my friend Jason Wirth is producing a couple of worthwhile events:

Happiness & Spirituality

How the concept of Gross National Happiness intertwines with Vajrayana Buddhism

Lopen Gem Dorji (Gembo)
Current Advisor and Former Secretary General of the Central Monk Body in Thimphu, Bhutan

OCTOBER 3 AT 7 PM IN BANNON AUDITORIUM
on the campus of Seattle University

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT DR. JASON M. WIRTH (wirthj (@) seattleu (dot) edu) Sponsored by the Seattle University EcoSangha and the Seattle University Department of Philosophy with the cooperation of the Northwest Zen Community and Eishoji Soto Zen Temple. (pdf)

AND

The Seattle University EcoSangha

and the Seattle University Philosophy Department present

David McCloskey

David McCloskey

Coming Home: A New Map Telling A New Story of this Place!”

The Salish Sea and Surrounds and How It Came to Be

David McCloskey, a pioneering thinker of the bioregion and culture of Cascadia, will present and discuss his new map of “The Ish River-Lillooet Country with The Salish Sea”

7 PM on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019
in Wyckoff Auditorium on the campus of Seattle University
free and open to the public

(pdf)