April 2019 - Happy Spring
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Weekly Temple Services
Monday - Friday 6:30 am and 6:30 pm
Meditation Saturday 9am full service + meditation
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Dear ones,
Richard (Dick) Withers, from our Monday noon meditation just wrote to me per him "
Good evening, Thay! Requesting metta... Bonnie tripped and fell in the bedroom this a.m. and we are currently at Providence where she will undergo a full hip replacement in the morning. Please feel free to share. Much love, Dick".
May she recover quickly.
This month, as I prepare to go on retreat, the great teachings of Shantideva come to mind:
Shantideva was a Buddhist scholar in the eighth century from the monastic university Nalanda, one of the most celebrated centers of learning in ancient India. According to legend, Shantideva was greatly inspired by the celestial bodhisattva Manjushri, from whom he secretly received teachings and great insights.
"May I be a guard for those who need protection,
A guide for those on the path,
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood.
May I be a lamp in the darkness,
A resting place for the weary,
A healing medicine for all who are sick,
A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles;
And for the boundless multitudes of living beings,
May I bring sustenance and awakening,
Enduring like the earth and sky
Until all beings are freed from sorrow,
And all are awakened".
From The Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra or Bodhicaryāvatāra sometimes translated into English as A Guide to the
Bodhisattva's
Way of Life,
Really what more needs to be said?
I will be on retreat from Friday 29 March to Monday 8 April.
in metta, Thay Kozen
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Thich Minh Thien's Column
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Path of the Bodhisattva
You may be of the age where you will remember the lyrics to a song made popular by Dionne Warwick in the mid-sixties called, “What the World Needs Now is Love”. The lyrics of the chorus were: “What the world needs now…is love, sweet love….It’s the only thing, that there’s just too little of… What the world needs now, is love sweet love…not just for some, but for everyone…”.
Thinking back to the turmoil of that time, those words were most appropriate. Looking at the world today, one might also say that they have just as strong a resonance as they did back in the sixties. Political, social, economic and cultural divisiveness in this day and age could all use more than just a little bit of that love, sweet love.
Following the teachings of the Buddha, we know that loving kindness and compassion are true underpinnings in our practice. Walking the path of a Bodhisattva can be an excellent way to spread that compassion and loving kindness through our thoughts, words and deeds. In fact it is said that in Mahayana Buddhism, the “Bodhisattva path” is the ideal for all practitioners to adopt. By following the Bodhisattva path, not only do we help others along the way, but also help ourselves lead a happier life with less suffering.
Wikipedia offers the following definition of a Bodhisattva:
In Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is any person who is on the path towards buddhahood but has not yet attained it. In the Early Buddhist schools as well as modern Theravada Buddhism, a bodhisattva refers to anyone who has made a resolution to become a Buddha and has also received a confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha that this will be so. In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva refers to anyone who has generated bodhicitta, a spontaneous wish and compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings.
I have a reverence for the Vows of the Bodhisattva which state:
-Sentient beings are numberless, I vow to save them all.
-Deluding passions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them all.
-Dharma gates are limitless, I vow to master them all
-Buddha’s Way is Supreme, I vow to attain it.
What better way is there to apply a healing balm to the wounds of this world than committing to the path of a Bodhisattva. Of course it sounds like a daunting undertaking to vow to save all sentient beings and end all deluding passions but in this world, where it seems like compassion and loving kindness are in short supply, just doing what we can will make a world of difference. Our contemporary Teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh says, “A bodhisattva doesn't have to be perfect. Anyone who is aware of what is happening and who tries to wake up other people is a bodhisattva. We are all bodhisattvas, doing our best.”
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
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What’s Happening at
Budding Dharma
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Wednesday Zen-to-Go
at 1:00 pm and is an opportunity for Zen (seated) Meditation for 25-30 minutes. It is offered for folks who find evening schedules difficult due to family or work schedules. The Zen-to-Go session ends no later than 2:00pm.
Wednesday 7:00
pm full service gathering, we practice Zen (seated) Meditation, walking meditation, Shibashi and sharing of mindfulness practices, many inspired by the teachings of the Buddha.
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Budding Dharma is now fully participating in a prison ministry. Thay Z has been approved to offer Buddhist services at the Sanders Estes Unit in Venus, Texas. There currently was no provision other than Hare Krishna as an Eastern practice for the inmates.
