In Person – Emily Dickinson & Dr. Seuss Walk into an Ashram
With Dean Sluyter and Lama Willa Blythe Baker
April 24, 2022
An In-Person Conversation with Dean Sluyter, author of the new book The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature.
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What if Moby-Dick, Huckleberry Finn, the slave narrative of Frederick Douglass — all the books you read (or were supposed to read) in English 101 — turned out to be Dharma gates? Join Dean Sluyter as he discusses his new book The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics. Event will include a reading, interview with the author, and a book signing.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You must provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 on arrival at Wonderwell. Full vaccination does include a booster shot. We recommend that you take a photo of your vaccination card so that, if you forget to bring the card with you, the image will be on your phone.
A negative COVID-19 test result is required before admittance to the retreat. Please test within 72 hours prior to your expected arrival at Wonderwell, using either a PCR test or a rapid (at-home) test kit. You may take a photo of the results.
Masks must be worn at all times, including in the meditation hall.
Information about pandemic safety protocols in place at Wonderwell can be found on our website using this link.
There is a 40-person event maximum. If the event is full when you register, you can ask to be placed on a waiting list.
There will not be a potluck after the teaching as we have done in the past.
About the Teachers
Dean Sluyter
Dean Sluyter (pronounced “slighter”) has taught natural approaches to meditation and awakening since 1970, from elite prep schools to maximum-security prisons. His six books include two Nautilus Award winners, Natural Meditation: A Guide to Effortless Meditative Practice and The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics. Publishers Weekly has called his […]
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Lama Willa Blythe Baker
Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Ph.D. is the Founder of Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston, MA and its retreat center Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield, NH. She was authorized as a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism after twelve years of monastic training and two consecutive three-year retreats. She also […]
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