Mangalam Research Center

MRC - August 2024 - Newsletter

Attention: Students of Buddhism. Ever wanted to read classical Buddhist texts? Take Sanskrit this fall with MRC and Ralph Craig III!

https://www.mangalamresearch.org/language-programs/

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Vimalakīrtinirdeśa - The Teaching of Vimalakīrti

Outstanding Translation from the Sanskrit

“It has everything. It pushes through
all boundaries, and will continually,
time and time again, surprise you.”

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Vimalakīrtinirdeśa
The Teaching of Vimalakīrti

Outstanding Translation
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“It has everything. It pushes through
all boundaries, and will continually,
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🌟Join MRC & Roger Jackson (Carleton College)🌟 today, 4-5:30pm PDT (-7 UTC) for an overview of traditional Buddhist views on karma and rebirth, traditional Buddhist arguments in favor of rebirth, and reflection on the place of rebirth in modern Buddhism. https://i.mtr.cool/wyfbjaaoqa

📣🌟This Week at Mangalam🌟 Roger Jackson and Karin Meyers on rebirth, Alyson Prude on delogs, and Gregory Shushan on near-death experiences across cultures. Register today! https://i.mtr.cool/earpzxpxsp

📣⭐ Today at MRC 🌟in-person and online conversations with Professor Stephen Jenkins (CalPoly Humboldt) on heavenly rebirth & filmmaker Donagh Coleman on tukdam (postmortem meditation) in Tibetan Buddhism. https://i.mtr.cool/vzowjetzns

📣🌟Join MRC this weekend and next week! 🌟for our ongoing series on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth." Registration is free (donations are welcome). https://i.mtr.cool/maumadbnvi

📣⭐ This weekend at MRC 🌟in-person and online conversations with Professor Stephen Jenkins (CalPoly Humboldt) on heavenly rebirth & filmmaker Donagh Coleman on tukdam (postmortem meditation) in Tibetan Buddhism. https://i.mtr.cool/epxlqevmfj

🌟Join MRC & Roger Jackson 🌟on Monday, May 20, 4-5:30pm PDT (-7 UTC) for an overview of traditional Buddhist views on karma and rebirth, traditional Buddhist arguments in favor of rebirth, and reflection on the place of rebirth in modern Buddhism. https://i.mtr.cool/cgbuipwaqk

📣💫Join MRC this Saturday at 3:30pm PDT! for a conversation with Stephen Jenkins 💫 on the critical soteriological role of heavenly rebirth in classical Buddhist thought and practice.🌟https://i.mtr.cool/kzhlrhaxqy

📣🌟Join MRC this Saturday and Sunday 🌟 for a deep dive into the phenomenon of tukdam, or postmortem meditation, with award-winning filmmaker, Donagh Coleman, and to see never-shown footage of Tibetan Buddhist lamas, scholars, and witnesses discussing tukdam. https://i.mtr.cool/nuvfwaneob

⭐💫Today at 3pm PDT/6pm EDT 🌟join MRC for a conversation with Jim Tucker, MD. This weekend: Stephen Jenkins on heavenly rebirth in Buddhism, Donagh Coleman on tukdam (post-mortem meditation); next week: more conversations on rebirth and NDE.
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📣🌟 Join MRC tomorrow at 3pm PDT (6 EDT)🌟 for a conversation with Jim Tucker, MD (https://i.mtr.cool/nlzridflqh) on children who remember previous lives. Free registration is here: https://i.mtr.cool/jfkbborpxp

📣 🌟MRC's conversations on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" begins tonight! 🌟 Join UC Berkeley neuroscience prof. Prof.David Presti to discuss bridging Buddhist and scientific worldviews, and Jim Tucker, MD tomorrow!. Registration is FREE (donations welcome).
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📣🌟Conversations with leading scholars on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" starts tomorrow! Register for FREE today! 🌟https://i.mtr.cool/rfoewswnsw