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April & May 2019 Classes
APRIL
1-8
Monk Retreat at Chua Thien An
in Lucerne Valley, CA , The Temple will be closed
20
Tea is Zen, Zen is Tea.
Ven. Fa Hsing
Tea history, service, and practice The history, practice, and use of Tea in Zen.
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Women & Dharma
Join us for a day of dharma in the company of other women, as we explore together our experience as female practitioners in this tradition. The day will include time in nature, in meditation, with the Dharma, and quiet reflection. In this series we gather twice yearly, finding nourishment for our journey with visiting teachers from a variety of traditions within the Buddha Dharma. Please join us, experienced practitioner or new to dharma. ALL women are welcome, from across the vast gender spectrum. Come as you are. Led by Kaye Jones/ Broadfork Farm in collaboration with the Abbey.
MAY
18
Trinity Sanga
One day retreat -
A one day practicum of sitting and walking meditation and metta (loving kindness) practices. Weather permitting we’ll be walking the labyrinth
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Work That Reconnects,
We gather again as a community of women to do the Work That Reconnects. As we keep coming back together we deepen in the work
and the way it moves in our lives.
We journey into the spiral to explore the many layers of our belonging as we train together for these times of uncertainty~ to be present, wholehearted, and to radically open to our own lives and our changing world.
The foundation of our day is the Work That Reconnects, a set of practices and interactive work developed by our teacher Dr. Joanna Macy. This work reveals that our grief, anger, and fear are all healthy responses to our fierce love for the world. Welcoming the full range of experiences we will move around the spiral of the WTR~ gratitude, honoring our pain, seeing with new eyes, and going forth. This will be a nourishing and open hearted day in the company of other women.
No previous experience necessary. All women are welcome, across the vast gender spectrum. Come as you are. Please contact
[email protected]
to register or be added to the mailing list . facilitators
Kaye Jones and Erika Rench
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VESAK
the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, and celebrated at the full moon in the Indian month of Vaishaka (April–May) Join us for morning Temple at 9:00am and a potluck lunch to follow
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Ven. Jeff Miles
Fa Hsing 法 行 , Tâm Minh 心 明
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In this quiet hour before dawn,
I sit and drink my tea,
Grateful to be awake
While my thoughts
continue to sleep.
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Carried by the spirit
That dances through the trees,
The very breath of life
Is riding on this breeze.
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A great white owl
Has come down to rest
In this grove of alders,
And my window glows
With the quiet light
Of the setting moon.
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Sa Di Minh Phap's First Column
Thay Kozen has asked me to write a column for the newsletter. I wrote one which was interesting but not real enough to me, it seemed like I could be more honest. So I have written again:
So in the reality of my life it was rather dysfunctional growing up. I left home two years ago to work on being my best self and I have been quite determined to do my best in progressing towards a contemplative life. Many conditions led me to leave home, I had a lack of trust and a deep knowing that I had to do something about myself which was not going to be done if I was going to take the pre prescribed route for my life. I learned to trust my spiritual practice and had a lot of faith in the Dharma. During the last period that I was living with my father we had become somewhat estranged and when I left home to South America I would not have further contact with my family for another year and a half.
I hadn’t been able to process the significance of my family until coming to the abbey. I can see that we don’t make the journey of our life alone, rather everything has been passed down to us; our genetics, the elements of our body, our education and ways of thinking. In this way all that I am experiencing now is due to generosity. I come to see that my family has worked tirelessly to continue the stream of life through me.
I am not very wise. I have yet to see the significance all that has been taking place in my life carries. Since coming to the abbey the abbot has kindled a healthy relationship between me and my family - probably the most real I’ve ever been with them. And yet I say that I am not very wise because I do not have a deep understanding that this could very well have to do with my becoming real with myself. Generally me becoming honest with myself and putting down all of my formations of how things should and should not be has opened me up to seeing what is my acquired nature, and at the same time I have been able to open up to my family about that.
I am also very grateful for the hardships that I have faced. Actually, I would be a bit sad if I knowingly had missed out on all those experiences because that suffering has been a major cause in my seeking of the Dharma. Now that spring is here we get to see the snow melt and all of the mole tunnels that have been made under the snow. I am sort of like all of those moles. Even when I had begun to practice some years ago I had no clue that I was covered with desire anger and ignorance - I hadn’t even realized this much! Although now I begin to experience that the practice is just like the snow melting away revealing the openness in which our acquired nature has nowhere to hide!
