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Cleveland
Buddhist Temple events update
Jan.
15, 2007—The Cleveland Buddhist Temple is working on
relaunching its Web site. In the interim, here is a
list of CBT's upcoming events. Among them:
- Sunday,
Jan. 21, 10:00 a.m.: New Year's Service with supervising
minister Rev. Siebuhr
- Sunday,
March 4, 10:30 a.m.: Introduction to Buddhism lead by
Rev. Tim McCarthys
- Saturday,
March 24, 1:00 to 7:00 p.m.: Temple food sale featuring
Teriyaki Chicken and Sushi
- Friday,
April 13, 7:30 p.m.: Public Talk by Socho Ogui, past presiding
minister of the Cleveland Buddhist Temple. He now resides
in California as the Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of
America.
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Sunday, April 15, 10:30 a.m.: Hanamatsuri Service and
Luncheon. The congregation will offer sweet tea to the
flower alter in honor of the Buddha's birthday. Speaking
at the service: Socho Ogui, Rev. Nakagaki of Manhatten
and Rev. Siebuhr.
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, call CBT's voice mail at: 216/692-1509
or e-mail Craig Horton
or Connie Baldwin-Giunto.
Buddhist
Peace Fellowship meets Jan. 21
The
Cleveland
Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship will meet Sunday,
Jan. 21 at 1:00 pm. E-mail Mark
McDermott for location. The Buddhist Peace Fellowship
(BPF) was founded in 1978. Headquartered in San Francisco,
BPF now has 35 U.S. chapters and more than 4,000 individual
members worldwide. BPF's Cleveland Chapter was founded in
the spring of 2005 by individuals from a number of Northeast
Ohio Buddhist groups. The chapter meets once a month to
organize activities like peace walks, Change Your Mind Day,
and community service projects.
CloudWater
Zendo brunches on Jan. 21
On Sunday,
Jan. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, CloudWater Zendo will hold
its monthly vegetarian potluck brunch following its morning
meditation. Everyone is welcome to bring a vegetarian dish.
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.
CloudWater
Zendo hosts "The Buddhist Cafe" Jan. 24
On January
24, CloudWater Zendo begins an every-other-month series
of group discussions it calls "The Buddhist Cafe."
Ven. Shih Bao-Hua will lead a discussion of the Four Noble
Truths when the group gets underway at 7:00 p.m. On March
21, the group will discuss reasons why people study meditation
and Buddhism. 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 Antiwar Coalition organizes bus for March on Washington,
Jan. 26-28
The
Northeast
Ohio Antiwar Coalition is organizing bus transport to
the antiwar March on Washington being organized by United
for Peace and Justice . Buses depart Friday, January
26, 2007, 11:30 p.m., from Gordon Square (W. 65th& Detroit);
returning Sunday, January 28th, early morning. Seats are
$50 per person, round trip ($60 after January 12th). For
more details contact Cynthia Davis, noacinfo@aol.com, 216/736-4718.
The
national office of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a member
of the United for Peace and Justice coalition and is organizing
a Buddhist Peace Delegation that will meet on Friday, January
26 for meditation and Dharma study, and then walk together
on Saturday, January 27. On Monday, January 29, the group
will visit members of congress. For more information, visit
the BPF
Buddhist Peace Delegation page.
"Miso
soup for the soul" series resumes Feb. 11
CloudWater
Zendo's Assistant Abbot Shih Ming-Xing will lead its 2007
"Miso soup for the soul" lecture series beginning
February 11 at 6:30 p.m with a presentation and discussion
on the buddhist tradition's past and current relationship
with scientific thought and method. Admission is free; donations
appreciated.
Local
News
Ven.
Shih Ying-Fa succeeds his master
Last
October, Ven. Shih Shen-Lung, founder of the Dragon Flower
Ch'an Temple of St. Louis, Missouri, died of a heart attack
at the age of 60. Ven. Shih Ying-Fa of Cleveland's CloudWater
Zendo is the Dharma heir of Ven. Shih Shen-Lung. At its
December board meeting, the temple's leaders named Ven.
Shih Ying-Fa abbot and director of the Dragon Flower Temple
and also voted to relocate that temple to Tacoma, Washington.
Two of the master's monastic students will be resident teachers
there.
Jijuyu-ji
Zen Group studies Lotus Sutra
Cleveland's
Jijuyu-ji Zen Group resumed its Thursday evening sittings
on Jan. 4 after a short holiday break. Dean Williams writes
that the group will be studying the Lotus Sutra for the first
few months of the year. The Jijuyu-ji
Zen Group meets Thursday evenings at the Cleveland Buddhist
Temple (directions).
Contact Dean Williams,
voice: 440-446-1142.
SouthCoast
Meditation Group publishes a Web site
The
SouthCoast Meditation Group recently launched a Web site:
http://southcoastzendog.googlepages.com/home
The
site contains information about the group's weekly sitting
schedule, monthly introduction to meditation classes and
quarterly half-day retreats. 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.
