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July 26-27, 2008 (Sat-Sun), and also August 2-3, 2008, Sarah Harding teach a Tibetan Chod Class: Teaching and Practice.
"The first weekend learn about Chod; the second weekend practice Chod. Sarah Harding has been a student of Buddhism since 1972, practicing mainly under the great Tibetan meditation master Kalu Rinpoche. She has translated Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the meaning of Chod, which is recommended reading for this program."
Location: Multnomah Arts Center in Portland. Fee: $150 suggested. For more information and to register, send email to chodretreat@gmail.com
August 2, 2008 (Saturday) from 3:30 - 5 pm, Kuntse Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and monk, will teach a class in Modern Tibetan Language. The class is for absolute beginners. It will last 8 weeks, meeting once a week for 1.5 hours. Place: Bodhi Tree Center 5403 SE Center Street, Portland, OR 97206. For more information, including fees, call (503) 788-0336 or see http://www.bodhitreecenter.org
August 10, 2008 (Sunday), 10:30 am - 12 noon (1.5 hours) Buddhist Sunday School with Meditation for Children, ages 4 and older. "In this first in a series of monthly Buddhist Sunday School classes (meeting every 2nd Sunday of the month), children will hear stories, play games, sing songs, learn how to meditate, and more. Mediation to be taught and presided over by Kuntse Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk and Geshe in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. (Next Sundays after Sept 14.)" Price: Free or by donation. Place: Bodhi Tree Center 5403 SE Center Street, Portland, OR 97206. For more information, call (503) 788-0336 or see http://www.bodhitreecenter.org.
August 16-17, 2007, the Northwest Vipassana Center will be holding a 2-Day Vipassana Meditation for Children, 8-12 years old. They will learn "how to practice Anapana meditation (the observation of the natural breath to concentrate the mind), while observing the Five Precepts. The course and timetable have been specifically designed for children. Meditation sessions (30 minutes maximum for children) are interspersed with break periods, games, stories, and art activities. Place: Ethel, Washington. For more information, visit the Northwest Vipassana Center's Website at http://www.kunja.dhamma.org/children.html or call (360) 978-5434. Registration is required. Cost: free (or by donation).
August 15 - Sept 26, 2008 (Fridays), 7-9 pm. Join Dr. Susan Lee as she leads and teaches classes in Sunlun (Burma) Vipassana Meditation. The Sunlun (Burma) Way of Buddhist Vipassana Meditation was originally practiced by the late Sunlun Gu-Kyaung Sayadaw, abbot of the Cave Monastery of Sunlun, Burma who attained the state of Arhat in 1920. In this 7-session course, you will learn the Sunlun Vipassana Meditation -- an effective practice of developing concentration of mind, leading to mindfulness of sensation, then to attainment of insight, or deep understanding of the nature of phenomena, which liberates. Each session is 2 hours: Introduction to meditation, 1 hour practice of Sunlun Vipassana Meditation technique, followed by 30-45 minutes questions and answers related to Vipassana meditation. Meditation cushions provided. Please wear approriate attire and refrain from wearing lotions with perfume which might distract. "Vipassana meditation is not an intellectual process: it is designed to be experienced only by vigorous practice with relentless effort, courage and determination." Dr. Susan Lee, PhD, first learned and practiced the Sunlun Vipassana Meditation in 1985 under the supervision and guidance of Sayadaw Ashin Vinaya, Abbot of the Kaba-Aye Sunlun Meditation Monastery in Yangon, Myanmar. She started the first Sunlun group in her house in Hong Kong in 1987 and is acting Chairman of Hong Kong Sunlun Buddhist Vipassana Meditation Association, Ltd. since 2005. Place: Bodhi Tree Center. 5403 SE Center Street, Portland, OR 97206 (near SE Foster and 54th Ave., just behind Day's Music). These events are free to the public. For more information, contact us at 503-788-0336, see http://www.bodhitreecenter.org, or send email to "susanlee" @ "attglobal.net".
August 23-29, 2008 (Saturday-Friday), Mountains and Waters Zendo Raising Retreat. Join the Dharma Rain Zen Center in this "unusual summer practice retreat, combining meditation, evening Dogen reading and communal work in the beautiful natural setting of Oregonˇ¦s coast range. We will focus our effort on completing the construction of the Empty Field Hermitage, a zendo being built on an organic farm to serve Oregonˇ¦s growing Zen practice. For more information see http://www.dharma-rain.org/?p=events_mwretreat. [an error occurred while processing this directive], call (503) 239-4846 or send email to "staff" @ "dharma-rain.org".
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