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August 11, 2008 UPAYA INSTITUTE and ZEN CENTER Santa Fe, New Mexico 505-986-8518 www.upaya.org [email protected]
Do we fail to see the nature of liberated mind, not because it is too difficult to understand, but because it is too obvious? Maybe we cannot find what we are searching for because it is in plain sight, like the spectacles that rest unnoticed on my nose. - David Loy
Upaya is at its glorious summer best. The sages and lavenders flourish among the tall sunflowers. Almost everyday, noisy thunderstorms arrive and depart and yesterday a perfect double rainbow appeared overhead. Thanks to the incredible floodwork engineers and the much needed community help, our zendo floor is dry and comfortable for the August Ango participants.
Sensei Fleet Maull, founder of the National Prison Hospice Association, zen teacher and educator at Naropa University, just gave the teaching of the five buddha families which is a simple but subtle mandala of the life energies we all possess in their wisdom forms as well as their harmful forms. It is essentially a diagnostic tool we can apply to ourselves as well as to institutions, to find and transform the difficulties of poverty mind, over extension and lust - for example - into their corresponding wisdoms of generosity, self-care, and discriminating awareness. Most essentially, Fleet explained, the five buddha family system is all about becoming adult which means being accountable, vulnerable, responsible and reflective. This knowledge is so encouraging because the alchemy of change on every level of human organization, from individual to global, is really in our hands now or in what Roshi Joan refers to as "Our Heartmind." We are both the alchemy and the alchemists. The good news is that we can become adults and we can begin to make our organizations wise and responsible as well. etsudo
THIS WEEK AT UPAYA DHARMA TALK, Wednesday, August 13th, 5:30 PM, Roshi Joan Halifax, Beate Seishin Stolte-Overtheil, Irene Kyojo Bakker. Topic: "The Heart of the Precepts"
UPCOMING AUGUST DHARMA TALKS and MEDITATION TUESDAY DHARMA TALK and BOOK SIGNING August 19TH, 5:30pm. with Charles Halpern. Topic: "Activism and the Practice of Wisdom." Please note that this is on a Tuesday, NOT a Wednesday evening.
Halpern will draw on his long years of meditation practice and leadership in the nonprofit sector in outlining a new direction for activist engagement, grounded in wisdom, that is necessary to meet the extraordinary challenges of the 21st century. The themes are developed in his new book, Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom.
Charles Halpern-- a pioneering public interest lawyer, a path-breaking legal educator, and a creative foundation president-- has pursued a path of wisdom and inner growth, which has energized and informed his work. He is the co-founder and Chair of The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
DHARMA TALK, Wednesday, August 20th, 5:30. Roshi Joan Halifax: "Mountain Opening: Zen and Wilderness."
DHARMA TALK, Wednesday August 27th, 5:30pm. Beate Stolte-Overtheil, Co-Abbott.Topic to be announced.
AUGUST MEDITATION SCHEDULE: During our August intensive, noon meditations will be closed, but the 7am and 5:30 pm remain open to the public. The exception to this is that during the week of August 21 - 26, the zendo will be closed all day while participants are at Prajna Mountain.
UPCOMING UPAYA RETREATS and PROGRAMS:
SUMMER PRACTICE PERIOD and PROGRAMS: Essence of Engaged Buddhism. Aug. 6 - Sept. 7, '08. Roshi Joan Halifax, Roshi Bernie Glassman, Sensei Fleet Maull, Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi, Natalie Goldberg and others. Participants may sign up for the whole practice period or by program. Appropriate for both seasoned practitioners and beginners. For registration and details: http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?ida
1. INNER CITY MINISTRY: The Path through Homelessness and Poverty. Aug 15 - 17. Roshi Bernie Glassman. For registration and details: http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?idd
2. NATURE OF ALL THINGS: Forest Refuge Retreat. Spaces now available - call 505-986-8518, ext. 12 Aug 20 - 26. Natalie Goldberg, Roshi Joan Halifax, with William deBuys, Marty Peale. For registration and details: http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?ide
3. SESSHIN: Dogen’s Koans for Social Action. Aug 29 - Sept 04. Roshi Joan Halifax, Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi. For registration and details: http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?idf 4. BREAKTHROUGH WITH THE BRUSH: Art and Social Action. Sep 05 - 07. Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi. For registration and details: http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?idg
SAVE THIS DATE IN NOVEMBER Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 4:00pm - Ani Tenzin Palmo Gives Dharma Talk at Upaya. Hold this time and place for this special Dharma Talk given by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo who is embarking on her last visit to the United States fundraising for her nunnery, Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery. Her talk will be "The Value of Contemplative Life" and is free and open to the public.