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2019 Schedule of Classes
APRIL
1-8
Monk Retreat at Chua Thien An
in Lucerne Valley, CA , Temple closed
20
Tea is Zen, Zen is Tea.
Ven. Fa Hsing
Tea history, service, and practice The history, practice, and use of Tea in Zen.
27
Women & Dharma
Join us for a day of dharma in the company of other women, as we explore together our experience as female practitioners in this tradition. The day will include time in nature, in meditation, with the Dharma, and quiet reflection. In this series we gather twice yearly, finding nourishment for our journey with visiting teachers from a variety of traditions within the Buddha Dharma. Please join us, experienced practitioner or new to dharma. ALL women are welcome, from across the vast gender spectrum. Come as you are. Led by Kaye Jones/ Broadfork Farm in collaboration with the Abbey.
MAY
18
Trinity Sanga
One day retreat -
A one day practicum of sitting and walking meditation and metta (loving kindness) practices. Weather permitting we’ll be walking the labyrinth
18
Work That Reconnects,
We gather again as a community of women to do the Work That Reconnects. As we keep coming back together we deepen in the work
and the way it moves in our lives.
We journey into the spiral to explore the many layers of our belonging as we train together for these times of uncertainty~ to be present, wholehearted, and to radically open to our own lives and our changing world.
The foundation of our day is the Work That Reconnects, a set of practices and interactive work developed by our teacher Dr. Joanna Macy. This work reveals that our grief, anger, and fear are all healthy responses to our fierce love for the world. Welcoming the full range of experiences we will move around the spiral of the WTR~ gratitude, honoring our pain, seeing with new eyes, and going forth. This will be a nourishing and open hearted day in the company of other women.
No previous experience necessary. All women are welcome, across the vast gender spectrum. Come as you are. Please contact
[email protected]
to register or be added to the mailing list . facilitators
Kaye Jones and Erika Rench
25
VESAK
the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, and celebrated at the full moon in the Indian month of Vaishaka (April–May) Join us for morning Temple at 9:00am and a potluck lunch to follow
JUNE
1
Walking & Moving Meditations
10:30 – 12:30 Spend a morning learning and practicing walking and moving meditation
15
Living with Grief.
A 6 hour class exploring grief and feelings. We’ll review Buddhist beliefs
as well as how we relate to our losses. 10:30am – 4:30pm
22 Freeing the Mind
Mindfulness / Vipassana
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Led by Rev. August Jensen
While mindfulness can be practiced quite well without Buddhism, Buddhism cannot be practiced without mindfulness. In its Buddhist context, mindfulness meditation has three overarching purposes: knowing the mind; training the mind; and freeing the mind.
This class invites beginner and advanced meditators to find a little more freedom in their lives.
JULY
11-14
Private Event
22-27
VIETNAMESE FAMILY CAMPING RETREAT
with Thay Vinh Minh A week long camping adventure with education, Buddhist lectures, rafting, and family life. Khoá Tu Mùa Hè 2019 - Sẽ diễn ra từ 22 - 27 tháng 7 tại Tuyết Sơn Thiền Tự.
AUGUST
3
Organic Living
Led by Emily Explore the nature of organic living as well as practical tips on how to bring more of the concepts into your own life.
10
ULAMBANA
9:00am
This is the day when the monastics complete their Rains Retreat. It was considered that many monastics would have made progress during their retreat and therefore become a greater field of merit. Lay devotees make offerings on behalf of their ancestors and dedicate the merit towards those suffering in the preta realm to relieve their suffering. Join us for morning Temple at 9:00am and a potluck lunch to follow
SEPTEMBER
13-15
Fall Meditation Retreat
Meditation,
meditation, and meditation
OCTOBER
Spend a day with family, fun, BBQ, and a sober group of friends.
NOVEMBER
16
Health
Janet Essley primordial energy flow Qi Gong, 10:30am -12:30pm
8-10
LGBTQ+ Weekend
Exploring the Dharma and our nature. Josh Wright Tushar Bhagat
NOV 30 – DEC 1
Work That Reconnects
Kaye Jones & Erika Rench
DECEMBER
7
Midnight Meditation
Meditate
from 11:30 pm to 12:30 am. Celebrate the time of great retreats. Spend the night in the temple
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Midnight Meditation
Meditate
from 11:30 pm to 12:30 am Celebrate the time of great changes – ending the old year and beginning the new year. Spend the night in the temple.
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The snow is the garden.
I am the snow .
