LENZ FOUNDATION BUDDHIST LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Day Hours Activity Presenter(s) Location

THURSDAY 1:00 – 6:00 pm Check-In / Information / Bookstore Open Kristin Vevon/Event Entry of Main Hall October 4 Coordinator [cell: (413) 210-3423] 6:00 - 9:00 pm Informal Arrival and Get Acquainted Norman Oberstein and Norm Main Hall Party; Welcoming Remarks Marcus

Music and fun! Local, organic, lite fare Jazz - Order of Minstrels Main and Lower Hall with local beers and wine. Alcohol allowed outside or in Lower Hall only. All meals and beverages complimentary.

FRIDAY 8:00 – 8:30 am Meditation Dennis (Genpo) Merzel Main Hall October 5 7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast – fruit, bagels, muffins Lower Hall

9:00 – 5:00 Check-In / Information / Bookstore Open Kristin Vevon Entry of Main Hall

9:00 – 12:00 Panel discussion by Lenz Foundation Norman Oberstein, Moderator Main Hall Grant Partners: Partners’ programs and their use of Lenz Foundation grant funds See accompanying list of will be addressed. Grant Partners will speakers, their affiliations discuss how they might interact to and biographies. promote in America. Time will be provided for audience questions.

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch (Soups, Salads & Sandwiches) Lower Hall

1:00 – 4:30 Big Mind Presentation (Sample a Grant Partner Dennis Main Hall Foundation-funded grant program) (Genpo) Merzel

7:00 – 9:30 Dinner Buffet Grant partner Bernie Main Hall Keynote Address: “American Buddhism - Glassman, introduced by What’s the Deal Here?” Dennis (Genpo) Merzel

Film: “The Legend of , Or Grant Partner Harold Stanton How Buddhism Came to the West” (The Bodhidharma Foundation of America)

1 Day Hours Activity Presenter(s) Location SATURDAY 8:00 – 8:30 am Meditation Jeff Sutter - a teacher in the Main Hall October 6 Lenz Tradition 7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast – fruit, bagels, muffins Lower Hall

9:00 – 5:00 Information / Bookstore Open Kristin Vevon Entry of Main Hall

9:00 – 12:00 “The Great Heart Way” / “Instructions to Grant Partners Gerry Main Hall the Cook” (Shishin) Wick/ 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Soups, Salads & Sandwiches) Lower Hall 1:00 – 4:30 The Lenz Legacy / Three Panels of Walter Goodwin, Moderator Main Hall Speakers and Teachers in the Lenz See accompanying list of Tradition discuss: presenter biographies (1) A “Rama” Overview; (2) Career Success and Balance; and (3) Why Don’t More Women and Men Attain Enlightenment? 7:00 - 9:30 Dinner Buffet Main Hall Music and Film: Rama’s “What is Music and entertainment by Main Hall Enlightenment?” Jack Sprague

SUNDAY 8:00 – 8:30 am Meditation Gerry (Shishin) Wick Main Hall October 7 8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast – fruit, bagels, muffins Lower Hall

9:00 – 11:00 Buddhism in America – successes and Moderators Walter Goodwin Main Hall setbacks: We will sum up the work of the and Norm Marcus: Conference, consider the sponsoring of a Interactive program with national Buddhist conference, the feedback from all participants desirability of small grants, weekend programs and other potential Foundation- funded events.

11:30 - 2:00: Brunch Buffet: Main Hall 11:30: Brunch 12:00: Joaquin Lievano and in Concert 1:00: Closing Address with question and Helen Tworkov from Tricycle answer period. Magazine (a grant partner), introduced by Bernie Glassman.

2 Day Hours Activity Presenter(s) Location

SUNDAY 2:00 – 5:00 Recreation time. Enjoy incredible Fall See Kristin Vevon for details October 7 foliage! Canoe/kayak the Connecticut and participation. River or a join a guided nature hike.

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