Buddha: Craving, suffering, and the cessation of suffering: The Eightfold Path. Augustine: Craving, suffering and the cessation of suffering: Rest in Eternal Being. A Seminar: July 30th, August 6th, 13th, 20th, & 27th, 2024, 6pm—7pm. All are welcome! Come and join us at the Blue Lotus Temple in Woodstock for five Tuesday evenings to investigate the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and Augustine’s struggle with his heart’s craving. After a brief meditation beginning each of the five sessions instruction and discussion will follow. The last session will include Pizza!
The participants must have access to an email address so the instructor can communicate with them if need be. A one-time fee of $50.00 is required which is a donation to the Blue Lotus Temple and is therefore non-refundable. The instructor is volunteering his time and donating the seminar materials.
These seminars are at the difficulty level of a college undergraduate class. They have a relaxed feeling. Active participation is encouraged. And, don’t forget the pizza!
About the Instructor: Following his service in the U.S. Army as a drill sergeant, Gus Santo became a Benedictine monk for six years and studied philosophy, theology, and monastic history. After graduating summa cum laude from St. John’s University he was appointed an instructor as a member of the philosophy faculty at St. John’s. Later, Gus left the monastic life and worked as a job analyst at City Hall in Chicago for the Department of Human Resources. When he retired from the City of Chicago he became an MHP (Mental Health Professional) at Pioneer Center in McHenry, Illinois. Gus has taught a variety of adult education philosophy classes at Unitarian Universalist churches in Hartland, Wisconsin, and McHenry, and has led a number of seminars on Western Philosophy and Buddhism here at the Blue Lotus Temple in Woodstock.
