The Meditative Life 2016: Consciousness, Spirituality…and the Kitchen Sink
May 6–25, 2016
An exploration of thinking, being, loving, and living—and the ways ideas about consciousness and spirituality are seeping into our understanding of health, ecology, and life in general.
SERIES TRAILER
Dying To Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
May 6, 2016
Q&A filmmaker Gay Dillingham with Reception
A special preview screening and reception! In the early 1960s, Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing…
States of Grace
May 9, 2016
States of Grace intimately captures the profound transformation of a revered physician and her family in the wake of a…
Gurukulam
May 17, 2016
In a remote forest ashram in southern India, students from around the world gather to learn from Swami Dayananda Saraswati,…
Journey of the Universe
May 18, 2016
Q&A Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
Five years ago we hosted a memorable evening with two remarkable thinkers out of Yale: Mary Evelyn Tucker and John…
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
May 19, 2016
Q&A NYT writer Jeff Gordinier and poets
Poet Robert Bly stands out among the revolutionary generation of American artists who burst forth in the 1950s. Robert Bly:…
Paths of the Soul
May 23, 2016
A physical and spiritual journey of redemption, faith, and devotion. Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yang (Shower, Getting Home) blurs the…
Holy Hell
May 24, 2016
Beginning in the 1980s, a group of idealistic, devoted California hippies banded together to live in harmony under the leadership…
On Meditation
May 25, 2016
On Meditation works like a meditation itself, at once profound and simple. It is a quiet and thoughtful compilation of…
Taïga
Oct. 6, 2016
Q&A filmmaker Hamid Sardar via Skype
This breathtaking documentary is an intimate portrait of a group of sheep herders who live a nomadic life on the…
This series is presented with generous support from
- the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund.
The JBFC is grateful to the following donors who have contributed to the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund:
- Lawrence Abrams
- Natalie Bowden
- Jodi E. Buren
- Susan Chiarulli
- Lisa Crandall
- John A. Credaroli Jr., D.V.M.
- Demas-Graef Family
- Judy & Tom Exton
- Paul & Lori Fichtenbaum
- Steffi & Phil Green
- Amy Grossman
- Nancy Grundman & Jay Grossman
- David S. Hinderstein
- Lisa Jacobson
- Janet Langsam
- Tammi Brown Lauder
- Janet Maslin & Ben Cheever
- Lucille & Paul Maslin Foundation, Inc.
- Jeff & Pam Moskowitz
- Alan & Sharon Pollack
- Bettina Prober
- Florence Sofer
- Ed & Laura Shenkman
- Jamie Shenkman & Chris Magadini
- Barry Shenkman
- Lynda Shenkman-Curtis
- Jeremiah & Jo-Ann Taylor
as of 5/24/2016
Meditative Life Community Partner