I am the soil. I am the garden.
I am the stars that appear on the dark, winter nights.
I am the moon casting cold shadows.
I am the sunlight. I am the changing seasons, the wind and the rain.
The plants in the garden are the galaxy.
One step of the journey cannot be forgotten or separate.
Tomatoes will not grow in winter.
Tomatoes will not grow without winter.
Starting the journey may be arrival.
The moments in between are the gift.
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Mt. Adams Zen - Outside Of Our Temple
Trinity Sangha
, at Trinity Natural Medicine
New Location
- 1412 13th Street, Suite 200 which is located behind Joy's Art Studio
and 10 Speed Coffee Co.
Every MONDAY at noon
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Insight Mindfulness Meditation
THURSDAY 5:00 - 6:00PM
Starting April 18
Center for Vibrant Living
1029 May St. Hood River, OR 97031
Instructors Rev. August Jensen
,
Naropa University certified mindfulness
and Kaye Jones
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1st and 3rd Wednesday Evenings - Trinity Sangha Stu
dy Group Time 6:30-8:00pm
Where: at Withers residence, 1829 5th St., Hood River
(Sieverkropp Development behind Rosauer's)
Book to be studied:
passages from
Path to Emancipation
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by Thich Nhat Hanh.
It is not necessary to buy the book.
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Recovery Support for our friends dealing with addiction
Contact Dick Withers:
[email protected]
; 414-587-4065
Other Groups in the Gorge
Pacific Hermitage Meditation and Dhamma talk
with Thai Forest Monks
6:30-8 pm every Tuesday evening
at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon, WA. http://pacifichermitage.org
Hood River Zen
Sunday afternoon walking and sitting meditation 2nd and 4th" Sundays
Good Medicine Lounge on 1029 May St in Hood River. Contact Kyri Kengan Treima
n (
[email protected]
).
White Salmon Dharma Practice Group every other Sunday evenings
at Atlan (near Northwestern Park outside of White Salmon). Contact: Scott Cushman: ([email protected]; 925-708-5652)
Washougal Mindfulness + Meditation Group - on hold now
Last Sunday of each month from 4:00-5:15pm
Washougal Acupuncture & Massage: 1436 A Street Washougal, WA 98671
Meditation Workshop Friday nights
, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.The workshop meets at the Rockford Grange and explores meditation methods from the world’s religions. Instruction and practice are mixed with group discussion. Beginners and experienced meditators welcome. This is a drop-in group. Cushions, mats and chairs are provided. The sessions are free and open to public.
Rev. Judy (MCUUF)
and
Kyri Kengan Treiman (Hood River Zen/Dharma Rain Center)
are the facilitators. For more information,[email protected]@gmail.com
Buu Huung Templ
e on the
4th Saturday of each month from 10am-12pm.
Includes Meditation, Dharma Talk, by the Venerable nun, Hue Huong. Lunch and Walking Meditation to conclude.
All are welcome. 17808 NE 18th St.Vancouver WA 98684
Meditation/Buddhism Study Group
led by Sharon
When: 3rd Wednesday of each month from 1:30-3:00PM
Where: Cascade Park Community Library, 600 NE 136th Ave. Vancouver, WA
Who: We are small group that is interested in practicing Meditation, discussion and exchange about the individual study of Buddhism. No experience necessary.
Trinity Natural Medicine
Mondays:
12 -1 pm Trinity Sangha: Meditation and Metta, 4 -5:30 pm Youth Gong Fu
6 - 7 pm The Art of Rest | Restorative/Yoga Nidra
Tuesdays:
8 -9 am Gentle Yoga, 6 - 7 pm Length & Limber (Yoga)
Wednesdays:
6 -7 am Sunrise Yoga. 4 -5:30 pm Youth Gong Fu
5:30 - 6:15 pm Advanced Gong Fu, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Adult Gong Fu
Thursdays:
11 - 12 pm Haven (Starting in April), 6 - 7 pm Candlelight Yoga
Fridays:
4 - 5:30 pm Advanced Gong Fu
Saturdays:
8 - 9 am Hatha Yoga
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Download and post the poster below
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May the Infinite Light of Wisdom and Compassion so shine within us
that the errors and vanities of self may be dispelled;
so shall we understand the changing nature of existence and awaken into spiritual peace.
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Mt Adams Zen Buddhist Temple 46 Stoller Rd., Trout Lake WA 98650 509.395.2030
www.Mtadamszen.org
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