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Cleveland
Shambhala holds garage sale fund raiser
The
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Group will hold its first
fundraiser as part of an all-street garage sale in Cleveland
Heights on Saturday, June 2 beginning at 9:00 a.m.. Ann
Palomo will coordinate collecting items to be sold at her
house on Clarendon Road. For more information, e-mail Ann.
Check out CSMG's other upcoming classes and events at its
online
calendar.
CloudWater's
Miso Soup for the Soul considers depression on Sunday, June
3
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."
On July
25, at 7:00 p.m. CloudWater's Buddhist Cafe series will
discuss two pillars of Buddhism, compassion and wisdom.
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.
Kent
Zendo's Tim McCarthy at Cleveland Buddhist Temple June 3
Kent
Zendo's Tim McCarthy will hold his annual memorial service
for pets at the Cleveland Buddhist Temple on Saturday, June
3. The Cleveland
Buddhist Temple is located at 1573 E. 214th St. (corner
of E. 214th St. and Euclid Ave.), Euclid, OH.
On June
17, the Kent Zendo plans a one-day sesshin in Cleveland.
Email Jayce Renner
for more information.
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 Sundays from 11 AM to 1 PM in Room
308 at the Kent State Student Center, Kent, Ohio.
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. Check out the photo
journal from the June 2006 CYMD. Contact Mark
McDermott for information.
Jewel
Heart announces visits from Ven. Thubten Chodron and Gehlek
Rimpoche in July
Jewel
Heart Cleveland announced Ven.
Thubten Chodron will visit its center Friday, July 6
through Sunday, July 8.
Jewel
Heart founder, Gehlek
Rimpoche, will visit and provide teachings July 21 to
22. Schedule details for both visits will be available in
Jewel Heart's July newsletter.
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.
Local
News
Jewel
Heart class on White Tara begins May 31
Jewel
Heart Cleveland will begin a four-week course on the healing
practice of White Tara beginning Thursday, May 31. The class
will be four Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This
course uses visualization techniques relying on the energy
of White Tara to overcome physical, mental and emotional
suffering. This course is open to all, and Tara practice
can benefit non-Buddhists as well as Buddhists. Led by Jewel
Heart Dharma Facilitators David Hunter and Dawn Wegenek.
The fee is $40.
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,
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 vipassana 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.
Cleveland
Zazen Group plans weekend sesshin with Sensei Amala Wrightson
in October
The
Cleveland Zazen Group will welcome Auckland
Zen Center's Sensei Amala Wrightson for a weekend sesshin
October 19 to 21.
Sensei
Wrightson is the dharma heir of Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede of
the Rochester Zen Center.
The
Cleveland
Zen Group is an affiliate of the Rochester
Zen Center (Rinzai), founded by Roshi Philip Kapleau,
author of The Three Pillars of Zen. CZG meets for
zazen every Tuesday evening and two Sundays a month at a
member's home in Cleveland Heights. For more information,
e-mail Susan Rakow.
Regional
News
Former
Dharmasala abbott to visit Youngstown in June
Ven.
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tenzin will offer Green Tara
initiation on Saturday, June 23, at the First Unitarian
Church, 1105 Elm St. in Youngstown, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Taking this initiation allows practitioners to engage in
the Green Tara practice including mantra recitation, deity
yoga practice, etc.
The
Rinpoche is a former Abbott of the Dalai Lama's Namgyal
Monastery in Dharmasala India and currently teaches at the
Chenrezig
Tibetan Buddhist Center of Connecticut. The suggested
donation for the initiation is $25. Contact Julie
Thomas voice: 330/941-1735, for more information.
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
News
Dancing
child doesn't faze Tibetan monks
The
Kansas City (Mo.) Star reports that, in an unsupervised
moment, a small child danced across the meticulously drawn
surface of a sand mandala that monks from the Drepung Gomang
Monastery in southern India had spent two days creating.
A security camera caught the child in action and his mother
scurrying off with him without notifying anyone. Volunteers
with the Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City said the Drepung
monks just started over, commenting that it was a good reminder
of impermanence. See "Buddhist
monks take destruction of sand painting in stride,"
Kansas City Star, May 25, 2007.
US
Army facilitates Buddhist discussion group in Iraq
A Department
of Defense publication reports that a US Army chaplain is
facilitating a discussion group on Buddhism for soldiers
in Iraq. The group provides a forum for soldiers with a
Buddhist background and those who are interested in learning
about Buddhism. See "Discussion
Group Provides Direction for Buddhist Soldiers," Defend
America, May 23, 2007.
International
News
Thousands
of low-caste Hindus convert to Buddhism in mass ceremony
in Mumbai
An estimated
5,000 untouchables and low-caste Hindus converted to Buddhism
in a ceremony at a Mumbai (Bombay) race course this month.
Mass conversions are controversial in India and several
Indian states have banned such events. Reports said the
converts hoped to escape India's rigid caste system by converting.
See: "Mass
Dalit conversions in Mumbai" BBC, May 27, 2007. And
the
latest reports on the controversial event from Google
News.
Shaolin
Temple holds first initiation in 300 years
China
Daily reported the Shaolin Temple is holding its first initiation
in 300 years inducting 600 previously approved Buddhists
in a 28-day ceremony in Dangfeng, Central China's Henan
Province. The leader of the temple told the publication
the ritual had been suspended when the three-story-high
initiation altar was destroyed. The altar was restored last
year.
See: "After
300 years, Shaolin Temple resumes a ritual," China Daily,
May 26, 2007.
Reference
Shelf
Buddhist
filmmaker publishes new book "What Makes You Not a Buddhist"
Dzongsar
Jamyang Khyentse Norbu, director of the 1999 sleeper independent
movie "The Cup," published his first book recently: What
Makes You Not a Buddhist, (Shambhala). Publishers
Weekly says: " With confidence tempered by wit, he cuts
to the core of Buddhism: four "seals" --truths that
make up a Buddhist "right view" of the world and existence
... There is much food for thought in this short book for
Buddhist students and for anyone interested in the ongoing
adaptation of traditional Eastern wisdom into postmodern
Western settings."
Check
it out on Amazon.com.
Blogisattva
bestows awards for best Buddhist blogs
For
those who enjoy the blogosphere, the Blogisattva
Awards site is a great place to find a wide variety
of English-language blogs on Buddhism and Buddhist-related
topics. The Blog of the Year, Svaha! award was won by Bill
Harryman's Integral
Options Cafe. The Best Post of the Year Award went to
Cliff Jones's Vesak
and the Art of Changing Tyres. There's a lot more to
choose from at blogisattva.blogspot.com.
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