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We will be celebrating the Buddha’s Birthday on Sunday June 3rd, 2012 at 6:00 pm. There will be a potluck so please bring something to share and flowers, if you have them, to add to the festivities.
There will be
* The story of the Buddha’s Life
* Taking Refuge in Three Jewels of Buddhism
* The 5 Precepts Ceremony (if you would like to take them for the first time, please contact the Sangha for more information).
Metta
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Below is a message sent to our Sangha from Habitat for Humanity of Evansville.
Habitat for Humanity of Evansville Women Build, in partnership with Lowe’s®, is offering FREE construction training clinics for area women. No registration is required and all experience levels are welcome to attend. Participants will also have the opportunity to learn about Habitat’s local Women Build project which will begin in the Glenwood Neighborhood on July 7, 2012. Lunch will be available in the parking lot after each clinic at a cost of $5.00 to support Habitat’s Women Build program. Lowe’s® West will offer training Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. in hand and power tools, framing walls and roofs, exterior siding-roofing shingles, mold safe practices and installing locks with a kit. Lowe’s® East will offer training Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. in wood stripping and refinishing, interior painting, mold safe practices, insulation and drywall/drywall repair, and safe use of hand and power tools. For more information, call 812-423-5623.
Gratefully,
Jane Michele
Sr. Jane Michele McClure, OSB
Major Gifts Officer
Habitat for Humanity of Evansville
1401 N. Fares Avenue
Evansville, IN 47711
Phone: 812-423-5623, Ext. 26
Cell: 812-430-2159
Fax: 812-423-3362
jmcclure@evansvillehabitat.org
www.evansvillehabitat.org
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We have invited Ananda Baltrunas to our Sangha Day-which is this Sunday at 6:00 pm. Our sangha first met him when he wrote to us from Branchville Correctional facility in Tell City, Indiana. He asked for help in creating a sangha at Branchville. Our sangha under the guidance of Lee Buchtman responded to that request for seven years. Lee will be present this Sunday also.
Ananda became a Theravada monk in 1971 and was ordained at Branchville in the Vietnamese tradition of Truc Lam in 1997. Since then he has been ordained in the Jodo, Soto and Tandai traditions. He is married and lives in Chicago.
We will have drinks and cookies following the sitting and the talk/discussion. We will be finished by 8:00 pm.
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On Sunday March 25th at 6pm we will celebrate Sangha Day. Teacher and ex-Sangha member Ananda Baltrunas will be teaching. We will start with a regular sitting followed by a special teaching and end with cookies and tea. Please join us.
Metta
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Kordes Retreat Center is giving us a discount. So there is a new price for the retreat. The charge for single occupancy has been waived. All rooms will now be single occupancy and will cost $175 for the weekend option and $510 for the full retreat. However we ask that you supply your own towel and washcloth for the retreat. We will have a few towels and washcloths for your use if you forget to bring them.
Metta.
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The Mindful Heart Buddha Sangha is hosting a retreat with Annie Nugent on Saturday May 19th
Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. and the retreat starts at 10:00 a.m. Retreat ends after the noon meal on Thurs. May 24. Weekend option: ends Sunday after the evening meal, May 20th.
Prices: Entire retreat $510.00 single occupancy $300.00 deposit. Weekend option: $175.00 single occupancy $100.00 deposit. There is no double occupancy.
We request that you please bring your own towel and washcloth as this allows us to receive a discount that is being passed on to you.
Please click the link below to print the form and mail the completed form with your deposit to:
Annie Nugent Retreat
c/o Mindful Heart Buddha Sangha
Bradford Park Office Complex
600 N. Weinbach Suite 960
Evansville, IN 47711
Deposits must be received by March 31, 2012. No refunds after this date of the deposit amount. The remaining amount will be accepted at the registration table upon arrival or you may pay in full at any time.
Kordes Retreat Center is on the beautiful grounds of the Monastery Immaculate Conception, a Benedictine Convent in Ferdinand, IN. Known to the locals as “the castle on the hill”
TOPIC: Living the Buddha’s Teachings A certain joy comes into our lives when we realize the scope of the Buddha’s teachings – they don’t narrow or limit our lives, rather they bring a growing ease of mind and an expansiveness into life. This retreat is an invitation to explore the depth of the teachings as wisdom and compassion is cultivated in the midst of the fullness and vibrancy of daily life.
