomas Fletcher, Roxanne Chu, Rita Yee, ¡°The Butterfly Dream from the Zhuangzi¡± ׯÖÜÃεû
Break 2:25-2:35 (10 min)?
2:35-3:30 Session 4: ¡°Where Intention Goes, Energy Flows!¡±? ?
2:35-2:40 Recitation: Ven. Viccissara, Caden Hill, Thanh Chu, Anis Ansari, Nancy Cao, Patrick Chin, ¡°Quiet Night Thought (ìoҹ˼) by Tang Dynasty Poet Li Bai (Àî°×)¡±??
2:40-2:55 Victoria Sheung, ¡°Human Dao¡±?
2:55-3:10 Bishnu Bhatta, ¡°Bodhisattvas Vows: Awareness and Vigilance of Each Moment¡±??
3:10-3:25 Anthony Santana ¡°Righteousness and Resolution¡±?
3:25-3:30 Recitation: Nikolaos Bellington, ¡°Ox Mountain by Mencius¡±??
3:30-3:45 Tea & Snack Break (15 min)
3:45- 4:40 Session 5: Transformative Journeys
3:45-3:50? Recitation: Bach Nguyen, Abigail Anderson, Tomas Fletcher, ¡°Knowing The Happiness of Fish” Öªô~Ö®˜·
3:50-4:05? Peter Tran, ¡°Do I Sweat Because of Temperature?¡±?
4:05-4:20? Caden Hill, ¡°Resentment Melting¡±??
4:20-4:35? Ajahn Kovilo, ¡°Reading and Study Retrospective¡±
4:35-4:40 Recitation: Yidan Wang, Victoria Sheung, ¡°Farewell¡± Ëͱð?