Enlightened Society: The I Ching as a Map of Social Evolution with Daniel Hessey, Samten Kobelt and Guest Speaker Eva Wong

Join us as we discover the freshness of the I Ching, a profound road map for creating a sane life and sane world.

The I Ching, one of the world’s most ancient wisdom texts, is a compelling vision of a healthy society that is deeply integrated into the natural and spiritual worlds. The text presents a complete visualization of how the worlds of Heaven, Earth and humankind can be integrated into Enlightened Society.

The program will introduce Daniel Hessey’s unique translation of the I Ching from the Chinese original. Done under the supervision of Eva Wong, the translation and commentary joins the profound view of Shambhala with the original text to reveal the I Ching as a coherent, integrated process map of human society. Eva Wong will present the opening talk of this program.

This weekend initiates an inspiring experiential journey that will open and deepen your understanding of how to lead a truly integral life and help create a good human society on this Earth. The classes and exercises will help demystify ancient language and metaphor, explain the sequence of the hexagrams, and discuss the role of each hexagram to the whole. The course will combine learning, discussion, invocational ceremonies, meditation and qigong. Samten Kobelt will lead us in qigong practice. No previous experience is required.

You will come away from this program with powerful new transformational tools that will help you meet the pressing modern challenges—personal, societal, and ecological—that face awake people throughout the world.

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Daniel Hessey has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism for nearly forty years. He served as director of Shambhala Mountain Center, and now serves on its board of Directors. He has taught Shambhala Buddhism throughout the United States, as well as Mexico, Australia, and Chile. At the encouragement of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche he began studying the I Ching with Eva Wong seven years ago. He has now completed the initial translation of the text and is delighted to be sharing it with us for the first time during this weekend.

Samten Kobelt has been a meditation practitioner for 26 years and meditation teacher for over 10 years. Besides his work as Co-Director of Marpa House, a Shambhala community residence in Boulder, he enjoys teaching meditation and body-centered mindfulness-practices, in particular Shamatha Yoga, contemplative dance and qigong.

Eva Wong, author and translator of 13 books on the Taoist arts of health, meditation and qigong, is the 19th-generation lineage carrier of Xiantianwujimen Taoism (Pre-celestial Limitless Gate School of Taoism) and 3rd-generation student of Wang Xiangzhai, founder of Yiquan martial arts and Zhangzhuan (standing qigong). Eva is also the lineage carrier of Zhen's Xuankong Flying Stars Fengshui and Sanyuan (Three Periods) Fengshui. Eva will be giving the opening talk of the weekend.