Northeast
Ohio Soto Zen Group sets Wednesday evening sitting schedule
The
Northeast Ohio Soto Zen Group announced the first quarter
schedule for its every-other-Wednesday sittings at West
Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River: January
10 and 24; Feb. 7 and 21; and March 7 and 21. Group members
arrive to set up between 6 and 6:30 pm. New students who
would like a quick introduction to the Soto Zen forms of
practice should also arrive at 6:30. The first sitting begins
promptly at 7:00 pm. For more information, visit http://members.cox.net/neosotozen
or e-mail lbrakeman@cox.net.
Jewel
Heart Cleveland sets winter class schedule
Jewel
Heart Cleveland recently announced its winter line up of
classes:
First
Sunday Dharma talks: Free programs open to the public.
Sundays, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. (Except Feb. 4, which falls
during the Winter Retreat -- see "Regional News" below).
The
Odyssey to Freedom: Gehlek Rimpoche's step-by-step
guide to the Buddhist path. Sundays, 1:00 to 2:00 pm,
Jan. 14, 21, 28; Feb. 18, 25. Fee for nonmembers: $80.
The
Lam Rim I (Part 2): The Lam Rim course is divided
into several sections. This section has some prerequisite
courses. Mondays, 7:00 to 8:30 pm, Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29;
Feb. 12, 19, 26.. Times: 7:00 Ð 8:30 pm. Fee for nonmembers:
$80.
Jewel
Heart Cleveland also offers several other classes for Vajrayana
practitioners who have achieved tantric initiation. Jewel
Heart Cleveland is located at 2670 W. 14th Street in
the Tremont neighborhood. For more information, call 216/687-1617
or e-mail cleveland@jewelheart.org.
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. Currently,
the group is finishing up Being
Upright: Zen Meditation and the Buddhist Precepts by
Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi. The next study dates are Saturday,
Jan. 13, Feb. 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9. E-mail
lbrakeman@cox.net
for details and directions. Everyone is welcome and anyone
who wants to join the study group can help the group identify
its next study book.
Ani
Palmo Rybicki offers courses in Rocky River and Medina
Buddhist
nun Ani Palmo Rybicki recently announced a schedule of weekly
classes beginning the first week of January running through
March. Sundays (Meditation), Mondays (Buddhism for Mothers)
and Wednesdays (Introduction to Buddhism) classes will be
at Harmony
Path School of Massage Therapy at 20950 Center Ridge
Road, Suite 201, Rocky River. On Fridays, in Medina, Palmo
will offer Introduction to Buddhism at Rx
Yoga Center for the Healing Arts located at 253B South
Court Street. To register contact Palmo at 216/320-9589
or palmoska@yahoo.com.
Palmo
is a student of Tulku
Pema Wangyal Rinpoche who resides in France. She has
been studying and practicing Buddhism for eighteen years
and was ordained in the Tibetan Dzogchen Buddhist tradition
12 years ago.
Regional
News
Kent
Zendo holds Winter Sesshin Saturday, Jan. 13
The
Kent Zendo's Winter Sesshin will be led by Rev. Tim McCarthy,
a Soto Zen priest, Saturday, Jan. 13, 9:30 am to 7:30 pm
at the Old
Kent Jailhouse at Fred
Fuller Park. There will be several periods of seated
and walking meditation, a vegetarian potluck lunch and a
Dharma talk. Ax suggested donation of $10 is optional. All
proceeds after rent is covered ($30) will go to Doctors
Without Borders. For more details and sesshin guidelines,
contact Tim Newman at 330/678-4695; e-mail tnewman@kent.edu.
Jan.
15 deadline to register for Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi Pittsburgh
retreat
San
Francisco Zen Center's senior dharma teacher and former
abbott, Tenshin
Reb Anderson Roshi, will visit Pittsburgh Friday, Feb.
23 to Sunday, Feb. 25 at the Kearns
Spirituality Center in Allison Park, a suburb in Pittsburgh's
North Hills. There will be a free public talk on Friday
from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Saturday and Sunday programs
will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The fee is $125 for the full
weekend, $65 for Saturday or Sunday, and $20 for the Friday
public talk only. For more information, visit the home page
of the Northeast
Ohio Soto Zen Group to download the retreat brochure.
Or contact Jean
Leathers or Linda
Gaverick of Green Mountains Walking. Registration deadline
is January 15.
Tenshin
Reb Anderson Roshi is a lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition.
Born in Mississippi, he grew up in Minnesota and left advanced
study in mathematics and Western psychology to come to the
San Francisco Zen Center
in 1967. He practiced with Suzuki Roshi, who ordained him
as a priest in 1970. He received Dharma transmission in
1983 and served as abbot of San Francisco Zen Center's three
training centers (City Center, Green Gulch Farm and Tassajara
Zen Mountain Center) from 1986 to 1995. Tenshin Roshi continues
to teach at Zen Center, living with his family at Green
Gulch Farm. He is author of Warm
Smiles from Cold Mountains: Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation
and Being
Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts.
