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Suppose we could discover enlightenment teachings in Macbeth, The Catcher in the Rye, or Moby-Dick. Suppose we could learn mindfulness from Virginia Woolf and liberation from Frederick Douglass. Or can we see Dickinson and Whitman as Buddhas of poetry and Huck Finn and Gatsby as seekers of the infinite? Award-winning author, Dean Sluyter, will unpack the Dharma of more than twenty major writers, from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss, with droll humor and irreverent wisdom. The evening will inspire readers to deepen their own spiritual life and see literature in a fresh, new way: as a path of awakening.
Dean Sluyter (pronounced "slighter") has led meditation workshops and retreats throughout the U.S. since 1970, at venues ranging from Ivy League colleges to maximum-security prisons. For thirty-three years he taught English and developed the Literature of Enlightenment program at The Pingry School in New Jersey. Learn more.
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