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Quick
Scan - This Month's Headlines
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Local
Events
- Akron/Canton
CloudWater affiliates hold joint event Saturday, Nov. 5
in Akron
- CloudWater
holds Hui-Neng Intensive Sunday, Nov. 6
- NEO
Soto Zen Group welcomes San Francisco Zen Center's Reb Anderson
for weekend retreat Nov. 11-13
- Cleveland
Buddhist Temple holds rummage sale fund raiser Saturday
and Sunday, Nov. 12-13
- Buddhist
Peace Fellowship meets Sunday, Nov. 20
- CloudWater
holds residential Buddha's Enlightenment Retreat Dec. 2-4
in Vermilion, OH
- Three
sanghas hold joint weekend retreat near Mansfield Dec. 9-11
Local
News
- Cleveland
Shambhala begins seven-session Lojong training series on
Nov.1
- Palyul
welcomes Lama Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok for several events November
11-19
Regional
News
- Buddhist
Women's Conference will be in Chicago next March
National
News
- Dalai
Lama's upcoming address to Society of Neuroscience creates
controversy
International
News
- Recently
completed pan-himalayan train line connects China to Tibet
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Local
News
Akron/Canton
CloudWater affiliates hold joint event Saturday, Nov. 5
in Akron
The
Akron and Canton Sanghas of CloudWater
Zendo will host "A Day of Zen in Akron" on Saturday,
Nov. 5 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at St. Philip's Episcopal
Church, 1130 Mercer Ave. in Akron. This workshop is suitable
for both beginners and those with experience in meditation
and the Buddhist tradition. Ven. Shih Ying-Fa will give
a Dharma talk entitled, "What is Zen, Really?" For additional
information, contact Shih Zhong-Xin (Jan Carli) at jcarli@neo.rr.com.
CloudWater
holds Hui-Neng Intensive Sunday, Nov. 6
CloudWater
Zendo holds its final Sunday intensive of the year on
Nov. 6. The day is organized into Long (8:00 am to 5:00
pm), Medium (11:00 am to 5:00 pm) and Short (2:00 pm to
5:00 pm) sections. The intensive includes seated, walking
and chanting meditation, work practice, a light lunch and
a Dharma talk by Ven. Shih Ying-Fa. 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.
Palyul
welcomes Lama Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok for several events November
11-19
Lama
Tulku Orgyen, resident Lama and director of the Santa
Barbara Center of Vairotsana Foundation, will visit
Cleveland from Nov.11-19 under the auspices of Palyul
Changchub Dargyeling Ohio.
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Day,
Time
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Location
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Notes
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| Friday,
Nov. 11, 10:00 am |
Palyul
OH, 3750 Streetsboro Rd., Richfield |
Rigdzin
Dupa Tzoh, bring a food offering |
| Wednesday
Nov. 16, 10 am and 2:00 pm |
Palyul
OH, 3750 Streetsboro Rd., Richfield |
Tara
teachings, free will donation. |
| Thursday,
Nov. 17, 10 am |
Palyul
OH, 3750 Streetsboro Rd., Richfield |
Medicine
Buddha teachings, free will donation. |
| Friday,
Nov. 18, 7:30 pm |
Home
of Karen Allgire and Cliff Berns, 1488 Maple Road, Cleveland
Heights a(off of Mayfield Road, just east of Severance
Town Center) |
Discussion
on a variety of topics and 30 minute video presentation
on the "Hidden Land" of Pema Kod in India and
Tibet. Free will donation of $10 to $20 is requested
(but not required). Donations will assist the Lama's Pema
Kod Project charity. |
| Saturday,
Nov. 19, 4:00 PM |
Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts, Fairmount Square,
2450 Fairmount Blvd. (at Cedar & Fairmount) Cleveland
Heights |
Teachings
on the female Buddha Tara. He will also teach about
the great master Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) and the
Vajra Guru mantra. Free will donation of $10 to $20 is
requested (but not required). Donations will assist the
Lama's Pema
Kod Project charity. |
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Palyul
Ohio's temple is located at 3750 Streetsboro Rd. (Route
303), Richfield, OH (map).
Call 330/659-9037
NEO
Soto Zen Group welcomes San Francisco Zen Center's Reb Anderson
for weekend retreat Nov. 11-13
In November,
the Northeast
Ohio Soto Zen Group will welcome it's teacher, Reb
Anderson Tenshin Roshi, of the San Francisco Zen Center,
for a three-day weekend event at The
Gathering Place in Beachwood (directions).
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).
Cleveland
Buddhist Temple holds rummage sale fund raiser Saturday
and Sunday, Nov. 12-13
The
Cleveland
Buddhist Temple's next rummage sale fund raiser is Saturday
and Sunday, Nov. 12-13. On Sunday, CBT will also hold its
monthly pancake breakfast fund raiser: $5.00 buys biscuits,
sausage links, sausage patties, bacon, fried potatoes, scrambled
eggs, orange juice, and freshly-brewed, freshly-ground home-roasted
coffee.
CBT
welcomes rummage sale donations and volunteers both from
its members and friends. The temple is looking for volunteers
especially for Sunday.
