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Cleveland
Nonviolence Network holds Nonviolence Teach-in this Saturday
The
Cleveland
Nonviolence Network will hold its third annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Nonviolence Teach-in this Saturday, April
28, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Trinity Commons at 2230 Euclid
Ave. across from Cleveland State. Free parking is available
from the buildings Prospect Ave. and E. 22nd St. entrance.
The group requests a free-will offering and a contribution
to defray the cost of lunch. All registration at the door
on Saturday. Here's the schedule sent by Jim Mizak:
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Event
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9:00
AM to 9:30 a.m.
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Registration--Fair
Trade coffee, bagels and fruit;
lunch orders taken (please plan to contribute to the cost
of lunch.) |
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9:30
AM to 1:30 p.m.
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Participatory workshop facilitated by Mark Chupp, PhD,
Case Western Reserve University. Mark will help us learn
through dynamic exercises how to do peace building. We
will learn how to promote public deliberation about the
connection between poverty and war and gain insight into
some of the barriers to mobilizing affected constituencies. |
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1:30
PM to 2:00 p.m.
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Lunch
(sandwiches and pizza) from Café Aroma and Rascal
House |
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2:00
PM to 3:00 p.m.
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Keynote address by Frida Berrigan, Senior Research
Analyst at the New School, World Policy Institute, Arms
Trade Resource Center. Frida will address US militarism,
Guantanamo detentions, US government sponsored torture
and rendition, and what we citizens can do to change this
course. |
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Interact
Cleveland holds interreligious observance for Darfur, Sunday,
April 29
As part
of an international "Global
Days for Darfur," InterAct
Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Board of Rabbis, the
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland's Community Relations
Committee and other area religious organizations are sponsoring
an interreligious event Sunday, April 29, at 7:00 p.m. The
gathering will be on the front lawn of the Church of the
Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., in University Circle. A Darfur
refugee will speak and representatives from many religious
traditions will offer prayers and readings in support of
the people of Darfur and to call for the end to the genocide.
In case of rain, the event will be held inside the church.
Jewel
Heart Cleveland holds Spring Sangha Gathering and High Tea,
Sunday, April 29
Jewel
Heart Cleveland will hold its Spring Sangha Gathering this
Sunday, April 29 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The current
Sangha Council Executive officers, Dharma coordinators and
chairs of the various committees will introduce themselves
and talk briefly about plans for the coming year, followed
by a a formal tea with strawberries, clotted cream, cakes
and jam and, of course, tea sandwiches. 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.
CloudWater
Zendo plans Wesak celebration May 8
CloudWater
Zendo will observe Wesak, a celebration of the birth, enlightenment
and Parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni on Sunday, May 6 at
10:30 a.m. The observance will include meditation, chanting,
outdoor walking meditation, the bathing of the statue of
the Baby Buddha and a procession to the Dharma Garden. A
vegetarian potluck lunch will be held following the ceremony.
All are welcome to attend this special event. 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.
Cleveland
Buddhist Temple hosts Shakuhachi Ceremony by Michael Gould,
Saturday, May 12
The
Cleveland Buddhist Temple will host a Shakuhachi Ceremony
by Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould, and flautists Deb
Adams, Stephanie workman, Larry Mullins on Saturday, May
12 at 7:00 p.m. They will be joined by Brian Hedeen, a "gourmet
sound design artist." who performs with Tibetan singing
bowls, bells and gongs and synthethizers. The concert will
be partly interactive with the audience joining in a 10'
medition session at the beginning followed by chanting the
Heart Sutra and then again in the middle of the ceremony
with a walking meditation. There is a suggested donation
of $10.
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.
CloudWater
Zendo's next Buddhist Cafe will be May 23
CloudWater
Zendo's every-other-month series of "Buddhist Cafe" group
discussions continues on Wednesday, May 23, at 7:00 p.m.
Ven. Shih Bao-Hua will lead a relaxed discussion on the
topic of topic is "Practicing With Intensity." The gathering
includes coffee and tea. 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's
Miso Soup for the Soul considers depression on Sunday, June
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CloudWater
Zendo's ongoing Miso Soup for the Soul lecture series continues
on Sunday, June 3, when Ven. Shih hang-Xin will speak on
"Dealing with Depression." 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.
Buddhist
Peace Fellowship-Cleveland plans Change Your Mind Day event
for Sunday, June 10
The
Buddhist
Peace Fellowship's Cleveland Chapter is organizing its
second Change Your Mind Day Event, Sunday, June 10 at Lakewood
Park. The event begins at 12:00 p.m. with a potluck lunch,
followed by activities such as meditation, tai chi, musical
interludes, chanting, dharma readings and Dances of Peace.
The
event is patterned after the Change
Your Mind Day model promoted by Tricycle Magazine. This
year, Tricycle is holding their official CYMD in September.
But the Cleveland group decided to stick with June and has
arranged to have the pavillion at Lakewood Park in case
of rain. The group is looking to engage area Buddhist sanghas
and study groups to participate in the 20-25 minute segments
throughout the afternoon. Check out the photo
journal from the June 2006 CYMD. Contact Mark
McDermott for information about participating.
BPF
Cleveland will hold its monthly Peace Walk at the Veterans
Memorial Bridge (Detroit-Superior bridge) the first Saturday
of the month (May 5) at 12:30 p.m. Gather at the West end
of the bridge for a silent walk across and back.
The
group's monthly Cooking for Peace event will be Friday,
May 4. BPF Clevelanders cook and serve a meal for Ohio City
neighbors seeking food and fellowship under the auspices
of the Catholic Worker House. E-mail Jean
Kosmac for details.
