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Kum Nye – Tibetan Yoga Workshop with Santosh Philip Lama Rod Owens: September 22 - 24, 2017 Ven. Phakyab We are delighted to welcome Radical Dharma November 10 – 12, 2017 to Kansas City and the Rime Rinpoche: The Healing We are extremely delighted to Center Santosh Philip, September Power of the Mind welcome to Kansas City and the 22nd through 24th. Santosh will October 13 – 15, 2017 Rime Center Lama Rod Owen, be leading us in a system of Mark your calendars as we November 10th & 12th. Lama Rod Tibetan yoga called Kum Nye. welcome the return to Kansas will be teaching from his book Based on a traditional healing City and the Rime Center the Radical Dharma. Igniting a long- system, Kum Nye Yoga helps acclaimed Tibetan Buddhist overdue dialogue about how the to relieve stress, transform lama and healer, Ven. Phakyab legacy of racial injustice and white negative patterns and promote Rinpoche, October 13th & 15th. supremacy plays out in society at balance and health. Developed Ven. Phakyab Rinpoche will be large and Buddhist communities by Tibetan Lama Tarthang Tulku, teaching from his book Meditation in particular, this urgent call to this presentation of Kum Nye Saved My Life: A Tibetan Lama action outlines a new dharma practices is thoroughly modern and the Healing Power of the that takes into account the and adapted specifically to suit Mind. ways that racism and privilege modern needs. The practice In 2003, Ven. Phakyab Rinpoche prevent our collective awakening. of Kum Nye includes stillness, was admitted to the emergency Bridging the world of spirit and movement, postures, breathing clinic of the Program for Survivors activism, Radical Dharma urges exercises, self-massage and a of Torture at Manhattan’s Bellevue a compassionate response to little bit of visualization. These Hospital. After a dramatic escape the systemic, state-sanctioned practices address the three kinds from imprisonment in China, at violence and oppression that has of tension held in the body – 1) the hands of authorities bent Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 7 Continued on Page 7 These teachings are available to everyone regardless of ability to pay. We offer partial and full scholarships to those in need, so don’t let lack of finances prevent you from attending. Download and print out our scholarship form at: www.rimecenter.org. Scholarship forms are not accepted by e-mail. Please submit them either by mail or at the Center. Scholarship forms need to be submitted in advance of the event. We have “suggested” fees however, pay what you can afford. Everyone is welcome! It is our hope that some will pay more to cover the those who cannot afford the fee. We simply want everyone to come enjoy these wonderful teachings. meditations by Lama Matthew Rice (Lobpon Palden Gocha) Lama Matthew Rice (Lobpon Palden Gocha) serves as the spiritual director of the Rime Buddhist Center that he administers on a day-to-day basis. In addition he teaches classes on meditation and Buddhism. He also serves as the Buddhist Director for the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council. Lama Matt is very involved in homeless outreach. He works closely with other Rime members to ensure that the Homeless Outreach program runs smoothly and that it receives the needed supplies for those in need living on the streets. Facing the Challenge of Suffering and Injustice Thanks to the news and social carts, a hundred-thousand maid- appear. media we are more connected ens adorned with jewels and ear- The Buddha gave us many meth- and informed than ever before. rings aren’t worth one-sixteenth ods for confronting suffering and We are witnesses to constant of one step forward. Go forward, injustice. In a recent article by suffering and injustice in our householder! Go forward, house- Krishnan Venkatesh in Tricycle communities and our nation as a holder! Going forward is better for Magazine titled, “The Buddha whole whether it is the increase in you, not back! Talks to a Brahmin Supremacist”, the confidence of racists who feel The darkness then vanished for the Buddha uses a method of emboldened to openly spew their Anathapindika and the light ap- asking questions that unravel the vitriolic speech in public spaces; peared. The fear, terror, & horripi- deep-rooted prejudice of a Brah- the increase of xenophobia and lation he had felt subsided.” min. It is also inspiring to see oth- islamophobia that feeds on peo- In those moments when the light ers like authors Jasmine Syedul- ple’s fears and turns neighbors is but a mere flicker, there in the lah, Lama Rod Owens, and Angel against each other; or the fear darkness, recall what the Bud- Kyodo Williams who in their book, and hatred that target those who dha teaches us to do. To take one Radical Dharma, discuss meth- love differently or identify them- step and then another and then ods of responding to injustice selves differently. For those who another. “Go forward, household- with a fearlessness and compas- choose to adhere to the Bodhisat- er. Go forward!” sion. That is why I am delighted tva path, what are we to do? How do we confront suffering that Lama Rod will be visiting I personally struggle with this and injustice? Do we rise up and the Rime Center the weekend of question every time I hear