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BUDDHIST
A.
Theravada
Buddhism.
The
monastic-centered
Buddhism
of
Sri
Lanka
and
Southeast
Asia
based
on
the
original
teachings
of
the
Buddha.
"Venerable"
is
a
title
for
an
ordained
monastic.
"Bhikkhu"
simply
means
monk.
"Ajahn"
is
a
title
for
a
spiritual
teacher
-
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Venerable
Chuen
Phangcham.
Abbot
of
the
Midwest
Buddhist
Meditation
Center
in
Warren,
Michigan.
Representative
of
the
Council
of
Thai
Buddhist
monks
in
the
United
States.
-
Ajahn
Amaro.
Monk
and
spiritual
teacher
living
at
the
Abahyagiri
Buddhist
Monastery
in
Redwood
Valley,
California.
-
Ajahn
Sundara.
Nun
and
spiritual
teacher
living
at
the
Abahyagiri
Buddhist
Monastery.
-
Joseph
Goldstein.
Co-founder
of
the
Insight
Meditation
Society
in
Barre,
Massachusetts.
Teacher
of
mindfulness,
loving-kindness
and
insight
meditation.
B.
Zen
Buddhism.
The
monastic-centered
Buddhist
school
in
East
Asia,
based
on
the
Mahayana
teachings.
"Zen"
is
the
Japanese
name
of
what
is
known
in
China
as
"Ch'an"
Buddhism,
and
in
Korea
as
"Son"
Buddhism.
"Sunim"
is
a
monastic
title.
-
Venerable
Heng
Sure.
Teacher
in
the
lineage
of
the
City
of
Ten
Thousand
Buddhas
in
California.
Abbot
of
the
Berkeley
Buddhist
Monastery.
-
Venerable
Shohaku
Okumura.
Representative
to
the
United
States
of
the
Headquarters
of
Soto
Zen
in
Japan.
Lives
in
San
Francisco.
-
Venerable
Guo
Yuan
Fa
Shi.
Abbot
of
the
Ch'an
Meditation
Center
in
Elmhurst,
New
York.
Disciple
of
Dharma
Master
Sheng-yen,
of
Dharma
Drum
Mountain
in
Taiwan,
in
the
Lin-chi
(Japanese
Rinzai)
tradition.
-
Abbot
John
Daido
Loori.
Abbot
of
Zen
Mountain
Monastery
in
Mt.
Tremper,
New
York.
American
Rinzai
Zen
teacher.
-
Samu
Sunim.
Korean
Son
master
in
the
Chogye
Order.
President
of
the
Buddhist
Society
for
Compassionate
Wisdom.
Lives
at
his
temple
in
Chicago.
-
-
-
Professor
Stephanie
Kaza.
Zen
practitioner
associated
with
the
San
Francisco
Zen
Center.
Professor
of
Environmental
Studies,
University
of
Vermont.
C.
Tibetan
Buddhism.
The
monastic-centered
Buddhism
of
Tibet,
that
combines
Theravada
monastic
discipline
with
Mahayana
Buddhist
teachings
and
the
esoteric
practice
of
Tantra.
"Geshe"
is
the
highest
academic
title
in
the
Tibetan
Buddhist
monastic
educational
system.
"Rinpoche"
is
a
title
for
a
spiritual
teacher.
-
Geshe
Lhundup
Sopa.
Professor
of
Buddhism
in
the
South
Asian
Studies
Department,
University
of
Wisconsin.
Founder
of
the
Deer
Park
Buddhist
Monastery
and
Center,
Madison,
Wisconsin.
-
Geshe
Lobsang
Tenzin.
Spiritual
director
of
the
Losel
Shedrup
Ling
Tibetan
Buddhist
Institute,
Atlanta,
Georgia.
Teaches
at
Emory
University.
-
Yangsi
Rinpoche.
Assistant
to
Geshe
Lhundup
Sopa.
-
-
Lama
Eric
Marcoux.
Tibetan
Buddhist
practitioner
of
the
Waking
Peacock
Sangha,
Portland,
Oregon.
-
Judith
Simmer-Brown.
Professor
of
Buddhism,
Naropa
University,
Boulder,
Colorado.
Meditation
teacher
in
the
Tibetan
Buddhist
"Shambhala
International"
organization.
CHRISTIAN
A.
Board
Members
of
Monastic
Interreligious
Dialogue
-
Father
William
Skudlarek,
OSB,
Chair.
Monk
of
St.
John's
Abbey,
Collegeville,
Minnesota.
Administrative
Assistant
to
the
Abbot;
Director
of
Priesthood
Formation,
School
of
Theology.
-
Sister
Mary
Margaret
Funk,
OSB,
Executive
Secretary.
Nun
of
Our
Lady
of
Grace
Monastery,
Beech
Grove,
Indiana.
Executive
Director,
Monastic
Interreligious
Dialogue
-
-
-
Sister
Barbara
McCracken,
OSB.
Nun
of
St.
Scholastica
Monastery,
Atchison,
Kansas.
Director,
Office
of
Peace
and
Justice,
Archdiocese
of
Kansas
City.
-
Sister
Virginia
Matter,
OSB.
Nun
of
St.
Paul
Monastery.
St.
Paul,
Minnesota.
Director
of
Spirituality,
Retreat
and
Conference
Center.
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Brother
Gregory
Perron,
OSB.
Monk
of
St.
Procopius
Abbey,
Lisle,
Illinois.
Supervisor
of
Abbey
Property.
