53 years of open doors

 Memorial Service for Ken Morgan, Founder of Chapel House:  On the Friday of Colgate Reunion, June 1, 2012, a service in the style of the Friends will be held at 2:00 p.m. in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (Lawrence Hall 105); reception to follow in the Lounge (Lawrence Hall Terrace Level)

Zen for These Times:  Jeff Shore

• 4:10-5:45 p.m.:  Humanities Colloquium in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (Lawrence Hall 105); refreshments provided
• 7:00-8:15 p.m.:  Zen Meditation Session in the Clark Room (James C. Colgate Student Union)

Music and Zen:  Ensemble East presents traditional, Edo-era Japanese chamber music with shamisen and koto

• 4:10-5:45 p.m.:  Lecture/demonstration; Humanities Colloquium Series, in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (Lawrence Hall 105); refreshments provided
• 7:00-8:30 p.m.:  Concert at the Palace Theater

"The Pure Land Tradition in Japanese Culture", a talk by Professor Dennis Hirota, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan; Thursday, March 8, 2012, 4:10-5:45 p.m., in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (Lawrence Hall 105); refreshments provided

Dana and Pirit:  Sri Lankan Buddhist Ceremonies of Almsgiving and Blessing, Tuesday, November 8, 2011

• 11:45 a.m.:  Dana, an almsgiving of food, homily, and blessings, followed by a South Asian meal, in the ALANA Cultural Center Multipurpose Room
• 4:30 p.m.:  Pirit, ceremony of blessings and protection offered in chant; Humanities Colloquium Series, in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (Lawrence Hall 105)

"When Seeing, Simply See: What Are Buddhists Trying to Do?", a talk by Mahinda Palihawadana, Professor of Sanskrit, emeritus, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka; Humanities Colloquium Series, Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 4:30 p.m., in The Robert Ho Lecture Room (Lawrence Hall 105)

Chapel House is a spiritual sanctuary and retreat house in Hamilton, New York, atop the wooded rolling hills of beautiful Colgate University campus.  Created in 1959 as a place of peace for study and contemplation, Chapel House welcomes anyone of any religious tradition -- or none.

Chapel House offers a setting for study, reflection, meditation...

• library shelves filled with over five thousand volumes covering the world's great religions
• works of religious art displayed in every public room
• the music room holds an extensive collection of recorded religious music
• the serene chapel offers solace and silence
• six rooms provide privacy for resident guests
• the warm dining room invites stimulating conversation over meals served to resident guests
• no specific discipline is imposed, no instruction given, no lectures offered

   In Chapel House, the seeker will discover personal insights
through books, art, music and nature.