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                          Host & Teacher: Ajahn Guna, ordained as Buddhist monk in Thailand since 2000

                          Dhamma, Media, and Modern Issues

                          discussion, meditation, chanting, special guests
                          Sundays 7pm-9pm
                          November 27 Got the Facts on Milk? (with director Shira Lane —movie starts at 6:15pm)
                          December 11 The Zen of Eating (Ph D psychologist Ronna Kabatznick
                          January 8 —The Power of Kindness (Neil and Dillan from ServiceSpace )
                          January 22, 29 World on the Edge Documentary by Lester Brown (Environment/Plan B for the future). We’ll be viewing part 1 and 2 of Lester Brown’s documentary on a plan to eradicate poverty, stabilize population, protect and restore our planet’s fisheries, forests, aquifers, soils, grasslands, and biological diversity.
                          February 5 Globalization & Spirituality
                          Ajahn Guna and special guest Peter Dale Scott share stories, perspectives, and poetry from their experiences living in the Buddhist country of Thailand.

                          Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and English Professor at the UC Berkeley, and is a poet, writer, and researcher. His books include: Coming to Jakarta, Minding the Darkness, The Road to 9/11, and American War Machine.
                          February 12 Century of Self, Part 3
                          An award winning British television documentary film. It focuses on how Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, and Edward Bernays influenced the way corporations and governments have thought about, dealt with, and controlled people.
                          February 26 World Hunger, Our Hunger, and Our Minds.
                          Special Guest: Kim Behan

                          Executive Director of Buddhist Global Relief speaks about world wide projects of compassion, their relationship to our lives, desires, and choices which affect our peace of mind in these changing times.
                          March 4 Century of Self, Part 4
                          An award winning British television documentary film. It focuses on how Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, and Edward Bernays influenced the way corporations and governments have thought about, dealt with, and controlled people.

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