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Sister
Jeanne
Ranek,
OSB.
Nun
of
Sacred
Heart
Monastery,
Yankton,
South
Dakota.
Director,
Benedictine
Peace
Center.
-
Abbot
Leo
Ryska,
OSB.
Monk
of
St.
Benedict's
Abbey,
Benet
Lake,
Wisconsin.
President,
Pontifical
Institute
of
Liturgy
Foundation
of
the
Pontificio
Ateneo
Sant'Anselmo,
Rome.
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Father
Daniel
Ward,
OSB.
Monk
of
St.
John's
Abbey,
Collegeville,
Minnesota.
Executive
Director,
Legal
Resource
Center
for
Religious,
Washington,
DC.
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Father
Joseph
Wong,
OSB
Cam.
Monk
of
New
Camaldoli
Hermitage,
Big
Sur,
California.
Director,
East
West
Dialogue
Institute
of
New
Camaldoli.
B.
Advisors
to
Monastic
Interreligious
Dialogue
-
Father
Thomas
Baima.
Priest
of
the
Archdiocese
of
Chicago.
Provost,
University
of
St.
Mary
on
the
Lake,
Mundelein,
Illinois.
-
-
Dr.
Ewert
Cousins.
Professor
Emeritus,
Fordham
University,
New
York.
-
Father
Leo
D.
Lefebure.
Priest
of
the
Archdiocese
of
Chicago.
Associate
Professor
and
Associate
Chair
for
Undergraduate
Studies,
Fordham
University,
New
York.
-
Dr.
Donald
Mitchell.
Professor
of
Philosophy,
Purdue
University,
West
Lafayette
Indiana.
-
Ms
Kathryn
Olson.
Program
Officer,
Fetzer
Institute,
Kalamazoo,
Michigan.
-
Father
Thomas
Ryan,
CSP.
Paulist
Priest.
Director,
Paulist
North
American
Office
for
Ecumenical
and
Interfaith
Relations.
C.
Additional
Presenters
and
Participants
-
-
Father
Columba
Stewart,
OSB.
Monk
of
St.
John's
Abbey
Collegeville,
Minnesota.
Director
of
Monastic
Formation;
Professor
of
Theology,
St.
John's
University
-
Father
James
Wiseman,
OSB.
Monk
of
St.
Anselm
Washington,
DC.
Editor
of
the
MID
Bulletin;
Associate
Professor
of
Theology,
School
of
Religious
Studies,
Catholic
University
of
America.
-
-
Father
Mark
Delery,
OCSO.
Monk
of
Holy
Cross
Abbey,
Barryville,
Virginia.
-
Father
Julian
von
Duerbeck,
OSB.
Monk
of
St.
Procopius
Abbey,
Lisle,
Illinois.
Teaches
at
Benedictine
University.
-
Father
Damon
Geiger,
O.SS.T.
Director
of
Novices
for
the
US
Province
of
the
Order
of
the
Most
Holy
Trinity.
Holy
Trinity
Monastery,
Victoria,
Texas.
-
Ms
Gray
Henry.
FonsVitae
Publishing.
-
Sister
Kathryn
Huber,
OSB.
Nun
of
the
Monastery
of
the
Immaculate
Conception,
Ferdinand,
Indiana.
President,
Benedictine
Federation
of
St.
Gertrude.
-
Ms
Gail
Fitzpatrick
Hopler.
Secretary
to
Abbot
Thomas
Keating.
-
Father
Kevin
Hunt,
OCSO.
Monk
of
St.
Joseph
Abbey,
Spencer,
Massachusetts.
Dharma
holder.
-
Sister
Joan
Kirby,
RSCJ.
Religious
of
the
Sacred
Heart.
Representative
of
the
Temple
of
Understanding,
an
international,
interfaith
organization,
at
the
United
Nations.
-
Monsignor
Felix
A.
Machado.
Undersecretary,
Pontifical
Council
for
Interreligious
Dialogue
and
of
Pro
Dialogo,
Rome.
-
Sister
Gladys
Noreen,
O.S.B.
Nun
of
St.
Benito
Monastery,
Dayton,
Wyoming.
PhD
candidate
in
ecumenical
theology.
-
Sangeetha
Ekambaram.
Student
of
Geshe
Lobsang
Tenzin.
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Ms
Anne
A.
Simpkinson.
Former
senior
producer
of
the
spirituality
channel
Beliefnet,
Inc.
E.
Monks
of
Gethsemani
More
Directly
Involved
in
the
Encounter
-
Abbot
Damien
Thompson,
OCSO.
Abbot
of
Gethsemani
-
Father
James
Connor,
OCSO.
Guestmaster
and
staff
of
the
MID
Bulletin.
-
Brother
Robert
Cummins,
OCSO.
Director,
Gethsemani
Farms.
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Brother
Harold
Thibodeau,
OCSO.
MID
Board
of
Advisors
and
MID
Bulletin
staff.
- Father
Paschal Phillips,
1996 coordinator of
Gethsemani Encounter.
F.
Staff/Technical
Support
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Ms
Kate
Andrews,
Stenographer
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Greg
Moore,
Audio
Technician
-
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Mrs.
Toddy
Daly,
MID
Secretary
-
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Mrs.
Marina
Funk,
Photographer
-
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Ms
Laura
Klauberg,
Producer
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Ms
Elizabeth
Landis,
Mother
of
Kate
Andrews
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Mr.
David
Piser,
Transportation
Coordinator
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