Annie Nugent has practiced in the Theravada and Tibetan traditions since 1979 under the guidance of a range of teachers including Sayadaw U Pandita, Tulku Akong Rinpoche and various western teachers. She was the resident teacher at the Insight Meditation Society from 1999-2003 and has since been teaching elsewhere in America, including the annual IMS 3 month retreat and The Forest Refuge. Her teaching style aims to reveal how our all aspects of our lives are opportunities to develop a clear and direct understanding of the Truth.
Click this to print retreat registration form
For more information , call 812-434-6643 or E-mail mindfulheart@gmail.com
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Retreat details: The non-residential retreat goes from Saturday morning at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., continues Sunday morning from 9 a.m. to noon, and ends with a potluck lunch. This year the retreat will be held at the Silver Meadow Lodge. We will send you directions when you register. This weekend of practice is suitable for beginning and experienced practitioners.
Free public talk: The talk is Friday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Show Me Dharma Center, 2011 Chapel Plaza Court, #9, Columbia. It is open to the public.
Cost: Sliding scale, from $55 to $100 (All payments over $55 are tax-deductible. Please pay what you feel you can afford. Scholarships are also available.) Your registration fee is for retreat expenses only. You will be asked to contribute to the teacher with a donation at the end of the retreat.
Teacher: Gina Sharpe is a co-founder and Guiding Teacher of New York Insight Meditation Center. She discovered the Dharma over 35 years ago and has studied and practiced with teachers in the Zen, Tibetan and Theravada traditions (in Asia and the United States). Gina retired from the practice of law in 1993. She has been teaching workshops and retreats since 1995 and has taught at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, the Garrison Institute, and in several other venues around the country. Gina helped to initiate retreats for People of Color at Insight Meditation Society and has been teaching such retreats at other venues, including Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Garrison Institute. She will be teaching the retreat and will be assisted by John Fowle.
TWO EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:
Send a check made payable to Show Me Dharma to Karen Hodges, 1199 East Highpoint Lane, Columbia, Missouri, 65203.
Register by credit card online at https://secure.
For more information, contact Karen at hodgetribe@yahoo.com or (573) 999-3649 .
Sponsored by: Show Me Dharma.
For more information, please check out www.showmedharma.org
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Greetings,
We will be meeting from 2:30pm to 4:30pm for the February 5th Intro to Buddhism & Meditation class. February 12th we will meet from 3:00 to 5:00pm.
Metta
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Dear Sangha Patricipants,
On Sunday, February 19, the board will host our annual State of the Sanga annual meeting at 6:00.
We will update everyone who can attend on the financial, practical, and retreat news.
Afterward, no later than 6:30, we will have our regular sit.
You may stay for tea and cookies after the sit. (Feel free to bring cookies or sweets. We will provide the tea.)
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Show Me Dharma is pleased to be sponsoring a non-residential retreat taught by Gina Sharpe, March 16-18 in Columbia, MO. There is a free public talk on Friday evening March 16, with the retreat being Saturday March 17-18. Details are listed below.
Metta, Joe McCormack Show Me Dharma Teachers Council
Living in the Light of Divine Sanity
Non-Residential Insight Meditation Retreat with Gina Sharpe
March 17 – March 18, with a Public Talk Friday, March 16
This weekend of practice is suitable for beginning and experienced practitioners.
Retreat details: The non-residential retreat goes from Saturday morning at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., continues Sunday morning from 9 a.m. to noon, and ends with a potluck lunch. This year the retreat will be held at the Silver Meadow Lodge, a lovely retreat site surrounded by nature near the Pinnacles. We will send you directions when you register.
Free public talk: The talk is Friday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Show Me Dharma Center, 2011 Chapel Plaza Court, #9, Columbia. It is open to the public.
Cost: Sliding scale, from $55 to $100 (All payments over $55 are tax-deductible. Please pay what you feel you can afford. Scholarships are also available.) Your registration fee is for retreat expenses only. You will be asked to contribute to the teacher with a donation at the end of the retreat.
Gina Sharpe is the co-founder and guiding teacher of New York City Insight and visiting teacher at Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock. She will be teaching the retreat and will be assisted by John Fowler.
TWO EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:
1) Send a check made payable to Show Me Dharma to Karen Hodges, 1199 East Highpoint Lane, Columbia, Missouri, 65203.
2) Register by credit card online at https://secure.
For more information, contact Karen at hodgetribe@yahoo.com or (573) 999-3649 .
Sponsored by: Show Me Dharma.
For more information, please check out www.showmedharma.org
