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EVENTS: Fall 2008
In celebration of our 15th anniversary this fall, the BRC is pleased to present two public programs that aim to deepen our understanding of death and enrich our appreciation of life. "Living with Mortality: How Our Experiences with Death Change Us" Full coverage of this September event here!
"Enjoying the Rhythm of Birth and Death: A Buddhist Perspective" Read an article about this recently completed event!
*** "Humankind seems finally to be on the verge of realizing the fundamental error of our view of life and death, to understand that death is more than the absence of life, that death, together with an active life, is necessary to the formation of a larger more essential whole. The greater whole to which I refer is the deeper continuity of life and death which we experience as individuals and which we express as culture. A central and fundamental challenge for the coming century will be that of establishing a culture—based on an understanding of life and death and of life’s essential eternity—that does not disown death, but directly confronts and correctly positions death within a larger living context." We need to "break down the isolation of the modern ‘self,’ opening horizons of new hope for civilization… As individuals, it is the dynamic, vital stirrings of [a] greater self that will enable each of us to experience both life and death with equal delight."
*** See our Articles & Essays section for articles and background material on our current focus.
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Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue
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