about attack those who are responsible November 10 – 12th. the suffering and injustice that for the suffering? Martin Luther Finally, there is the question is happening in our nation. King, Jr said, “Darkness cannot of where to start when there is Sometimes if feels as though drive out darkness; only light can overwhelming suffering? How can an avalanche of hopelessness do that. Hate cannot drive out we as just one person truly help is threatening to overwhelm me hate; only love can do that.” We sentient beings? Lama Chuck with its darkness. It is in those can look to our own tradition and once shared a story about a boy moments I turn to the words of the methods taught in Lojong. who was throwing starfish in the the Buddha. In the Sudatta Su- An example is in Gyalse Tokme sea. An old man, early one morn- tra it says, “When Anathapindika Zangpo’s the Thirty Seven Prac- ing, was walking along the shore the householder had left the city, tices of the Bodhisattvas, after a big storm had passed and the light vanished and darkness The practice of all the bodhisat- found the vast beach littered with appeared. Fear, terror, and hor- tvas is to subdue the mind, starfish as far as the eye could ripilation arose, and because of With the forces of loving kindness see, stretching in both directions. that he wanted to turn back. Then and compassion. Off in the distance, the old man Sivaka the yakkha-spirit, invisible, For unless the real adversary— noticed a small boy approaching. proclaimed: my own anger—is defeated, As the boy walked, he paused A hundred elephants, a hundred Outer enemies, though I may every so often bending down to horses, a hundred mule-drawn conquer them, will continue to pick up an object and throw it into 2 The Rime Jewel Newsletter — © 2017 Rime Buddhist Center Fall 2017 Radical Dharma Cont. Radical Dharma Cont. Help Update Our Mailing List If you would like to sign up for the weekly persisted against black people Considered one of the leaders of e-mail updates, no longer wish to receive since the slave era. With national the next generation of Dharma mailings from the Rime Center or you have attention focused on the recent teachers, Lama Rod Owens moved, contact us at: [email protected] or 816-471-7073. killings of unarmed black citizens has a blend of formal Buddhist Join a Committee and the response of the Black- training and life experience that Joining a Rime Committee is an excellent centered liberation groups such gives him a unique ability to way to contribute to the sangha and to be- come more involved with the Rime Center. If as Black Lives Matter, Radical understand, relate and engage you are interested in becoming involved and Dharma demonstrates how social with those around him in a way serving on a committee, please contact the transformation and personal, that’s spacious and sincere. His following chairs about coming to a meeting: spiritual liberation must be gentle, laid-back demeanor and Gift Shop Committee articulated and inextricably linked. Continued on Page 7 Stephanie Shirazi [email protected] In the book Radical Dharma Lama Finance Committee Vickie Cumberland vickie.cumberland@ Rod as well as his co-authors rimecenter.org Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams and Membership Committee Jasmine Syedullah represent a Sergio Moreno [email protected] Dharma School Committee new voice in American Buddhism. Leslie Aguirre [email protected] Offering their own histories and Library Committee experiences as illustrations of William Hunter [email protected] Prison Outreach the types of challenges facing Andrea VanBecelaere prison.outreach@ dharma practitioners and teachers rimecenter.org who are different from those of Community Outreach Vickie Cumberland vickie.cumberland@ the past five decades, they ask rimecenter.org how teachings that transcend Program Committee color, class, and caste are Lha Bab Düchen, the Chairs: Matt Rice spiritualdirector@rimecen- hindered by discrimination and ter.org ‘Festival of the Descent Volunteer Coordinator the dynamics of power, shame, Lora Lee Reese [email protected] and ignorance. Their illuminating from Heaven’ Newsletter Team November 10, 2017 Nicole Esquibel, Matt Rice argument goes beyond a demand Rime Board Members for the equality and inclusion of Lha Bab Düchen occurs on the Gabriele Otto, executive director and board 22nd day of the ninth Tibetan chair diverse populations to advancing Teri Brody, secretary a new dharma that deconstructs month. Buddha’s mother Vickie Cumberland, treasure rather than amplifies systems Mayadevi was reborn in Indra’s Matt Rice, spiritual director Beniah Leuschke of suffering and prepares us heaven. To repay her kindness Andrea VanBecelaere to weigh the shortcomings not and to liberate her, and also to Grievance Committee Gabriele Otto only of our own minds but also benefit the gods, Buddha spent [email protected] of our communities. They forge three months teachings in the realm of the gods. When he was Special Thanks a path toward reconciliation To Paul Kotz and FRD Communications for and self-liberation that rests about to return to this world, Indra printing our newsletter. and Brahma manifested three Permission on radical honesty, a common Articles may be reprinted or reproduced with ground where we can drop stairs of 80,000 yojanas each