The Garrison Institute’s Initiative on Contemplation and Education, in collaboration with the Kirlin Charitable Foundation, recently convened the leadership forum Mindful Parenting: Conceptualization and Measurement. This event brought together researchers, clinicians and others interested in and working with family intervention programs. The aim of the meeting was to address measurement issues around the topics of mindful parenting and reflective functioning…
October 17, 3 pm A newly designed and installed seven-circuit spiral labyrinth now graces the Garrison Institute grounds. The boxwood-bordered labyrinth is nestled in the former monastery’s walled garden. Labyrinths and spirals have ritual and contemplative signifi cance going back to neolithic times, and are especially suited to walking meditation. This one is a living reminder of the spiraling, interconnected,…
We are happy to announce that Garrison Institute President Diana Rose will be participating in the upcoming International Conference on Tibetan Buddhism, which will be held at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 18-20, 2010. The conference will be inaugurated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who will preside over the opening session, and will feature leaders, teachers, and…
The story of the inner life and vision of the renowned United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld has much to teach us about the quality of temperament needed to move the complex, resistant structures that govern us toward peace. Roger Lipsey has written a fascinating study of the man’s methods and qualities in the fall 2010 issue of Parabola. It is…
With 165 deeply engrossed retreatants, the Garrison Institute was at capacity right through 4th of July morning for Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s five day teaching on “The Path of Liberation – Milarepa’s Songs of Realization.” With his usual effervescent presence, incisive mind and irrepressible humor, Mingyur Rinpoche expounded on Milarepa’s instructions for realizing the ultimate “nature of mind” and guided participants…
The Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS) just completed a week-long program at the Garrison Institute. “Jewish Mindfulness Teacher Training” was well attended by a mix of rabbis, teachers and social activists. We asked Rabbi Rachel Cowan, director of IJS as well as a Garrison Institute board member, to tell us about Contemplative Judaism. Contemplative practices lie at the heart of…
By David Rome The Buddhist paradigm for compassion is a mother’s love for her child – “her only child” the texts often add to drive home the point. And it is incumbent on us to extend the same love and compassion to others, including all sentient beings, who according to the doctrine of karma and rebirth have all been our…
A new publication from Yale RIS, “The Coming Transformation: Values to Sustain Human and Natural Communities“, includes a chapter by Jonathan F.P. Rose, Garrison Institute founder and Chair of the Initiative on Transformational Ecology. The book can be downloaded from the Yale Environmental School website or ordered as a printed copy from Yale RIS. From the Preface by editors Stephen…
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