Cynthia Jurs
Buddhist teacher, peace activist and author Cynthia Jurs has dedicated the past 35 years of her life to Cynthia Jurs is a Buddhist who has spent the past 34 years carrying out sacred pilgrimages across the world, burying a network of ’Treasure Vases’ to weave a web of compassion and care – a living mandala.
Areas of interest
- Engaged Buddhism
- Sacred Activism
- Deep Ecology
Cynthia Jurs is one of the earliest lay Dharma teachers in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing, and an honorary Lama in the Tibetan tradition. Deeply inspired by 30 years of pilgrimage into diverse communities and ecosystems to bring healing to the Earth, Cynthia founded the Gaia Mandala Global Healing Community and the Earth Treasure Vase Project. Today Cynthia is forging a new path of dharma in service to Gaia, rooted in the feminine, honouring indigenous traditions, and teaching an embodied sacred activism devoted to collective awakening.
Thirty-five years ago, in a Himalayan cave, Cynthia received a rare practice from a 100 year old lama to bury Earth Treasure Vases – clay vessels to be filled with prayers and intentions for peace and healing that are planted in places in need of protection. From the Amazon to the Arctic, Africa to Australia, from war zones to diverse eco systems and indigenous communities, Cynthia has worked to create a global healing community, creating what she calls a “living mandala around the Earth.”
As well as being with us at Kingsley Hall, Cynthia will be in conversation with acclaimed journalist and author Mick Brown, exploring the extraordinary story behind her new book “Summoned by the Earth; Becoming a Holy Vessel for Healing Our World.”
Cynthia lives at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico where she is often found walking in the wilderness with her dog or gardening with her husband.
