{"id":5042,"date":"2015-12-25T22:02:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T03:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=5042"},"modified":"2016-05-31T06:09:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T10:09:50","slug":"general-practice-sunday","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/general-practice-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop-in Talk and Practice with G. Bermant PhD: Promises in Religious Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Inspiration, Hope, and Awakening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How are we to consider promises of redemption or salvation that are to take place in the indeterminate future as a result of acts accomplished in the distant or even immemorial past? This is a question that vexes many if not all religions. The down-to-earth talk will be an introduction to this mystery using examples from Biblical and Buddhist traditions. Includes plenty of opportunity to Q &amp; A. Presented by our special guest teacher, Gordon Bermant \u00a0PhD.<\/p>\n<p>Buddhist Practice Sunday is a beginner&#8217;s friendly format with voice and sitting meditation and other short practices that are designed to unfold presence and authentic spiritual expression.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0$10 at the door to help cover costs.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Gordon Bermant, Phd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Germant is a Lecturer in Psychology and the Benjamin Franklin Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he teaches a seminar in Buddhist psychology for graduate students at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, through the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He has spent way too much time in school, getting a Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University and a J.D. from George Mason University. Wherever his head is from time to time, his heart is in the truths of Shin Buddhism known in Japanese as<em> Jodo Shinshu<\/em>. He became a student of Kenryu Tsuji (1914-2004) in 1986 and never looked back. He was greatly honored to be the President of the Buddhist Churches of America in 2006-2007.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspiration, Hope, and Awakening How are we to consider promises of redemption or salvation that are to take place in the indeterminate future as a result of acts accomplished in the distant or even immemorial past? This is a question that vexes many if not all religions. The down-to-earth talk will be an introduction to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-5042","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","hentry","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5636,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5042\/revisions\/5636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=5042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}