Three
Zen groups plan January zazenkai in Wooster and February
weekend retreat in Mansfield
Cleveland's
Jijuyu-ji
Zen Group, Mansfield's Living
Lotus Sangha and the Zen
Society of Wooster are planning two joint events:
On Saturday,
Jan. 27, the groups will meet for a one-day meditation
retreat (zazenkai) at the Wooster Unitarian Church.
In
February, the three groups will collaborate on a joint weekend
retreat from 6:00 p.m. Feb. 23 to noon on Feb. 25 at the
Templed Hills retreat facility near Mansfield. Contact Dean
Williams for more details about both events.
Marshall
Rosenberg, creator of the Nonviolent Communication process,
teaches in Columbus in January
Compassionate
Communication of Columbus, a group that teaches the
principles of Nonviolent Communication, will holst a two-day
workshop with the creator of the nonviolent communication
movement, Marshall Rosenberg, January 30-31 at the Confluence
Restaurant Conference Center in Columbus. The conference
theme is "What You Say Next Will Change Your World:
Tools for Tough Conversations."Cost is $130 per day
and includes lunch. There are discounts for early registration
before Dec. 10 For more information, download the advance
information sheet on the CCCO web site, call CCCO at
614/558-1141 or ccco112@sbcglobal.net.
Jewel
Heart (Ann Arbor) announces Winter Retreat Feb. 2-11
Jewel
Heart spiritual leader Gehlek Rimpoche will lead the 2007
Jewel Heart Winter Retreat in Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 2-11.
He will teach on the Lama Chopa and Mahamudra sutras. The
retreat is open to everyone and registration forms can be
downloaded from www.jewelheart.org.
Buddhist
Women's Conference slated for Feb. 24, 2007 in Chicago
The
Buddhist Council of the Midwest will hold the 2007
Buddhist Women's Conference on Feb. 24, 2007 at DePaul
University in Chicago. The keynote speaker will be Karma
Leksay Tsomo, President of Sakyadhita, the International
Buddhist Women's Organization. For more information and
a registration form, visit the conference
Web site. The registration fee is $80 ($60 for early
bird registrations)
The
council is also encouraging other groups in the region to
host "confluent events" between Feb. 17 and March 4, 2007.
If your sangha is interested in participating in this festival
contact info@dharmawomen.org.
.
Michigan's
Bluewater Community of Mindful Living plans 2007 retreat
schedule
The
Bluewater Community of Mindful Living announced its
2007 retreat schedule. The group will hold two weekend retreats
at the Morning
Yoga Retreat Center in Vanderbilt, Michigan: May 18-20
and September 21-23. The group is also organizing four Sundays
of mindfulness at the Lake
Huron Retreat Center in Lakeport, Michigan: January
21, April 22, August 5, and October 28. The Bluewater Community
of Mindful Living is a group of people from the Port Huron,
Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario area practicing meditation
in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh but welcomes individuals
of all religions. For more information please email Sam
Ewalt, or call 810/679-4625.
National
News
Buddhist
congresswoman speaks out for tolerance
 The
same day Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, a Muslim, was
sworn in on a copy of the Quran, Hawaii Democrat
Representative Mazie Hirono, who was raised in the Buddhist
tradition, took the oath of office on no book at all.
Gannett
News Service reports Hirono said, "I don't have a book.
... But I certainly believe in the precepts of Buddhism
and that of tolerance of other religions and integrity and
honesty." She is also quoted saying, "It's about time that
we have people of other backgrounds and faiths in Congress
... what happened to separation of church and state and
religious tolerance? I believe in those things."
See:
"Buddhist
congresswoman sworn in, urges tolerance," Clarion
Ledger, January 6, 2007.
International
News
Indian
Railway authority plans Buddhist pilgrimage train in March
The
Times of India reports that the Indian Railway Catering
and Tourism Corp. is promoting a two-week train excursion
called the Mahaparinirvan Express that will leave New Delhi
on March 28, 2007 bound for Buddhist pilgrimage sites including
Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Agra
returning to New Delhi. The report says pilgrims making
the trip will also have the opportunity to visit Lumbini
in Nepal. The cost will be between $80 and $140 per day,
covering hotels, catering, meals, bus transportation and
guides. There may be as many as seven different itineraries
organized this year.
See:
"Buddhist
special train to start on March 28," Times News Network,
January 6, 2007.
Editor's
Note: As this newsletter enters its fourth year,
I decided it was time to change its name. The original "NEO
Sangham" conveyed (at least to me) the underlying purpose:
sharing information to help area Buddhist students—many
of whom, like myself, have been attracted by charismatic teachers
who are headquartered elsewhere—to help us all remember
that we are also part of a community (sangha), right here,
right now.
Now
that the Buddhist community is gaining increased visibility,
it seemed to me that "Northeast Ohio Buddhist News"
makes it clearer to non-Buddhists what they can expect to
find here.
Many
thanks to the more than 130 subscribers and especially thanks
to all the sincere Buddhist students from every lineage who
continue to inspire me.
—Lynne
B.
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