Eugene's Absences and Guest Teachers

November 16 -- Richard Shankman has been meditating since 1970 and teaches regularly at dharma centers and groups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He is active in bringing meditation and dharma to prisons and schools, and is a co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies. He is the author of a forthcoming book on samadhi (concentration).

November 23 -- Andrew Getz has been practicing insight meditation for 30 years, including four years when he was ordained as a monk in Thailand and Burma. He is a nurse and was trained as a mindfulness-based stress reduction instructor by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He is also a student of the Diamond Approach. He has a special interest in integrating Dharma practice into contemporary daily life.