New Resource
Page
Please
check out this new summary of Regularly
Scheduled Buddhist meditation sittings in Northeast Ohio.
The brief listings give links to Web sites or e-mail addresses
for more information. E-mail
me if you notice errors or omissions. Caveat: The list
does not include sittings at the several ethnic Buddhist
temples in the area, because the schedule information is
not available in English. If members of those sanghas want
to send me information about their sittings, I would be
glad to add it to the list. Lynne B.
Local
Events
CBT's
traditional Obon celebration includes folk dance, drumming
and food on July 15
The Cleveland Buddhist Temple (CBT) holds its traditional
Obon celebration on Saturday, July 15. The event begins
with a food sale at 5:00 pm, the dancing (by the Sho-Jo-Ji
Japanese folk dance group) and the Taiko drumming (by the
Japanese American Citizens League Icho Daiko) begins at
7:30 pm. On Sunday, July 16, CBT will hold a Memorial Service
and a Hatsu-Bon service led by supervising minister Rev.
Siebuhr.starting at 10:30 am, followed by an Obon lunch.
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.
CloudWater
holds next "Miso Soup for the Soul" lecture on
Sunday, July 16
CloudWater Zendo will hold its next "Miso Soup for the Soul"
lecture on Sunday, July 16 at 6:30 pm. Ven. Shih Ying-Fa
will explore the topic of "A Buddhist View of Happines."
Free will donation. 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.
Northeast
Ohio Anti-War Coalition will hold a protest July 18
The Northeast
Ohio Anti-War Coalition (NOAC) is organizing a series
of public protests. The next protest will be 4:00 pm on
Tuesday, July 18 outside Senator Mike Dewine's office in
the 5/3 Bank Building at 600 Superior. NOAC will deliver
a packet containing its demands to end the war and pass
out leaflets to pedestrians. There will be an action meeting
on July 12. For more information e-mail noacinfo@aol.com.
Cleveland
Shambhala welcomes Islamic community for discussion August 1
On
Tuesday, August 1 at 7:00 pm the Cleveland Shambhala Meditation
Group will host two representatives from the Cleveland-based
Regional
Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations
(CAIR). CSMG members and all Cleveland-area Buddhist students
are welcome to take advantage of this opportunity to meet
with members of Cleveland's Islamic community. CSMG meets
at the Tyler Building, 3615 Superior Ave. near downtown
Cleveland (Directions).
For more information, contact Gordon
Burgess, CSMG Dharmadhatu Coordinator, voice: 440/286-5017.
Palyul
Ohio's spiritual director will visit Aug. 29 to Sept 5
Palyul
Ohio announced its spiritual director, Khenchen Tsewang
Gyatso will visit August 29 to September 5. More details
will be available soon. Palyul Ohio's temple is located
at 3750 Streetsboro Rd. (Route 303), Richfield, OH (map).
Call 330/659-9037.
Local
News
SouthCoast
Meditation Group adds Friday morning sitting
The SouthCoast Meditation Group announced a new weekly sitting
time: Friday mornings at 7:45 a.m. The group practices sitting
and walking meditation followed by informal Dharma discussion.
It also sits Monday evenings at 5:30 pm. The SouthCoast
Meditation Group meets at the Urban Hope Unitarian Universal
Church at 3204 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland's Ohio City Neighborhood
(Mapquest
Directions). For more information, e-mail Mark
McDermott or Jack
Ricchiuto.
BPF
Cleveland's Change Your Mind Day gets feature coverage
The Change Your Mind Day celebration on June 2 in the Rocky
River Metroparks organized by the Cleveland
Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship garnered the
group its first major press coverage. "Buddhists
gather to open Cleveland's mind," by Molly Kavanaugh,
was the cover story of the Sunday Metro section of the Plain
Dealer and included a half-page image of CBT's Craig
Horton leading the opening meditation session (the image
was also the paper's Photo
of the Day on cleveland.com). Kavanaugh captured the
flavor of the day through dozens of interviews with BPF
members, attendees from local Buddhist groups and even mothers
and Cub scouts who were holding a picnic at the same Metroparks
shelter.
The
next meeting of BPF Cleveland is Sunday, July 16 at 1:00
pm. Contact Lynne
Brakeman for directions. The group will be collaborating
on plans for its participation in the Cleveland Peace Show
on Labor Day and its signature September 11 remembrance
event, which will be held on Sunday, Sept. 10 at the West
Shore Unitarian Church in Rocky River. Everyone is welcome.
Cleveland
Shambhala continues class on the life of Sakyamuni Buddha
On June 6, Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Group began a
series of classes on the life and teachings of Sakyamuni
Buddha. The remaining classes are:
- July
11 - Parinirvana and Lineage
- July
18 - The Spread of Buddhism
- July
25 - Dharma Exchange
The
is the first course in the fourth cycle of teachings from
the Shambhala School of Buddhist Studies. The text for the
class is he Awakened One: A Life of the Buddha, by Sherap
Chödzin Kohn, Shambhala Publications. CSMG meets at the
Tyler Building, 3615 Superior Ave. near downtown Cleveland
(Directions).
For more information, contact Gordon
Burgess, CSMG Dharmadhatu Coordinator, voice: 440/286-5017.
Service
opportunities at CBT
The Cleveland Buddhist Temple is (CBT) looking for someone
to assist its regular volunteer groundskeeper Talis Monroe.
The temple has a small but beautiful landscape surrounding
its historic building. In addition, volunteers are needed
for a Temple cleaning day on Sunday, August 6 at 8:00 am.
CBT generously supports Cleveland's small Buddhist community
in many, many unsung ways. Consider enriching your meditation
practice with service to this venerable Cleveland institution.
