A panel discussion about the insights of contemplative and meditative traditions, current research, and the role of contemplation in learning.

Contemplation has been recognized across time and culture as essential to the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom, yet it remains almost entirely absent from today's curriculum and pedagogy. Contemplative knowing is a missing link, one that affects student performance, character, and depth of understanding. Space is limited, reserve your seat.

Father Thomas Keating OCSO, is the founder of the Centering Prayer Movement and Contemplative Outreach and former chair of the Monastic Inter-religious Dialogue. He is known as one of the world's most revered teachers of the contemplative dimensions of Christianity. He was Superior of St. Benedict's Monastery of Snowmass, and the Abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey.
www.centeringprayer.com/
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Venerable Tenzin LS Priyadarshi received his ordination and studied under the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has degrees in Philosophy and Physics, and a masters in Comparative Religion from Harvard. He is currently a Visiting Scholar and Buddhist Chaplain at MIT and the President of the Prajnopaya Foundation.
www.prajnopaya.org or www.imonk.org
Professor Tobin Hart, is a teacher, psychologist, researcher, and Professor of Psychology at the Univ. of West Georgia. He is the President of the ChildSpirit Institute, dedicated to exploring and nurturing the inner life of children and adults. His work has been at the frontier of an integration of spirituality, psychology, consciousness research and education.
www.westga.edu/
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