The
group's monthly meeting will be Sunday, May 20 at a members
home. E-mail Lynne Brakeman
for directions.
Local
News
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,
May 12, June 9, July 14 and August 11. 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.
Insight
Meditation of Cleveland plans October Sesshin
Insight
Meditation of Cleveland recently launched it's new Web site:
www.imcleveland.org. The group announced it will hold a
weekend vipassan retreat October 19-21 at the Jesuit Retreat
House in Parma. Details and a registration form are available
on the site. 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.
Mansfield's
Living Lotus Sangha announces new Web site
The
Soto Zen Living Lotus Sanga in Mansfield recently created
a new Web site and e-mail address for its group: www.livinglotuszensangha.com;
livinglotuszensangha@yahoo.com.
The Living
Lotus Sangha meets for zazen Mondays , 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 25
Church Street Bellville, OH, near Mansfield. Every second
and fourth Monday ordained Soto priest Dean Williams of
Cleveland's Jijuyu-ji Zen group leads the group and gives
a Dharma Talk.
Kent
Zendo adds Web site
The
Kent Zendo has a new Web site: www.kentzendo.org,
which includes details about where the group meets and its
upcoming events. In March, The Daily Kent Stater published
a feature story on the Kent Zendo and its teacher, Tim McCarthy:
"Zen
is philosophy for some, religion for others."
The
Kent Zendo
is a non-profit group and a sangha in the Soto Zen tradition.
Instruction in zazen is free. Tim McCarthy, the group's
Zen teacher, is ordained in the lineage of Kobun Chino Otagawa,
Roshi. The group meets most Sundays from 11 AM to 1 PM in
Room 308 at the Kent State Student Center, Kent, Ohio.
Regional
News
Compassionate
Communication of Central Ohio holds NVC Workshop April 28
The
Columbus-based Compassionat
Communication of Central Ohio (CCCO) will hold a one-day
workshop on combining nonviolent communication techniques
with meditation on April 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1479 Morse Road in Columbus.
The fee is $95. Ike Lasater, a student of Marshall Rosenberg,
the founder of the Nonviolent Communication method. For
more information or to register, call 614-558-1141 or e-mail
ccco112@sbcglobal.net.
Columbus
group host Bhante Yogavacara Rahula May 11-14
The
Buddhist
Bodhi Association of Columbus (BBAC) will welcome the
Bhavana Society's Bhante
Yogavacara Rahula May 11-14. On Friday, May 11, 7:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m., there will be a public talk at the Scott
Laboratory Room 001, 201 W. 19 Ave. May 12-13, there will
be a two-day retreat at the BBAC venue 5208 Dierker Road
in Columbus (directions)
starting at 8:30 a.m. On May 12, there will be a Dhamma
Talk from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The
Buddhist Bodhi Association of Columbus was established in
1991 to serve as a spiritual center for those who love to
discuss and practice Buddhism. The Bhavana Society was created
to preserve the Theravada forest meditation tradition within
the context of Western culture.
Daniel
Terragno Roshi returns to Ohio for summer retreat in June
Roshi
Daniel Terragno, founder and spiritual director of the
Rocks and Clouds Zendo in Sebastapol, California, will return
for a week-long Zen sesshin hosted by Zen
Columbus and the Yellow
Springs Dharma Center. Terragno, a native of Chile,
is a teacher in the koan tradition of the Diamond Sangha,
which was founded by Robert Aitken Roshi. Daniel is the
dharma heir of John Tarrant Roshi of the Pacific Zen Institute.
Daniel started his spiritual practice in 1967 studying the
Gurdjieff Work with W.A. Nyland before taking up Zen. Daniel
received authorization to teach Zen in 1995, and in 2001
received dharma transmission from Tarrant Roshi.
The
retreat will be at the Grailville retreat center. Fees for
the retreat are $250 for the full sesshin and $125 for the
weekend. For additional information, please contact Donna
Denman at 937.767.7877 or adenman@yellowsprings.com.
National
and International News
Buddhist
Peace Delegation on YouTube
The
Buddhist Peace Delegation to the January 27th peace rally
in Washington, D.C., now has a presence on YouTube. Paul
Davis, a Buddhist
Peace Fellowship member from Cincinnati, created a very
artistic slideshow
with a soundtrack commemorating the event.
Dalai
Lama wraps up visit to Hawaii, plans US tour this Fall
The
peripatetic HH The Dalai Lama is just wrapping up a visit
to Maui:
"Maui
honored by Dalai Lama and message of peace", Maui
News, April 23, 2007
"Dalai
Lama expected to pack Maui stadium," The Honolulu
Adviser, April 22, 2006.
The
Dalai Lama will be in San Francisco April 27-29, and then
travel on to Houston (May 1), Madison, Wisc. (May 2-4) and
Chicago (May 6). In October, he will visit Ithaca, N.Y.,
Atlanta, Bloomington, Ind. and Toronto. Check out his official
schedule online.
Ven.
Thich Nhat Hahn visits Vietnam
Ven.
Thich Nhat Hanh is in the midst of a three-month visit to
Vietnam. On April 20, Nhat Hanh led thousands of people
in Hanoi in a ceremony to heal the wounds of the Vietnam
war. He advised the monks and lay people to pray for those
who fought and died on both sides of the war. His official
trip ends May 9.
"Monk
leads thousands in prayer for war dead," Reuters via
San Diego Tribune, April 20, 2007.
"Testing
Vietnam's religious resolve," BBC, March 17, 2007.
In August
and September Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh will visit the U.S. Check
out the West
Coast and East
Coast schedules for details.
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