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April 26, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marti Hobbes, mhobbes@smith.edu

Smith to Host Celebration of Buddhism in the Pioneer Valley

NORTHAMPTON, Mass.-Smith College will host a day of talks, panels, and demonstrations on Buddhism from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 5, in the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts on Green Street, Northampton. The event, titled "Many Flavors of the Dharma: a Celebration of Buddhism in the Pioneer Valley," is free and open to the public.


The workshops and talks will be led by teachers from over 20 different Buddhist organizations in the Pioneer Valley, including Soka Gakkai International, Northampton Insight Meditation Community and Living Dharma Center.


Earlier in the week, Smith College will be hosting several monks from the Gyuto Monastery, one of the oldest Buddhist monasteries in Tibet, who will be constructing an exhibit of "butter sculpture," traditional Tibetan art forms used in ceremonies and ritual performances. The sculpturing can be observed by the general public at no charge from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily from Monday, April 29, to Friday, May 3, in Neilson Library Browsing Room.


For more information, call (413) 585-2753.


The event is sponsored by the Helen Hills Hills Chapel and the Ada Howe Kent Program in World Religions, Smith College.

 

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