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Day
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Time
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Notes
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Tuesday,
Nov. 1
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6:00
- 9:00 pm |
Donations
accepted at the temple |
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Wednesday,
Nov. 2
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6:00
- 9:00 pm |
Donations
accepted at the temple |
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Sunday,
Nov. 6
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9:00
am - 2:00 pm |
Donations
accepted at the temple |
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Tuesday,
Nov. 8
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6:00
- 9:00 pm |
Donations
accepted at the temple |
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Wednesday,
Nov. 9
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6:00
- 9:00 pm |
Donations
accepted at the temple |
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Thursday,
Nov. 11
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1:00
- 3:30 pm and 7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Rummage
sale preparation |
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Friday,
Nov. 11
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1:00
- 3:30 pm and 7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Rummage
sale preparation |
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Saturday,
Nov. 12
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9:00
am - 4:00 pm |
Rummage
sale |
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Sunday,
Nov. 13
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9:00
am - 2:00 pm |
Rummage
sale and pancake breakfast fund raiser |
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To volunteer
your service or for further information call Betty Ochi
at 440/442-6133. The Cleveland Buddhist Temple is located
at 1573 E. 214th St. (corner of E. 214th St. and Euclid
Ave.), Euclid, OH (Directions).
For more information, contact Peter
Junger.
Buddhist
Peace Fellowship meets Sunday, Nov. 20
The
Cleveland
Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship holds its monthly
meeting on Sunday, Nov. 20. BPF Cleveland holds its meetings
at members homes on alternate sides of town. It welcomes
people of all faith traditions who are interested in supporting
its mission to serve as a catalyst and agent for socially
engaged Buddhism. Contact Mark
McDermott for time and location.
CloudWater
holds residential Buddha's Enlightenment Retreat Dec. 2-4
in Vermilion, OH
CloudWater
Zendo's seventh annual Buddha's Enlightenment Retreat will
be Dec. 2-4 at the Sunset
Shores Retreat House in Vermilion. The preceding week,
in preparation for the retreat, CloudWater will hold daily
mediation sessions starting Sunday, Nov. 27 from 7:00 -
8:50 pm. The retreat costs $80 for the entire weekend. A
nonrefundable deposit of $40 is due by Wednesday, Nov. 30.
For more information, contact Ven. Shih Ying-Fa. 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.
Three
sanghas hold joint weekend retreat near Mansfield Dec. 9-11
The
Jijuyu-ji
Zen Sangha, Mansfield
Zen Sangha and the Zen
Society of Wooster will hold a joint weekend retreat
Dec. 9-11 at the Templed
Hills Camp and Conference Center near Mansfield (map
and directions). The retreat costs $75 including all
meals and accommodations. For more information, contact
Dean Williams.
Cleveland
Shambhala begins seven-session Lojong training series on
Nov. 1
On Tuesday,
Nov. 1, the Cleveland
Shambhala Meditation Group (CSMG) begins a seven-session
series called Lojong: Training the Mind. The course materials
contain key instructions on how to exchange oneself for
others, how to open up, let go, and help others.
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Day
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Time
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Notes
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Tuesday,
Nov. 1
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7:00
pm |
Introduction
to Training the Mind (Lojong) |
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Tuesday,
Nov. 8
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7:00
pm |
The
Associated Practice: Absolute Bodhichitta |
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Tuesday,
Nov. 15
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7:00
pm |
The
Principal Practice: Relative Bodhichitta & Tonglen |
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Tuesday,
Nov. 22
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7:00
pm |
Relative
Bodhichitta: Transformation of Bad Circumstances |
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Tuesday,
Nov. 29
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7:00
pm |
Relative
Bodhichitta: Showing the Utilization of Practice in One’s
Whole Life & Evaluation of Mind Training |
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Tuesday,
Dec. 6
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7:00
pm |
Relative
Bodhichitta: Disciplines and Guidelines of Mind Training |
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Tuesday,
Dec. 13
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7:00
pm |
Dharma
Exchange |
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CSMG
meets at the Tyler Building, 3615 Superior Ave. near downtown
Cleveland (Directions).
For more information, contact Fred
Schwieg, CSMG Coordinator, voice: 440/331-3581.
Regional
News
Buddhist
Women's Conference will be in Chicago next March
The
Buddhist Council of the Midwest and DePaul University, Chicago
are jointly sponsoring the Buddhist
Women's Conference March 11, 2006. The keynote speaker
will be Dr. Rita gross, author of Buddhism
after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis and Reconstruction
of Buddhism. There will also be a panel discussion
on the topic "Women Living the Dharma." Panel members include
Kyoki Roberts, head priest of the Zen Center of Pittsburgh
and Abbess Khenmo Drolma of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery. There
will also be a number of workshop sessions. For more information,
see the conference
schedule.
National
News
Dalai
Lama's upcoming address to Society of Neuroscience creates
controversy
The
Dalai Lama is scheduled to address the Society for Neuroscience's
annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 12 in Washington D.C. on
"The
Neuroscience of Meditation." However 544 brain researchers
have signed a petition urging the society to cancel the
lecture because they fear it will damage the credibility
of neuroscience research.
"Scientists
bridle at lecture plan for Dalai Lama," New York
Times, October 19, 2005.
"Dalai
Lama's theme: `science of emotions'," Religion News
Service, October 29, 2005.
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HH
Dalai Lama November 2005 U.S. Visit Schedule
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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,
DC
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Program
TBA |
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Nov.
8-10
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Washington,
DC
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Mind
and Life Conference. Web: www.mindandlife.org. |
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Nov.
12
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Washington,
DC
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Address
to Society for Neuroscience |
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Nov.
13
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Washington,
DC
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Public
talk sponsored by International Campaign for Tibet. Web:
www.savetibet.org. |
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International
News
Recently
completed pan-Himalayan train line connects China to Tibet
The
Chinese news agency, Xinhua, reports that China has completed
the first railway line to Tibet at a cost of $3 billion.
The line climbs more than 16,640 feet above sea level, so
the trains that are scheduled to begin running next July
will have to be sealed like aircraft. It links Lhasa, the
capital of Tibet, with Lhasa with Beijing, Shanghai, Xining,
Chengdu and Guangzhou.
"China
completes world's highest railway to Tibet," Xinhua,
October 15, 2005.
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