Productive Summer

Just return home. This is a very productive summer for me.

May
1) Meditation and Psychotherapy Conference at Harvard, May 16-17

June
2) the 2008 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, june 6-12
3) Tokyo - didn't see any ma-ma san on the street
4) Yokohama
5) Kamakura - nice temples
6) Kyoto - seeing many more nice temples
7) ShangHai - meeting my sister
8) Su Province - seeing new TzuChi bookstore
9) Sichuan Province - doing relief work with mom at the earthquake site

July
10) Guizhou Province - doing relief work with children.
11) Taipei - meeting family members, relatives, elementary teacher and classmates
12) Gin San Dharma Drum Mountain - 7 days Hua Toe meditation retreat and meeting with Sifu
13) HuaLien TzuChi - gave a presentation on mental health and disaster at the Grand Round of TzuChi Hospital, and visited Still Thought Hall


August
back to US
14) American Psychological Association Convention, Aug 14-17