permission. Please contact Lama Matt Rice. our need for perfection and reaching this world in Sankisa. Financial Aid Available propriety and speak as souls. As the Buddha walked down the Workshops and classes, as with all Dharma In a society where profit rules, central one, they accompanied teachings, are available to EVERYONE people’s value is determined by him to his left and right carrying regardless of ability to pay. Discounts, a limited number of scholarships and work/ the color of their skin, and many umbrellas to honor him. He study programs are available to those in voices—including queer voices— descended to earth in Sankisa, need. However, scholarship forms must are silenced, Radical Dharma which is located in modern Uttar be submitted one week prior to the start of the teachings for review by our scholarship recasts the concepts of engaged Pradesh, and which is counted committee. Call the Rime Center at 816-471- spirituality, social transformation, among the eight holy places. 7073 or email Lama Matt at spiritualdirec- inclusiveness, and healing. The Rime Center will be hosting [email protected] for details. Continued on Page 7 3 The Rime Jewel Newsletter — © 2017 Rime Buddhist Center Fall 2017 Charlottesville: True Spiritual Teachers illuminations by Welcome New Members! Sergio Moreno When you become a member of Ngakpa Tenpa Dhargye the Rime Center, you not only become part of the sangha, but you demonstrate your support of the There is an expression in Mexico: “El que calla otorga.” In English we might say, “Silence is complic- Center. The Rime Center recently ity.” I grew up with this notion that to be neutral in the face of injustice was to be complicit. welcomed this group of new members When I came to the Dharma, I was taught to avoid extremes, to seek the middle way. I was taught to the sangha. If you are interested to respond, rather than react. I was taught not to suppress my emotions, but rather to observe in becoming a member of the Rime Center, look in the class schedule for them. I learned that I could in fact observe strong emotions as they arose without being triggered or information on new members’ classes. hooked by them. Practicing and cultivating equanimity enables us to observe these emotions without attachment or reaction. However, we must remember that equanimity is not indifference. Far from it.

I awoke on August 12th, like many of you, to the news of violence and conflict in Charlottesville, Virginia. As reports came in, my feelings of sadness and grief turned to feelings of anger and frus- Lama Chuck tration. Racism and white supremacy have been the scourge of our nation for far too long. And in and Mary recent months, these demons of our collective conscience have reared their ugly faces with renewed Farewell vigor and vitriol. Only now, after hiding behind computer screens, people had brought their racial- ly-motivated hatred and violence into a public space. Following reports of clashes between white supremacists and counter protesters, we learned of the act of terror by a white supremacist had resulted in the death of Heather Heyer and serious injuries to others.

Like many of you, I look to the Dharma for guidance and comfort in times like these and I find myself conflicted. It’s incredibly difficult to respond from a place of compassion and equanimity in the face of blind hate and violence. But that’s precisely what the Dharma challenges us to do. The Sunday after these terrible events, I was scheduled to present a talk on the sixth verse of Geshe Langri Tulku Yeshi Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind. Even when someone I have helped, Or in whom I have Rinpoche placed great hopes Mistreats me very unjustly, I will view that person as a true spiritual teacher. Retreat I had spent time with the teachings and had prepared my remarks. But everything was different now. I was troubled, nervous, shaking. How could I speak on this verse in the midst of Charlottesville? How could I say that the Dharma asks us to see white supremacists and racists as our true spiritual teachers? It was very difficult to find the conviction to say this. My skin is brown, I have a Span- ish name, some think I speak with an accent. So, I have a bit of an idea of what it’s like to be on the receiving end of prejudice. How am I supposed to hold those who mistreat me in the same light I hold Younge Khachab my true spiritual teachers? That’s the challenge. Rinpoche Retreat So I shared what I’m learning as I’ve contemplated this verse. I’m learning that I am not as patient, loving and kind as I like to think I am … that wishing for the happiness of all sentient beings is easier said than done … that I have a long way to go. And I am realizing that one who mistreats me is truly a great teacher for me. I’m not saying this is easy or pleasant. I never will. I’m just saying it’s the prac- tice. Lama Lena One of the causes of racism is xenophobia, an irrational fear or aversion to those we see as other. Retreat They don’t look like me. They don’t talk like me. They don’t think like me. They are other. And, in my experience, the Dharma offers a powerful antidote for this delusion. You see, as we practice, as we rid ourselves of delusion, we begin to realize that there isn’t an other. Therefore, what we fear and hate isn’t actually there.

