Summary: "The problem with modern institutions is that they tend to take on a life of their own, as new types of collective ego." -- from The Three Poisons, Institutionalized The basis of transformational social engagement is the need to work on oneself as well as on the system. So many revolutions & reform movements end up simply replacing one gang of thugs with another. If we have not begun to transform our own greed, ill will and delusions, our efforts to address their institutionalized forms are likely to be useless, or worse. Join professor David. R. Loy for a lecture and conversation about how to approach the need for both personal and social transformation in order to address our current economic, social and ecological crises. David R. Loy is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is author of several books including Money, Sex, War, Karma, The World is Made of Stories", co-editor of A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency, and The Great Awakening. He has a PhD from from the National University of Singapore, and was most recently in residence at Naropa University with a Lenz fellowship.
