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Event: Talk/Forum on Meditation for Health and Wellbeing.

Speaker: Laurence Freeman OSB is a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Monte Oliveto. He is the Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation.
Title: The day will come: Meditation and Sanity.
Chair: Jim Pym: Jim is a Quaker who finds truth and inspiration in both Christianity and Buddhism. He is the author of "Listening to the Light" (on Quakers) and "You Dont Have to Sit on the Floor"" (on Buddhism) and regularly leads retreats on both subjects.
Forum on Meditation for Health and Wellbeing.
Forum Panellists: Sister Ajahn Candasiri, has been active in the evolving community of nuns at Chithurst Monastery, Amaravati Monastery and, more recently, at Milntuim Hermitage in Perthshire; Venerable K Sri Rewatha Thero, Scotland's Buddhist Vihara.
Venue: St John's Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ.
Date: Friday 31 May 2013.
Time: Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Discussion/Forum: 7pm-9pm.
Event Description: A desert father's story tells us that 'the day will come when the world will go mad.' On that day people will point at a sane person and say 'he is mad because he is not like us.' How do we keep sane, compassionate and wise in times of crisis?
Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions). Advance booking is strongly recommended. For a Registration Form:

Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions). Advance booking is strongly recommended. For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

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