Karin Meyers

Acad. Dir at Mangalam Research Ctr, host buddhist currents, areas of interest: Buddhism and free will, meditation theory & psych, engaged buddhism, comp. relig.

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Don't miss this free talk with Prof. Ralph Craig III (Whitman College) this Friday! https://t.co/4gamyuDQ4j
Ralph will also be teaching Sanskrit for MRC starting October 1-- more details here: https://t.co/m93IBUYCDU

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Hi, Friends, I'm giving talk on May 23! I hope you can come to it and any of the other talks in this series on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" hosted by MRC: https://t.co/IJ8WJpBtNX

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⚡Starting next week ⚡join MRC for a FREELY OFFERED series of talks with leading scholars on mind beyond brain and body, children who remember previous lives, Buddhist views on rebirth, and the fascinating phenomenon of tukdam (postmortem meditation)!  https://t.co/Gw5dRHYjAY

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Does mind extend beyond the brain? Does consciousness end at death? How can we understand the phenomenon of Tibetan masters who remain in meditation after death (tukdam)? Join MRC for a special series of conversations on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" this May: https://t.co/CO1UDgwhiQ

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Join me for this conversation with Steve Beyer (author of "The Cult of Tara") on Monday (October 23, 6pm EDT) on the visionary worlds of Tibetan Buddhism and Mestizo shamanism, plant medicine, and peacemaking https://t.co/w9otrGzuUM

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Buddhist and Buddhist studies friends, this should be a fun conversation on the history of Buddhist elemental thought and practice-- next Tuesday at 3pm.
https://t.co/AIMZkQp7Ah

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Berkeley friends: Natalie Gummer will be giving a talk on reading Mahāyāna Sūtras on Monday, March 13th, 6-7:30pm at Mangalam Research Center in Berkeley. Details and registration through Eventbrite (free, donations welcome). Please share: https://t.co/CbTHgri8gZ

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Hi, All,

Join me next Monday for a conversation with Dan Capper about Buddhism and Climate change (7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific). Registration is free through Eventbrite- https://t.co/jkTJRdMAii

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Religious studies folks, I'd like to invite you to a public panel on "Religion and the Imagination" with Jeff Kripal, Laurie Patton and Elliot Wolfson on June 15, at 9:30am Pacific-- part of an NEH Summer Institute on Buddhism and the Imagination. https://t.co/tZUZ38qeD4

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Hi, Friends, Join me this Thursday (5pm PDT) for a conversation with Paul Harrison about the new translation of the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa from the Sanskrit he completed with Luis Gómez. https://t.co/140GRCS53V

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Hi, Everybody, My friend and colleague, Martin Adam is almost at the kickstarter goal for putting on the production of "What the Buddha Never Taught" -- A buddhist rock opera! Donate if you can and/or purchase a ticket for the livestream: https://t.co/YyQTiM1h8X

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Applications for the NEH Summer Institute (June 12-24, Berkeley), "The Imagination and Imaginal Worlds int he Mirror of Buddhism" due March 1. Open to all faculty and advanced grad students in higher ed: https://t.co/cQYD8reGPR

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Tomorrow night, 8pm eastern- conversation with Andy Rotman on Hungry Ghosts : ) https://t.co/NVlH9jK2O1

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Buddhist Studies folks: I'm looking to interviewing Andy Rotman on Hungry Ghosts and the Karma of Meanness next Thurs! 5-6:30pm Pacific. Hope you can join us!
https://t.co/NVlH9jK2O1

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@AnnieRigzin Adding her to my list-- is that a forthcoming volume? (didn't see it on her website)

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"Buddhism and the Imagination" starts next week : ) Scholarships still available (message me) and a 10% discount code: HELLO2022. Looking forward to sharing my favorite work on this topic!

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@joycbrennan @OlufemiOTaiwo I'm finishing an encyclopedia article on cetanā (as soon as I get off twitter)-- will send draft. In the meantime, Maria Heim's Forerunner of All Things especially on entanglement of beings re: karma and intention (esp in vinaya and narrative, resonnates nicely with Vasu 20)

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Something fun for the end of the year: A Buddhist Rock Opera? Join me for a conversation with Martin Adam on December 16th-- Buddhist pop songs will be heard! scenes from the play will be performed! https://t.co/tvzNCkwcHO

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Join me this Thursday (5pm Pacific) for a conversation on time and the narrative imagination in Mahāyāna sūtras with Natalie Gummer. https://t.co/N0RPaE5BUq

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@DanielDantacker they are generally considered different kinds of dharmas, mental and material. i'm not sure quite what you are asking about the sequencing of rūpa (matter).