This is the practice, to remind ourselves that harmful people can be our true teachers because they bring us face to face with our shortcomings and weaknesses. These people reveal the obscurations His Holiness Dalai Lama’s and delusions that still cloud our mind, that keep us from seeing true nature. And if we are able to regard those who hurt us the most in the same way as we regard our true spiritual teachers, we can Birthday Celebration see that in fact there is no difference between the two.

4 The Rime Jewel Newsletter — © 2017 Rime Buddhist Center Fall 2016 Charlottesville: True Spiritual Teachers by Sangha Voices Sergio Moreno Ngakpa Tenpa Dhargye What do I want to share with my Sangha about Social Justice and Racial Justice? There is an expression in Mexico: “El que calla otorga.” In English we might say, “Silence is complic- ity.” I grew up with this notion that to be neutral in the face of injustice was to be complicit. For me, the discussion of social and racial justice is very When I came to the Dharma, I was taught to avoid extremes, to seek the middle way. I was taught personal. I grew up in Germany and was born not too long to respond, rather than react. I was taught not to suppress my emotions, but rather to observe after Hitler’s dream of controlling the world came to an end them. I learned that I could in fact observe strong emotions as they arose without being triggered or in 1945. The savage legacy of the Holocaust has taught me the hooked by them. Practicing and cultivating equanimity enables us to observe these emotions without importance of denouncing and calling out injustice whenev- attachment or reaction. However, we must remember that equanimity is not indifference. Far from it. er and wherever it takes place. It is my responsibility to speak out against racism and injustice and I cannot be silent and I awoke on August 12th, like many of you, to the news of violence and conflict in Charlottesville, turn a blind eye. Imagine how many lives could have been Virginia. As reports came in, my feelings of sadness and grief turned to feelings of anger and frus- saved, if more people would have had the courage to speak tration. Racism and white supremacy have been the scourge of our nation for far too long. And in out against the hatred propagated by the Nazis. Imagine how recent months, these demons of our collective conscience have reared their ugly faces with renewed much suffering could have been averted. vigor and vitriol. Only now, after hiding behind computer screens, people had brought their racial- ly-motivated hatred and violence into a public space. Following reports of clashes between white During my teenage years, I came across the book, “Soul on supremacists and counter protesters, we learned of the act of terror by a white supremacist had Ice” by Eldridge Cleaver and began to learn about racism resulted in the death of Heather Heyer and serious injuries to others. in the United States. Eldridge Cleaver wrote about his life in America where he suffered, living as a second-class citi- Like many of you, I look to the Dharma for guidance and comfort in times like these and I find myself zen under the cloak of white supremacy. He described this conflicted. It’s incredibly difficult to respond from a place of compassion and equanimity in the face America, the “land of the brave”, where black people were of blind hate and violence. But that’s precisely what the Dharma challenges us to do. The Sunday kidnapped from the African continent and enslaved. Amer- after these terrible events, I was scheduled to present a talk on the sixth verse of Geshe Langri ica, where Africans were deemed to be only 3/5 of a human Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind. Even when someone I have helped, Or in whom I have being. Despite it being written in the constitution that all placed great hopes Mistreats me very unjustly, I will view that person as a true spiritual teacher. human beings were given the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He made me feel the pain of living in a society I had spent time with the teachings and had prepared my remarks. But everything was different now. that treats you with utter contempt and doesn’t recognize I was troubled, nervous, shaking. How could I speak on this verse in the midst of Charlottesville? your humanity. I never forgot this book. How could I say that the Dharma asks us to see white supremacists and racists as our true spiritual teachers? It was very difficult to find the conviction to say this. My skin is brown, I have a Span- Now that I have lived in Kansas for many decades, I recognize ish name, some think I speak with an accent. So, I have a bit of an idea of what it’s like to be on the the anguish racism has caused in people’s faces. I see the pain receiving end of prejudice. How am I supposed to hold those who mistreat me in the same light I hold etched in the faces of Black women and men. I often hear sto- my true spiritual teachers? That’s the