Aotearoa Buddhist
Education Trust
Support Eric Kolvig’s visit
This will be Eric’s first ever visit to Aotearoa New Zealand, and we hope the first of many. He will be offering two retreats during March and April 2011:
- A wilderness retreat outside of Havelock in the Pelorous Sound from 25 March to 3 April, co-led by Johann Robbins;
- A retreat at Riverslea Retreat Centre from 8-15 April 2011 which will connect the practices of insight meditation with engaged buddhism.
Donate now
You can make a donation by internet banking by making a transfer into the ABET bank account at SBS Bank. The account number for the fund to pay Eric Kolvig’s travel costs is 03 - 1355 - 0600085 - 03. Or go into any New Zealand bank to make the payment -- preferably SBS Bank, or Westpac.
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The figure above for the amount raised is what has been donated through givealittle. The fund for Eric Kolvig currently contains $127.19 (25 July 2010). If this figure is lower than the givealittle figure that’s because it can take two months for donations to arrive from givealittle.
About Eric Kolvig
Born and raised in New Hampshire by his Cook Islands mother and Danish-American father, Eric Kolvig, Ph.D., has been teaching in the vipassana Buddhist tradition since 1985, leading meditation retreats and giving public talks around the United States.
He has a particular interest in grassroots dharma, building spiritual community in democratic, non-authoritarian ways.
During the past decade, Eric has also led retreats in the wilderness, both backpacking and canoeing; he is interested in the special value of spiritual practice in the natural world.
He has worked with many teachers but primarily with Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg, in the lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma, and also with Richard Clarke in the zen lineage of Roshi Philip Kapleau.
Eric lives in a rural intentional community in northern New Mexico. Some of his writings, and other material can be found on his website at www.erickolvig.com
You can download and listen to three dharma talks he gave at the Palo Alto Insight Meditation Center in 2000, 2001 and 2002. They are:
A further 20 talks are available online at www.abqsangha.org/recordings.html
New Zealand programme
Friday 25 March to Sunday 3 April 2011
No more than 15-18 participants
For more information, visit the Wellington Insight Meditation Community website here.
To reserve a place, send an email to Bruce Staples, phone 04 388 8744 evenings and weekends, or phone/text 027 600 8531
Friday 8 through Friday 15 April 2011
Wherever suffering is, there our work is. We liberate our own hearts by uprooting from them the toxins of greed, hatred, and ignorance. We liberate our world by uprooting those same toxins embodied in what Martin Luther King called “the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism.”
During the days in this retreat we will silently practice mindfulness (vipassana) and compassion meditations. These meditations train our minds and hearts to be present, open, and skillful in the face of harsh social realities.
During the evenings we will have dharma talks and community discussion about spiritually-based social engagement and compassionate action.
The retreat will include individual meetings with the teacher.
• For more information and to reserve a place, send an email to Ramsey Margolis or phone/text 021 97 35 31
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