Interfaith Friday: Buddhism
Exploring Democracy • Educational, 17-Jul-2020
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, July 17, 2020.
Eryl and Wayman Kubicka dissect Buddhist meditation, something they have practiced for decades.
“The mind is basically silent and we rarely touch that.” - Eryl Kubicka.
Both Eryl and Wayman have been teachers of Buddhist meditation in Chautauqua’s Mystic Heart Program for ten years. The two married in 1970 and were involved with the American Friends Service Committee in post-war reconstruction projects.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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