Space
is limited so advance registration is required. E-mail pcdo@palyulohio.org
for more information.
Jewel
Heart's Gehlek Rimpoche visits Cleveland this weekend
Jewel
Heart Cleveland welcomes its spiritual leader, Gehlek
Rimpoche, for two full-day events on Saturday, August
20 and Sunday August 21, from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm and again
from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm each day. Rimpoche will speak on
the Eight
Verses for Training the Mind, written by Kdampa Master
Langri Thangpa. These verses describe methods for generating
great compassion and Bodhimind, the altruistic intention
to attain enlightenment in order to help others. Suggested
free will donation is $40 for the weekend.
Jewel
Heart Cleveland is located at 2670 W14th Street in the Tremont
neighborhood. For more information, call 216/687-1617 or
e-mail Cleveland@jewelheart.org.
Jijuyu-ji
Zen Group holds all-day sitting on Saturday, August 20
The
Jijuyu-ji
Zen Group will hold an all day sitting at the Cleveland
Buddhist Temple on Saturday, August 20. The guest speaker
will be Tricia Teater, a priest from the Udumbara Zen Center
in Chicago. The Cleveland Buddhist Temple is located at
1573 E. 214th St. (corner of E. 214th St. and Euclid Ave.),
Euclid, OH (Directions).
On Sunday,
August 21, Jijuyu-ji's Dean Williams will speak at the morning
service of the Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of Canton.
Palyul
welcomes Khenpo Tenzin Norgey Aug. 26-28
It's
a busy month for Palyul
Ohio. The week after the consecration of its Richfield
Temple, the group will receive a visit from Khenpo
Tenzin Norgey who will give teachings on several topic
including Tonglen practice and Bodhicitta, and generation
and completion stage practices in Vajrayana Buddhism. E-mail
pcdo@palyulohio.org
for more information.
Cleveland
Museum of Art sponsors sand mandala ritual at Cleveland
City Hall and Wheel of Time documentary
The
Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) presents Circle
of Compassion: The Sand Mandala Painting of Tibet, Aug.
27 through Oct. 8, a six-week residency of three lamas from
the Namgyal Monastery the personal monastery of H. H.
Dalai Lama of Tibet. During their residency the lamas will
create a sacred mandala spiritual design by painstakingly
laying millions of colorful grains of sand into the intricate
design of a Kalachakra mandala. The mandala will be created
in the rotunda of Cleveland’s City Hall.
The
six-week residency begins Saturday, Aug. 27 at 10:00 a.m.
with a traditional opening ceremony. After opening remarks
from Mayor Campbell and CMA Board President James Bartlett,
the three lamas will begin drafting the mandala. During
the entire six-week project, spectators are invited to ask
questions of the monks and join them during their daily
meditations, held each morning at 10 a.m. On October 8,
there will be a closing ceremony and the mandala will be
dismantled, to be deposited in Lake Erie.
CMA
is also hosting a Wheel
of Time (2003), a documentary directed by Werner
Herzog. The film follows the creation of two sand mandalas
and includes an interview with the Dalai Lama. The movie’s
larger focus is the world of Tibetan Buddhism and an epic
pilgrimage to the site of the Kalachakra initiation Wednesday,
Sept. 14 at 7:00 p.m. at Case's Strosaker Auditorium (click
here for directions provided by the Case Film Society).
Tickets are $7, CMA members $5.
BPF
Cleveland Chapter cosponsors Cleveland Peace Show on Labor
Day
The
new Cleveland Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF)
is cosponsoring in the fourth annual Cleveland
Peace Show on Labor Day, September 5. The location is
downtown at the "FREE" Stamp in Willard Park (corner
of East 9th & Lakeside Ave.) from noon to 6:00 p.m.
The show is organized by the Cleveland Nonviolence Network
under the theme:" Nonviolence Works! War Doesn't."
The event includes music and activities for kids and adults.
The
Cleveland Chapter is also organizing two other events this
fall:
- An
ecumenical 9/11 remembrance event on Sunday, Sept. 11
that will include representatives of a number of faith
traditions. E-mail Dean
Williams for more information.