challenge. ries of their suffering endured every day, just doing mundane things like: buying groceries or driving to work. Danger liter- So I shared what I’m learning as I’ve contemplated this verse. I’m learning that I am not as patient, ally lurks every time African-Americans step outside their loving and kind as I like to think I am … that wishing for the happiness of all sentient beings is easier home. I see poverty ranking high in African American com- said than done … that I have a long way to go. And I am realizing that one who mistreats me is truly a munities and fewer opportunities for children to access the great teacher for me. I’m not saying this is easy or pleasant. I never will. I’m just saying it’s the prac- education they deserve. I see children grow up without their tice. fathers, many who have become victims of an unjust justice system, steeped in racism, that incarcerates Black men at five One of the causes of racism is xenophobia, an irrational fear or aversion to those we see as other. times the rate of whites. This same unjust system permits the They don’t look like me. They don’t talk like me. They don’t think like me. They are other. And, in my killing of innocent black men without punishing those who experience, the Dharma offers a powerful antidote for this delusion. You see, as we practice, as we committed the murder. rid ourselves of delusion, we begin to realize that there isn’t an other. Therefore, what we fear and hate isn’t actually there. I cannot turn a blind eye to these prejudices and sufferings. I have learned from my history that I must speak up. This is the practice, to remind ourselves that harmful people can be our true teachers because they bring us face to face with our shortcomings and weaknesses. These people reveal the obscurations and delusions that still cloud our mind, that keep us from seeing true nature. And if we are able to ~Gabi Otto regard those who hurt us the most in the same way as we regard our true spiritual teachers, we can see that in fact there is no difference between the two.

5 The Rime Jewel Newsletter — © 2017 Rime Buddhist Center Fall 2017 Kum Nye From Page 1 Kum Nye, Cont. superficial tensions, 2) blockages and movement practices to his Member Profile in the energy channels, and 3) students, both at the advanced Nicole Esquibel knots in the chakras. and introductory levels. Nearly Kum Nye exercises melt these every Sunday throughout the tensions and life’s energies year, Santosh and fellow Kum begin to flow more completely Nye instructor, Jack van der through the body. In the process Meulen, alternate teaching the flowing of energy “washes” a drop-in Kum Nye morning the filters in the senses, and we class at the Nyingma Institute begin to sense more purely again in Berkeley California. Santosh instead of filtering experience also teaches Nyingma Practices through thoughts and memories. classes, including classes in Thus, Kum Nye is both a healing dream yoga. practice and an exquisite Schedule preparation for establishing and Friday, September, 22 Hometown: Denver, but I call Kansas City home sustaining internal calmness and 7:30 pm – 9 pm Introductory now. clarity, the basis for samatha Teaching and vipassana practice. Kum Saturday, September, 23 Your role at the Rime Buddhist Nye establishes a sense of 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm KumNye Center? wholeness in which it is easy to Workshop Newsletter committee, Social Justice Committee member, Service Guild detect calmness. When we enter 2:00 – 4:00 pm member, and a long time ago I the calmness, meditation begins. Sunday, September 12 worked the gift shop. The exercises of Kum Nye can 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Public Talk be practiced safely by anyone, Suggested Fees Day Job: young or old. Anyone who is $140 pre-registration, $160 at the Professor of Film and Digital Media and the Dean of the School of Visual interested in deepening their door and Communication Arts at Avila relation with their own body, in These teachings are available University. living a more balanced, joyful to EVERYONE. We have life style, exploring meditation, “Suggested Fees,” however Description of your hobbies: easing emotionality and stress in pay whatever you can afford. Riding motorcycles, cooking, live music, going to the movies, jigsaw daily life, and/or understanding Everyone is welcome! It is our puzzles. the body, mind and experience hope that some will pay more better are all possible candidates to cover those who can’t afford What led you to the Dharma? for Kum Nye study. As a guide the usual fee. We simply want In my early 20’s I was looking for to the pleasure of a healthy and everyone to come this weekend spiritual answers and the Dharma showed me a path to understanding. balanced life, rich in beauty and for these wonderful teachings. enjoyment, leading to harmony Tell us something that most people for all beings, the practice of Kum don’t know about you. Nye is open to all backgrounds I went to Culinary School. and interests, and will assist in What Buddhist Book would you developing and continuing the Save the recommend and why? experience of inner relaxation. