Please note that this program takes place within the Abode’s Meditation Hall.

AGENDA

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Thursday, May 5th

2:00 – 6:00 pm Registration
6:00 – 6:45 pm Dinner
6:45 – 8:30 pm Sufi Message Class w/ Suhrawardi Gebel (Public)
Please be seated by 6:45 pm. Doors Close at 7 pm for the videotaped Livestream.

Friday, May 6th

8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 am Session I – Pir Zia: The Buddhist-Sufi Encounter in History
10:30 – 11:00 am Tea Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm Session II – Dr. Loizzo: Ibn ‘Arabi, Chandrakirti, and the Global Future of Compassion
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 pm Free Time
2:30 – 3:45 pm Session III – Lama Chotso: Rivers of Blessings: Guru Rinpoche & the Terma Tradition
3:45 – 4:15 pm Tea Break
4:15 – 5:30 pm Session IV – Conversation w/ Pir Zia, Dr. Loizzo & Lama Chotso
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 pm Session V – Student Presentations (Organized by Suhrawardi Gebel)

Saturday, May 7th

8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 am Session VI – Pir Zia: The Life of the Buddha
10:30 – 11:00 am Tea Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm Session VII – Lama Chotso: Opening our Hearts to the Universe
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 pm Free Time
2:30 – 3:45 pm Session VIII – Pir Zia: The Noble Eightfold Path
3:45 – 4:15 pm Tea Break
4:15 – 5:30 pm Session IX – Pir Zia: The Diamond Sutra
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 pm Session X – Buddhist Chant & Meditation w/ Lama Chotso

Sunday, May 8th

8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 am Session XI – Pir Zia: The Heart Sutra
10:30 – 11:00 am Tea Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm Universal Worship w/ Pir Zia, Lama Chotso and Friends (Public)
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch

All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Special Note: In the first session on the Hindu tradition Pir Zia invited class participants to make a presentation at the next gathering in May. Those who feel inspired to look more deeply into a particular aspect of the Hindu teachings and to write a paper or prepare some other kind of presentation, will have an opportunity to share what they have learned at an evening session during the next gathering. If you are considering such a presentation, please contact Suhrawardi Gebel for more information at [email protected].

PRICING

All pricing includes tuition plus room and board or commuter fees.

Single Room $600
Shared Room $555
Dorm (3+ People) $495
Tenting $480
Commuter $435
Abode Resident on Meal Plan $300

Please visit this page for details on online registration.

REGISTRATION

Please register via our online registration system, through our Wisdom of the Prophets Part II: Sufism & Buddhism page on EventBrite, or by calling the Inayati Order Astana at 518-794-7834.

Questions? Email: [email protected].

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BIOGRAPHIES

Colleen Reed (Lama Jigme Chotso) formally became a Buddhist in 1978, taking Refuge Vows with Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra in Woodstock, NY). For the next 14 years, in additional to personal practice and study, she assisted in the dharma activities of her local Chicago center. When her teachers, Bardor Rinpoche and Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, traveled to Chicago, Lama Colleen often hosted them in her family’s home.

In 1992, Lama Colleen began preparing for a traditional 3-year cloistered group retreat at Karme Ling Retreat Center in Delhi, New York. The retreat commenced in the early spring of 1993, and was led by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche.

In 1996, Lama Colleen formally completed the retreat, and for the next 8 years served her spiritual community through giving dharma talks, teaching meditation practice, and conducting liturgical services. In 2004, Lama Colleen returned to Karme Ling retreat center for another period of more intensive meditation practice.

In 2008, Lama Colleen moved to a small off-grid house in a rural area of west-central New York. In addition to her dharma pursuits, she currently works part-time as a caregiver for developmentally disabled adults, and as a teacher assistant at the Ithaca Waldorf School.

Joe Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D. is a contemplative psychotherapist, clinical researcher, and Buddhist scholar-teacher who integrates ancient contemplative science and technology with current breakthroughs in neuroscience and optimal health. After training in psychiatry at Harvard and completing a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at Columbia, he founded Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, a non-profit that teaches the mind science and mindful practices we need to end stress, nurture happiness, and cultivate lives of well-being, compassion and altruism in our digital age.

On faculty at the Weill Cornell Center for Integrative Medicine and the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies, Dr. Loizzo lectures widely on the role of meditative learning in the future of heath, education, and leadership, and teaches regular public classes and workshops at his Nalanda Institute, and Tibet House US.

In 2007, he published Nagarjuna’s Reason Sixty with Chandrakirti’s Commentary, a translation study of contemplative self-analysis in Buddhism. His second book, Sustainable Happiness: The Mind Science of Well-Being, Altruism, and Inspiration, appeared in the Routledge Behavioral Science Series in 2012.

He has published dozens of chapters and articles on contemplative science in peer reviewed books and journals including The Journal of Religion, the Annual Review of Psychiatry, and the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Loizzo has a private psychotherapy practice in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife, Gerardine, and their sons Maitreya and Ananda.

Per Zia Inayat-Khan, Ph.D.,, familiarly known as Sarafil Bawa, is the spiritual leader of The Inayati Order. His books include Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest (2012) and Mingled Waters: Sufism & the Mystical Unity of Religions (2017). www.pirzia.org