For our November session we will be focusing on images and the story of Buddha's life. I asked our last guest speaker, Sanjyot Mehendale about using images to teach about Buddhism: "...images greatly enhance understanding of the Buddha's life. So I have always used visuals in my own lectures concerning the spread of the Buddha. It will be important to point out that Buddhist ideology really spread through imagery. That's how the story was told. Textual sources were far less accessible to the masses who were either illiterate or didn't read Pali."

Speakers: Our morning speakers will be Edan Dekel and Bruce Williams, Ph.D. candidate in Group in Buddhist Studies. Our afternoon workshop will be coordinated by Carol Murphey, BAGEP.

In order to avoid the Stanford-Berkeley football game on campus, we will hold our November session at BAGEP in San Francisco. (Directions below.)

We will meet for coffee at 8:30. The lecture portion of the program with Edan Dekel and a guest lecturer will run from 9:00-12:15. We invite the whole class to join us for lunch following the lectures. Carol Murphey from BAGEP will conduct our afternoon workshop including an introduction to the great resource center at their center.

BAGEP is located at the World Affairs Council of Northern California, 312 Sutter Street (nr Sutter and Grant Av), San Francisco. The telephone is 415-293-4650.
 

• From BART or MUNI METRO

Detrain at Powell or Montgomery Stations
From Powell Station, walk north on Powell or Stockton Streets, turn right at Sutter Street, BAGEP is at 312.
From Montgomery Station, walk SW on Market to Sutter Street, turn right onto Sutter, walk four blocks to 312 Sutter.
 
• MUNI (SF local)

Busses which have stops convenieintly located near the council: 4 Sutter, 30 Stockton, 45 Union, 38 Geary
 
• From CALTRAIN

From terminal take MUNI busses 30 Stockton ro 45 Union
Get off the bus at Sutter and Kearny Streets, walk to 312 Sutter
 
• Driving:
From East Bay - Bay Bridge:
1st exit right - Fremont Street
Turn left onto Fremont Street, 1 block to Howard Street
Turn left onto Howard Street go four blocks
Turn right onto Third Street
Cross Market Street, Third comes Kearny
Turn left onto Sutter Street
Turn Right at Stockton Street & immediately pull into garage

From North Bay - Golden Gate
From Toll Plaza - Follow signs 101, Lombard Street
Turn left at Bush Street
Turn Right at Grant Avenue, one block
Turn Right at Sutter Street & immediately pull into garage

From South Bay, Peninsula -101 North
Follow signs for Bay Bridge (not GG Bridge)
Last SF exit - Right onto Fourth/Bryant Street exit
One block, turn left at Third Street
Cross Market Street, Third becomes Kearny Street
Turn left at Sutter Street
Turn left at Stockton Street & immediately pull into garage

Contact:
Michele Delattre, ORIAS <orias@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Carol Marquis, BAGEP <schools@wacsf.org>
Carol Murphey, BAGEP <camup@aol.com>
 
 

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