BUDDHIST
SANGHA OF
MEETING AT
FRIENDS ,
C/O JAMES
REIS,
MEDITATION
every Monday evening at 7 PM, Discussion from 8 to
9 .In the next few weeks we will be focusing on the Lam
Rim.
Early
Morning Meditation Thursdays from 6 AM to 7 AM.
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FOR SUPPLIES: Teas and cookies are all
courtesy of your donations, so many thanks. We have plenty of tea but are very
low on our supply of snacks.
How
you can help your Sangha
Donate your
used books on Buddhism to the Sangha Library
Bring
goodies to eat to the Monday night discussions
Make a tax
deductible donations to the Sangha , we are a non profit 501 ( c ) 3
organization
Donate food
items to the food bank, use the cardboard box located in the foyer
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The Snow Lion
Buddhist News & Catalog (Newsletter)
Volume 22,
Number 3
Summer 2008
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Miraculous Powers, Lion of
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His Holiness the Karmapa Returns
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Being a Skillful Teacher, Aryadeva's Four
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Tibetan Flag on Top of
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 2008 Teaching Schedule
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The Karmapa's Escape from
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MATTHEW
FLICKSTEIN Erasing the Boundaries to Freedom: A
Insight
Residential Retreat THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 – SUNDAY, AUGUST
10
If
we are already free why do we still experience confusion,
emotionality,
and reactivity? It may be because we are not seeing
things
as they really are.
There
are two realities: conventional — how things appear to be, and ultimate —
how things are in their own nature. To erase the boundaries to freedom, we
don’t deny the appearance of things such as our body, our mind, or our
life’s circumstances, but mere appearance does not cause suffering. To
experience true freedom, we need to stop clinging to appearances as if they were
the ultimate realities of life.
This
retreat will focus on differentiating between conventional and ultimate
realities. We will practice meditations and contemplations designed to
expose the ways in which we cling to concepts and beliefs that cloud our
vision of ultimate truth. There will also be opportunities for teacher
conferences.
Location:
St
Fee:
$325, $295 or $255 (all rooms are single). This retreat is being offered
on a sliding scale basis, which allows individuals to select a fee that best
reflects their means. Any amount above the lowest rate enables NYI to offer
financial assistance to those who request it and constitutes a
tax-deductible deduction.
Participants
should arrive at the retreat center between 4:30 and 6:30 PM on Thursday.
Thursday dinner will be served from 6:30 to 7:30 followed by the opening retreat
session. The retreat ends on Sunday at noon after brunch. Meals will be
vegetarian. A common refrigerator is available for those who need to bring
special items due to dietary
requirements.
The retreat center provides towels and bed linens but you need to bring
your own toiletries. You can check out the retreat center at www.catholic-church.org/stfrancis-cfn
Please
notify NYI if you are interested in attending and we will send you an
information packet with additional details about the
retreat.
212-213-4802
Visit
us online at http://www.nyimc.org
Email:
nyinsight@earthlink.net
Register
online: http://nyimc.org/retreats.htm#0823
(link takes you to the right page but the wrong retreat – just scroll up
one)
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The
Buddhist Sangha of South Jersey
will sponsor a One Day Zen Retreat at the Moorestown Friends Meeting,
The
theme for the day will be: Meditation and mindfulness – Have you been searching
for a personal growth and mind development program that really works?
Please join us for a day of meditation, dharma talk, private interview and
Q&A.
Jules
Shuzen Harris Sensei received full Dharma Transmission (Shiho) from Enkyo
Roshi. He is the founder and resident teacher of
We
will provide tea and light snacks but you should bring your own lunch.
Chairs will be available for sitting but you may bring your own mat and cushion
if you would prefer to sit on the floor. We will supply a limited number
of mats and cushions
The
suggested donation for the day is $25.00. Advance registration is not
required. Contact us by calling (609) 953-9215 to get information and
directions or visit our website at: http://buddhistsangha.tripod.com/
Dalai
Lama Quote of the Week
One
of the reasons there is a need to adopt a strong countermeasure against someone
who harms you is that, if you let it pass, there is a danger of that person
becoming habituated to extremely negative actions, which in the long run will
cause that person's own downfall and is very destructive for the individual
himself or herself. Therefore a strong countermeasure, taken out of compassion
or a sense of concern for the other, is necessary. When you are motivated by
that realization, then there is a sense of concern as part of your motive for
taking that strong measure.
...One
of the reasons why there is some ground to feel compassionate toward a
perpetrator of crime or an aggressor is that the aggressor, because he or she is
perpetrating a crime, is at the causal stage, accumulating the causes and
conditions that later lead to undesirable consequences. So, from that point of
view, there is enough ground to feel compassionate toward the
aggressor.
--from
Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a
Buddhist Perspective by the Dalai Lama, translated by Geshe Thupten
Jinpa, published by Snow Lion Publications
Buddhist
Sangha of Bucks County 2008 Board of
Directors:
President,
Jim Hild – jhild@csc.com
Vice-president,
James Reis –
james237@comcast.net
Treasurer,
Jim Hild -- jhild@csc.com
Marilyn
Picciotti
-- marilynnpicciotti@comcast.net
Librarian,
Louise Wile -
alexander530@aol.com
Publicist,
Susan Harrison -
susanhar@verizon.net
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