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Speaker Series: DAVID L. MCMAHAN - Contemplation and Culture: Self-Cultivation, Context, and Social Imaginaries

This talk analyzes the role of culture in contemplative practices and theorizes them as methods of cultivating ways of being.

When
November 30, 2023 (3:00pm to 4:45pm)
Where
Newcomb 481
See map: Google Maps
Family Weekend: Mindful Walk at the Dell

Take a mindful and peaceful tour of the Dell Pond and learn about the Dell's ecology, its art installations, guided by the Contemplative Sciences Center and other departments.

When
November 3, 2023 (1:30pm to 2:30pm)
Where
Dell Pond
See map: Google Maps
Hard Hat Tour of the Contemplative Commons (FULL)

CSC is offering tours of the Contemplative Commons. 

When
November 3, 2023 (12:00pm to 1:00pm)
Where
Contemplative Commons Site
See map: Google Maps
Speaker Series: ALEJANDRO CHAOUL - From the Himalayas to the Clinic

Part of the Contemplative Research and Scholarship Speaker Series, 2023-24.

When
November 1, 2023 (4:30pm to 6:00pm)
Where
New Cabel Hall 168
See map: Google Maps
Wellness Wednesday: Mindfulness - October 4, 2023

A mindfulness event that is chock-full of giveaways!

When
October 4, 2023 (9:00am to 5:00pm)
Where
Women's Center
Intersection of 14th Street and University Avenue
See map: Google Maps
Fralin Museum: Creation of a Sand Mandala Plus Gallery Talk with Michael Sheehy

| FRALIN MUSEUM | The week of 10/2, 2023 Tibetan Buddhist monks will create a sand mandala. On 10/5 Michael Sheehy will present a talk, "Mandalas and Meditation."

When
October 3, 2023 to October 6, 2023 (9:30am to 6:00pm)
Where
Fralin Museum of Art
See map: Google Maps
An Evening of Hindustani Music with Sanhita Nandi

Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures presents: Vocalist Sanhita Nandi, acclaimed Hindustani vocal music artist.

When
April 29, 2023 (6:00pm to 8:00pm)
Where
UVA's McLeod Auditorium
See map: Google Maps
Movie Screening: Tukdam—Between Worlds

| FILM  APRIL 20 |  Join us for the screening of Tukdam, ground-breaking scientific research: A journey through life and death.

When
April 20, 2023 (7:00pm)
Where
Violet Crown Charlottesville
See map: Google Maps
Generative Contemplation Symposium: The Art and Science of Effortless and Self-Emergence Contemplative Practices

| SYMPOSIUM APRIL 20 & 21, 2023 |  Themes of effortlessness and self-emergence in Indian & Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices.

When
April 20, 2023 to April 21, 2023 (9:00am to 4:30pm)
Where
Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library Auditorium at the University of Virginia
See map: Google Maps
Yuria Celidwen - The Ethics of Belonging of Indigenous Contemplative Traditions

Indigenous traditions hold solutions to help meet our times’ most pressing social and environmental injustices.

When
March 31, 2023 (3:00pm to 5:00pm)
Where
Holloway Hall (Bavaro 116)
See map: Google Maps

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