Aotearoa Buddhist
Education Trust

Support Eric Kolvig’s visit

During Eric’s 2012 visit to Aotearoa New Zealand he will be offering a retreat close to Christchurch from 5th to 12th October and another at Riverslea Retreat Centre from 2nd to 9th November at which he 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 contribute towards 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.

The fund for Eric Kolvig contains $000.00 (1 February 2012).

 

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

To get a good idea of his teachings, download and listen to three dharma talks he gave at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California:

• Living With Ease
• Wisdom
• Applying Dharma to World Tragedy

More talks are available at www.abqsangha.org/recordings.html

 

Eric’s 2012 New Zealand programme

1 – CHRISTCHURCH

Fri 5th through Fri 12th Oct

A meditation retreat with a focus on ...

Christchurch

Blurb goes here

Cost: <TBA> plus teacher dana

• To find out more and to reserve a place, send an email to Southern Insight or phone ...

 

2 – OTAKI

Fri 2nd through Fri 9th Nov

A meditation retreat with a focus on socially engaged buddhism

Riverslea Retreat Centre, Otaki

Cost: <TBA> plus teacher dana

During the days on this retreat we will silently practice mindfulness (vipassana) and compassion meditations, training ourselves to be present, open, and skillful in the face of harsh social realities.