ENGAGED BUDDHISM: ONGOING PROGRAMS at UPAYA UPAYA BUDDHIST CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM Invites New Applicants. A visionary chaplaincy program for those serving our imperiled world: • Two-year certificate program founded in Buddhist teachings and systems thinking • Training paths in End-of-life Care, Prison Ministry, Peacemaking, Environmental Ministry, Interfaith and Multi- faith Ministry, and Women’s Ministry • 2009 faculty includes Roshi Joan Halifax, Fleet Maull, Margaret Wheatley, Daniel Siegel, Richard Davidson, Stephen Batchelor, and many more. Applicants now being accepted for 2009 Cohort. For More info: www.upaya.org/training/chaplaincy.php or email: [email protected]
UPAYA'S RESIDENTIAL PATH OF SERVICE Live in a practice community for three months to a year in the historic east valley of Santa Fe, New Mexico; enjoy and learn from the precious opportunity to receive teachings from our Roshi and many other extraordinary teachers; hear weekly seminars and dharma talks; attend dokusan and retreats, and experience the deep joy of living in community. All of this is in exchange for serving all the many beings who come through our doors every day. If you are interested, or know of someone who might be interested, please let Yushin know at: [email protected] Path of Service candidates must have a deep appreciation of practice and community, and be physically and mentally healthy. You can find more information for this rare opportunity on our website, as well as the application form. Click here for more information: http://www.upaya.org/about/path-of-service.php
METTA COUNClL - Living with Illness Announcing the New Metta Refuge Program - Upaya is pleased to announce a new support service - "Compassionate Friends," in which trained volunteers will be available to support those living with an illness and also as the end of life approaches. If you know of anyone, or you feel that you need this level of support, please contact Jean Wilkins at [email protected] or phone 505-986-8518, extension 22. She will talk with you and help you implement a plan for your support.
Every Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12.00 noon, there is a meeting for people who are ill, their caregivers, hospice volunteers, nurses, and anyone interested in exploring issues around sickness, aging and death. Beginning around 12:05 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. the group engages in contemplative writing as a way to explore what is alive for people in the moment. No writing experience is needed, just a willingness to be fully present. Please call Jean at 505-986-8518 or email for more information: [email protected] For more details: http://www.upaya.org/action/caring.php
PRISON OUTREACH PROJECT An inmate recently wrote, "I am (meditating) at 10 minutes a day and finding meditation a joyful way to start my day. I am grasping more each day. I thank you for your time, in sending me information on your Upaya Prison Outreach Project'".
Please help! We have 4 inmates waiting for volunteers to step forward. If interested, write Ray Olson at: [email protected]. Volunteers also offer instruction in meditation, yoga, and conversation from the heart which leads to problem solving.
Susan Benjamin, who works with juvenile offenders needs volunteers to go into the facility with her for one to two hours a week to offer meditation and a creative process to these young men, ages 12-18 years. Contact Susan at [email protected] and for more details see: http://www.upaya.org/action/prisonprogram.php
ROSHI JOAN: ANNOUNCEMENTS and EVENTS Dharma Vortrag in Basel: Roshi Joan will be giving a talk in Basel, Switzerland on Sept.11th. The title is: “Lucky dark” - Wisdom and Compassion in our time.
ROSHI JOAN AT THE LENSIC - Listen to the audio recording of Roshi's powerful speech calling for everyone to actualize freedom from fear in all aspects of life. www.futureprimitive.org/mp3/Halifax080528.mp3
ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX ON THE WEB • Roshi Joan discusses dharma, offers koans, poetry, considers the works of Ken Wilber, William Irwin Thompson, and Francisco Varela at jhalifax.gaia.com/blog
•This complements her photosight: www.flickr.com/photos/upaya/ where she constantly adds new photos of current Upaya happenings, as well as some great archival photos of her life.
•The Chinese filmmaker Kam Sung has made a fascinating and visually poetic account of Roshi Joan in Tibet and her teachings. A high-resolution version on DVD is now available from Upaya. Email at [email protected] or call 505-986-8518 to order.
• Roshi's new book, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death can be pre-ordered from Amazon: tinyurl.com/2ullul The book is a powerful exploration of nearly 40 years of contemplative work with dying people.
• Roshi Joan's 6-CD series on Being with Dying (from Sounds True Audio) is now available. Call 505-986-8518 to order or email: [email protected]
• The Upaya bookstore has a number of Roshi's dharma talks on DVD, including one with Brother David. We are happy to make this wonderful series available to you. Please call the front office for titles and ordering. 505-986- 8518 or email [email protected]
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