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
precepts study group continues in Lakewood
One Saturday a month from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Lynne Brakeman
will host a study group on the Buddhist precepts This year
we are reading from Being
Upright: Zen Meditation and the Buddhist Precepts by
Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi. The next study dates are July
8 and August 12. The class will usually be on the second
Saturday of each month. E-mail lbrakeman@cox.net
for details and directions.
Insight
Meditation of Cleveland holds Vipassana retreat Oct. 20-22
Insight Meditation of Cleveland will hold a three-day Vipassana
silent meditation retreat Oct. 20-22 at the Jesuit Retreat
House in Parma. The retreat will be led by Amy Schmidt and
will consist of alternating periods of sitting and walking
meditation. Schmidt is a resident teacher at the Insight
Meditation Society in Barre, MA. She co-founded Southwest
Sangha, a self-retreat center and Buddhist community in
southern New Mexico. The retreat fee is $180; $50 at the
time of registration, balance due by Sept. 15. Scholarships
are available.
Insight
Meditation of Cleveland meets on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings at 7:00 pm at the First
Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker
Heights. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month,
IM's Brecksville Sangha meets at the Brecksville
Library at 7:00 pm.
Regional
News
Louisville's
Zen Master Dae Gak leads Fri/Sat retreat near Coshocton
July 28-29
Zen
Master Dae Gak, guiding teacher at Furnace
Mountain Zen Center near Louisville, KY, will lead a
silent retreat near Coshocton, OH, Friday, July 28 to Saturday,
July 29. In 1994, Dae Gak received dharma transmission in
the Korean Kwan Um School of Zen from Zen Master Seung Sahn.
He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Kent State
University. In 2000, Dae Gak began teaching independently
of the Kwan Um School. The retreat fee is $75 and includes
vegetarian meals; participants must provide their own linens.
Preregistration is required. Contact Steve Berg at 330/893-2447
or berg@valkyrie.net
Michigan
Mindfulness Weekend coming up Sept. 29
The Bluewater
Community of Mindful Living (Thich Nhat Hahn) based
in Port Huron, MI, announced the second annual Michigan
Mindfulness Weekend will be the last weekend of September
(September 29 to October 1) at Song of the Morning in Vanderbilt,
MI. Last year, more than 35 people from a three-state region
attended. The schedule includes sitting and walking meditation,
sunrise walking meditation to greet the dawn, reciting
the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, dharma discussion,
ample free time to enjoy the fall weather on the nature
trails and vegetarian meals. The cost is $80 for the weekend.
Details will be available soon, contact Sam
Ewalt.
Columbus
Zen announces 2006 sesshins with Daniel Terragno
Columbus Zen announced dates for two week-long sesshins
with Daniel Terragno. The spring sesshin was March 31 through
April 7. The fall sesshin will be Tuesday, Nov. 7 through
Sunday, Nov. 12. Daniel
Terragno is the Dharma heir of John Tarrant Roshi of
the Pacific Zen Institute. Terragno started his spiritual
practice in 1967 studying the Gurdjieff Work with W.A. Nyland
before taking up Zen. Terragno received authorization to
teach Zen in 1995, and in 2001 received Dharma transmission
from Tarrant Roshi. Unless otherwise noted,
Columbus Zen activities take place at the First Unitarian
Universalist Church, Room 8, 93 W. Weisheimer, Columbus,
OH (Directions). For more information, e-mail: flemingms@hotmail.com.
National
News
The
New York Times profiles Buddhist Churches of America,
interviews CBT'S Sensei Ogui
The Cleveland Buddhist Temple's former minister, now Bishop
Koshin Ogui, was interviewed in a recent article in the
New York Times. The article, "Buddhism
With a New Mind-Set," published June 13, reviews some
of the challenges facing the 65 temples that make up the
Buddhist Churches of America (Pure Land). One of the challenges
is the western desire to experience Buddhist meditation,
which is not a traditional Pure Land practice. Bishop Ogui
explains his reasons for starting the Zen Shin Sangha group
at CBT.
Dalai
Lama plans visit to Buffalo, NY next September
The University of Buffalo announced that HH The Dalai Lama
will speak on Friday,
Sept. 21 at the University's stadium as part of its
Distinguished Speakers Series. Tickets go on sale to the
public on May 30. Complete
info.
International
News
China
opens controversial rail link to Tibet
The Chinese government officially opened the highest railway
in the world linking Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet on July 3.
The politically controversial rail link cuts the cost of
travelling to Tibet from about $370 for an air flight to
around $46 for a train ticket. However the train trip is
2,500 miles and takes 48 hours. At its highest point, the
line reaches more than 16,000 feet, requiring pressurized
first class rail compartments and oxygen masks in coach.
Critics
believe the rail link will speed up the demolition of the
native Tibetan culture as more ethnic Han Chinese will settle
in the previously isolated country. Chinese officials say
it will speed the growth of the Tibetan economy.
The
spectacular launch of the Tibet rail service garnered international
headlines. Some of the best:
- "Historic
India-China link to open," BBC, July 5, 2006
The rail link between China and India over the 14,000-ft.
high Nathu La pass in Sikkim will soon open after being
closed for 44 years.
Zen
Peacemakers founder will lead Japan tour in September
Roshi Bernie Glassman, dharma successor of Taizan Maezumi
Roshi and founder of the Zen
Peacemakers, will lead a 16-day tour
of Japan's temples and traditions, September 11 - 26.
Roshi Glassman will visit ancient and modern day holy sites
from his lineage, attend a Kabuki theater performance, travel
to Mt. Fuji and a local hot springs, and more. The registration
fee is $5,500. E-mail laura@zenpeacemakers.org
or call 413/367-2080 ext. 4 for more details.
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