- An
Inner
Disarmament Workshop with BPF board member Joshin
Robert Althouse Friday, October 14 to Sunday October
16. There will be a public talk on Friday at a location
to be announced. The fee-based Saturday and Sunday workshops
will teach nonviolent communication skills. Location:
Cleveland Buddhist Temple in Euclid.
All
are welcome to participate in any of these events or the
next meeting of the Cleveland Chapter on Sunday, September
25. Contact Mark McDermott
for more information.
CloudWater
Zendo holds Kuan Yin Intensive Sept. 11
CloudWater
Zendo will pause its busy schedule of classes from August
19 through September 5 for summer break. Its regular meditation
schedule will resume Tuesday, September 6.
On Sunday,
September 11, CloudWater will hold an all-day Kuan Yin Intensive
from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Students can choose to attend the
Medium Intensive from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm or the Short Intensive
from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. CloudWater Zendo is located at
14436 Puritas Ave. on Cleveland's West Side. Call 216/889-1393
or e-mail yingfa@cloudwater.org
for more information.
NEO
Soto Zen Group plans November retreat with Reb Anderson
In November,
the group will welcome it's teacher, Reb
Anderson Tenshin Roshi, of the San Francisco Zen Center,
for a three-day weekend event. The visit will include a
public talk on Friday, November 11; and all-day sittings
on Saturday and Sunday, November 12 and 13. For more information,
download the information
flyer (PDF, 136k).
Tibetan
relics on view in Columbus Sept. 9-11
The
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
(FPMT) is sponsoring a tour of Buddhist relics as a fund
raise for its Maitreya
Project in India. From September 9-11, the relics will
be on view in Columbus at the Karma Thegsum Choling at 231
S. Grubb Street. Contact Michael
Brennan for more information, voice: 614/228-6546.
Noted
Zen teacher and scholar Shohaku Okumura visits Pittsburgh
in November; Cleveland in April 2006
The
Pittsburgh-based Stillpoint
Zen Community will host noted Soto Zen teacher Shohaku
Okumura Roshi for a three-day sesshin November 18-20.
For more information, contact Stillpoint's Don
Orr, voice: 412/366-4268.
Okumura
Roshi founded the Sanshin
Zen Community and currently resides with his family
in Bloomington, IN. He has translated many important Zen
texts from Japanese into English, most recently Dogen's
Extensive Record : A Translation of the Eihei Koroku with
Taigen Dan Leighton.
Okumura
Roshi will also visit Cleveland for a weekend event April
14-16, 2006. For more information on that event, e-mail
lbrakeman@cox.net.
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Sept.
11-14
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Idaho
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Public
events and venues TBA |
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Sept.
16-18
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Tucson,
AZ
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His Holiness will teach on the 8th Chapter of Shantideva's
Bodhicharyavatara at the invitation of Arizona Teaching
Inc.
Website: www.arizonateaching.org
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Sept.
19
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Tucson,
AZ
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His
Holiness will give a public talk/interfaith dialogue at
the Tucson Convention Centre being organised by the Arizona
Friends of Tibet. |
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Sept.
20
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Austin,
TX
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His
Holiness will give a public talk at the University of
Texas-Austin. www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/ |
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Sept.
22
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Houston,
TX
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Programme
at Rice University; Details TBA |
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Sept.
24
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New
York, NY |
New
York City and New Jersey (His Holiness to give teaching
to the Vietnamese community) |
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Sept.
25
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New
Brunswick,, NJ
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A
Public Talk on "Peace, War and Reconciliation" at Rutgers
University. |
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Sept.
25
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New
York, NY
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At
3:00 pm, His Holiness will grant audience to Tibetans
and Buddhists from the Himalayan region at the Madison
Square Garden |
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Sept.
26
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New
York, NY
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Programme
at Columbia University, Details TBA |
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Nov.
4
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San
Francisco, CA
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Stanford
University dialogue between Religion and Neurosciences |
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Nov.
5
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San
Francisco, CA
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Stanford
University Meditation and public talk; Discussion on Non-violence. |
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Nov.
8-13
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Washington,
D.C.
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Programme
TBA |
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Nov.
8-10
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Washington,
D.C.
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Mind
and Life Conference. Web: www.mindandlife.org. |
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Nov.
13
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Washington,
D.C.
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Public
talk sponsored by International Campaign for Tibet. Web:
www.savetibet.org. |
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