📣🌟On Tues 5/14, MRC will host UC Berkeley Professor of Neuroscience, David Presti to discuss building bridges between Buddhist and scientific worldviews. Join us in-person. (If not in Berkeley, you can attend online.) Registration is FREE! 💫 https://i.mtr.cool/xgoljwthfg

🌟 📣 MRC will be hosting a series of conversations on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" 🌟starting Tues (details here: https://i.mtr.cool/dcmiqlspof Check out this interview with Bhikkhu Anālayo on his excellent book looking into modern research on the topic. 📖⚡
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🌟Join Prof. Stephen Jenkins May 18 🌟 for a conversation on heavenly rebirth as a goal of Buddhist practice. Registration is FREE & check out the entire series (https://i.mtr.cool/hrbokpmomp

Stephen Jenkins, "Buddhist Stairways to Heaven" (in-person & online) Reflections on traditional Buddhist aspirations for heavenly rebirth: practices, civilizational impact, and threat from Buddhist modernism.

🌟❓Does consciousness end at death? 🌟 How can we explain the phenomenon of "tukdam" when Tibetan masters appear to remain in meditation for days, even weeks after death? Join award-winning filmmaker, Donagh Coleman to discuss these topics next weekend! https://i.mtr.cool/fiqcayljsh

📣🌟On Tues 5/14, MRC will host UC Berkeley Professor of Neuroscience, David Presti to discuss building bridges between Buddhist and scientific worldviews. Join us in-person. (If not in Berkeley, you can attend online.) Registration is FREE! 💫 https://i.mtr.cool/xdeyciyswu

⚡Starting next week ⚡join MRC for a FREELY OFFERED series of talks with leading scholars on mind beyond brain and body, children who remember previous lives, Buddhist views on rebirth, and the fascinating phenomenon of tukdam (postmortem meditation)! https://i.mtr.cool/sgmdrvkujl

🌟Join Prof. Stephen Jenkins May 18 🌟 for a conversation on heavenly rebirth as a goal of Buddhist practice, its relation to pure land practice, its affect on Buddhist civilizations, and in light modern materialist rejections of karma and rebirth. Registration is free & check out the series!

Stephen Jenkins, "Buddhist Stairways to Heaven" (in-person & online) Reflections on traditional Buddhist aspirations for heavenly rebirth: practices, civilizational impact, and threat from Buddhist modernism.

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Ever wonder what happens after death? Can near-death experiences or children who remember previous lives tell us anything about this? How about traditional Buddhist contemplative practices of remembering or visiting other planes of existence? Join MRC this May for a fascinating series of conversations on these topics:

Mind, Death, & Rebirth ( for the entire series - May 14 thru June 12) A special series of conversations on, "Mind, Death, and Rebirth" in light of Buddhist views, biomedical research, and cross-cultural study.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/05/02/children-past-lives MRC will be hosting Jim Tucker, May 15 at 3pm PDT- hope you can join us for a fascinating discussion with the foremost researcher on this topic! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jim-tucker-on-children-who-remember-previous-lives-online-event-tickets-884439250607

The children who remember their past lives What happens when your toddler is haunted by memories that aren’t hers?

Join us May 15 for a conversation with ⭐ Jim Tucker ⭐ - foremost expert on children who remember previous lives - in our series on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth": https://i.mtr.cool/ibefqmkhev
Check out his research at the University of Virginia Division for Perceptual Studies
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Jim Tucker on "Children Who Remember Previous Lives" (online event) A fascinating look at research on children who remember previous lives by the leading researcher on the subject.

UC Berkeley Professor of Neuroscience, ⭐David Presti⭐ joins MRC in-person (and online) May 14 to discuss expanding the science of mind and kick off our exciting new series on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" https://i.mtr.cool/qcqzdfmjij
Register today and check out his previous talk for MRC on his book "Mind Beyond Brain": https://i.mtr.cool/dtbxkojfbl

Does mind extend beyond the brain? Does consciousness end at death? How can we understand the phenomenon of Tibetan masters who remain in meditation after death (tukdam)? Join MRC for a special series of conversations on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" this May: https://i.mtr.cool/mixjntdrtx

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