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Santosh Philip, M.Arch, who Date!!! by Chogyam Trungpa. This book still designs high-performance Meditation for World blows my mind many years later. and sustainable buildings, has Peace studied Nyingma teachings since Dec 31st , 2017 1995. His primary teaching area is Kum Nye, where he conveys 6:00 am his considerable love and respect for Tibetan Yoga self-massage 6 The Rime Jewel Newsletter — © 2017 Rime Buddhist Center Fall 2017 Phakyab-Rinpoche From Page 1 Radical Dharma From Page 3 Lha Bab Düchen From Page 3 on uprooting Tibet’s traditional willingness to bare his heart and a series of pujas ceremonies religion and culture, his ordeal soul makes others want to do and open meditation sessions as had left him with life-threatening the same. Even when seated in an opportunity for you to come injuries, including gangrene of front of a room, he’s next to you, in and meditate throughout the the right ankle. American doctors sharing his stories and struggles day at your own pace and time gave Rinpoche a shocking with an openness vulnerability limit. The morning will start with choice: accept leg amputation and gentle humor that makes participants receiving the 24 or risk a slow, painful death. An you genuinely feel good about hour Mahayana vows and will inner voice, however, prompted who you are, with all your flaws have available open meditation him to try an unconventional and foibles, you’re lovable and sessions as an opportunity for cure: meditation. He began an deserving of happiness and joy. you to come in and meditate intensive spiritual routine that He invites you into the cross throughout the day at your own included thousands of hours of sections of his life as a Black, pace and time limit. The evening meditation over three years in a queer male, born and raised in will end with a special puja lead small Brooklyn studio. Against the South, and heavily influenced by Geshe Thinley. all scientific logic, his injuries by the church and its community. Schedule for Puja Ceremonies gradually healed. In this vivid, Lama Rod Owens was officially 5:30 am - 24-Hour Mahayana passionate account, author recognized by the Kagyu Vows Given Sofia Stril-Rever relates the school of Tibetan Buddhism 6:30 am - Shakyamuni Water extraordinary experiences of after receiving his teaching Offering Phakyab Rinpoche, who reveals authorization from his root 10:30 am - Shakyamuni Buddha the secret of the great healing teacher the Venerable Lama Puja powers that lie dormant within Norlha Rinpoche (below) when 12 pm - Green Tara Sadhana each of us. he completed the traditional 2 pm - Shakyamuni Buddha Puja Phakyab Rinpoche is a member 3-year silent retreat program 5:30 pm - Special Puja by Geshe of the Gelugpa order of Tibetan at Kagyu Thubten Chöling Thinley Buddhism and was recognized Monastery (KTC) outside of New Meditations From Page 2 as a Reincarnate Lama by the York City. It was during this the sea. The boy came closer still Dalai Lama in 1994. He was time that he dealt with years of and the man called out, “Good enthroned as the abbot of Ashi past pain and trauma and found morning! May I ask what it is that Monastery in Tibet. Rinpoche forgiveness and compassion you are doing?” teaches Buddhism and to for himself, what he views as a The young boy paused, looked foster ecumenical dialogue critical step before truly being up, and replied “Throwing star- between practitioners of the able to help others. fish into the ocean. The tide has Buddhadharma and other Schedule washed them up onto the beach spiritual and healing traditions Friday, November, 10 and they can’t return to the sea throughout the United States, 7:30 pm – 9 pm Introductory by themselves,” the youth re- France, and the world. Teaching plied. “When the sun gets high, Schedule Saturday, November, 11 they will die, unless I throw them Friday, October 13 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm back into the water.” 7:30 pm – 9 pm Introductory 2:00 – 4:00 pm The old man replied, “But there Teaching Sunday, November 12 must be tens of thousands of Saturday, October 14 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Public Talk starfish on this beach. I’m afraid 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm Suggested Fees you won’t really be able to make 2:00 – 4:00 pm $140 pre-registration, $160 at the much of a difference.” Sunday, October 15 door The boy bent down, picked up 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Public Talk These teachings are available yet another starfish and threw it Suggested Fees to EVERYONE. We have as far as he could into the ocean. $140 pre-registration, $160 at the “Suggested Fees,” however pay Then he turned, smiled and said, door whatever you can afford. 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