OVERVIEW:

Prof. David Kittay will speak about the benefits of “bodhicitta,” the spirit of enlightenment, and how we can make it grow, in ourselves and others.  How can we implement Buddha’s, Shantideva’s, and the Dalai Lama’s passion for bodhicitta, why is bodhicitta the sine qua non for Buddhist practice, and how can bodhicitta propel us towards enlightenment?  We’ll also meditate on these themes and discuss them, with a view towards the issues facing humanity today.

BIOGRAPHY:

David Kittay is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University in New York where he specializes in teaching courses on Buddhism and on Eastern and Western philosophy. He is the translator of The Vajra Rosary Tantra (Wisdom Publications, 2019), and several other publications about Buddhism, religion, and law. He regularly lectures at Tibet House US, where he serves on the Board, and at Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center, at Columbia, and worldwide, and is the President of the Tibetan Classics Translators Guild of New York. He also writes and lectures on the subject of compassionate lawyering, and has served as a trial and civil rights lawyer, federal bankruptcy trustee and a receiver for the Securities Exchange Commission. He is currently Director and Professor of Philosophy at the Harlem Clemente Course for the Humanities, teaching humanities to economically disadvantaged people in Harlem.

ZOOM:

https://zoom.us/j/4522777814