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Open Door: Fearlessness and Gentleness in a Multicultural World

SF Shambhala — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:50:00 -0700

with Charlene Leung, Robert Pressnall, Nancy Grant and Damita Brown

When: SUN SEPT 12 Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Please arrive at 8:45 am SF Shambhala Center / Sharchen Dzong 1231 Stevenson San Francisco CA This day-long program is a contemplative approach to the challenges and joys of engaging in a multicultural society. Diversity awareness is integral tcolor photo of hands of different skin tones... Read Open Door: Fearlessness and Gentleness in a Multicultural World

The Body and Meditation

SF Shambhala — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:40:00 -0700

with Charity Martin

When: SUN SEPT 26 Time: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Price: $60 at SF Shambhala Center / Sharchen Dzong 1231 Stevenson San Francisco CA How can we make friends with our bodies and minds in our meditation practice? Except for maintaining an upright posture, we often bypass the body in meditation. We may not contact the felt sense of our emotions and our... Read The Body and Meditation

Fearlessness in Everyday Life

SF Shambhala — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:37:00 -0700

with Melissa Moore

Schedule Three Saturdays SEPT 11, 25, OCT 2 9:00 am - 1:00 pm San Francisco Shambhala Center / Sharchen Dzong 1231 Stevenson San Francisco Learning to work with our anxiety, we are not blocked by fear. Through an exploration of the Buddhist teachings of mind and the nature of reality, we learn to see clearly. We dare to face life and death as they... Read Fearlessness in Everyday Life

Chokling Tersar Practice Group, Novato, 2010-09-04

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:59:00 -0700

Practice followed by video of Chokyi Nyima teaching.

Schedule:
Concise Daily Practice of Padmasambhava, Treasury of Blessings. 1 hour.
Break for refreshments.
Watch DVD of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche teaching this summer at Gomde.

You are welcome to join us for all or part of the activities.

Please bring the following practice booklets if you have them:
Rangjung... Read Chokling Tersar Practice Group, Novato, 2010-09-04

Katmandu Fall Festival, Sonoma, 2010-09-11/12

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:00 -0700

Food, music, dance, photos, film. Saturday & Sunday, 10-5

Benefit for Children's Medical Aid Foundation, provides free medical services to children in remote villages of Nepal. KatmanduFallFestival.org ChildrensMedAid.org... Read Katmandu Fall Festival, Sonoma, 2010-09-11/12

Dalai Lama, San Jose, Stanford, 2010-10-12/15

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:17:00 -0700

Dalai Lama will speak on compassion.

2010-10-12, 14:00/16:00 HHDL will teach on Eight Verses of Training the Mind [Lo-jong Tsig Gye-ma] by Kadam Geshe Langri Thangpa. To familiarize yourself with this teaching, please see: Training the Mind San Jose Convention Center Tickets will be available to public. GyutoCenter.com 2010-10-13, Morning Amitabha Initiation Location TBA Tickets will... Read Dalai Lama, San Jose, Stanford, 2010-10-12/15

Phakchok, Meditation, Leggett, Santa Rosa, Stanford, Oakland

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:29:00 -0700

Mahamudra, Happiness, Meditation intro, Clarifying the Path

H.H. Phakchok Rinpoche is the grandson of Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche, son of Chokling Rinpoche and his wife Dechen Paldron, and the eldest brother of the Yangsi Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he has studied with a number of great lamas, including Khyentse Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche,... Read Phakchok, Meditation, Leggett, Santa Rosa, Stanford, Oakland

Tibet in Song, Film, Berkeley, SF

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:38:00 -0700

A celebration of traditional Tibetan folk music and a harrowing journey

into the past fifty yearsof cultural repression inside Chinese controlled Tibet. Director and former Tibetan political prisoner, Ngawang Choephel, weaves a story of beauty, pain, brutality and resilience, introducing Tibet to the world in a way never before seen on film. The beauty of traditional Tibetan folk music is showcased through a variety of... Read Tibet in Song, Film, Berkeley, SF

Dalai, Toronto, 2010-10-22/25

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:49:00 -0700

World peace, Training the mind, long life initiation.

dalailamatoronto2010.org tcccgc.org... Read Dalai, Toronto, 2010-10-22/25

Kalachakra, Dalai, DC, 2011-07-06/16

Jordan Rothstein — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:23:00 -0700

HHDL gives Kalachakra initiation for world peace, Washington DC.

Kalachakra 2011 info & tickets: Kalachakra2011.com Sponsored by Washington DC Area Tibetan Association: DCTibetan.com... Read Kalachakra, Dalai, DC, 2011-07-06/16

Awakening To Your True Nature

Real Dharma — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:26:00 -0700

Meditation & inquiry, Fairfax, Tuesdays 7:30 pm.

Awakening To Your True Nature A Weekly Group For Meditation & Inquiry in Fairfax Awakening to your true nature reveals the unborn, undying and unconditional source of peace, joy and love within you. The ancient and proven method for awakening to your true nature is hearing, inquiring and meditating on the teachings of inner liberation. Please join... Read Awakening To Your True Nature

International Petition to Protect Lumbini's Environment

Jordan Rothstein — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:34:00 -0700

Buddha's birthplace threatened by illegal industrial development. Sign petition.

Dear Friends of Lumbini: The Lumbini Environmental Protection Alliance (LEPA) is writing to ask for your help in protecting Lumbini's environment and the health of its local population. As you may know, Lumbini is the birthplace of the Buddha and is situated in Nepal. It is one of the four holy sites of Buddhism, the other three being Bodh Gaya,... Read International Petition to Protect Lumbini's Environment

Donate for Tibet Earthquake Relief

Jordan Rothstein — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:12:00 -0700

Strong earthquakes in western Tibet, please donate to help.

A series of strong earthquakes struck April 14 in Yushu, Tibet (Qinghai Province, China), creating disaster in an already struggling region. Most houses and schools have been damaged or destcroyed. Tens of thousands are homeless in very cold weather. Donate for Tibet earthquake relief: himalayan-foundation.org jinpa.org tibetanvillageproject.org... Read Donate for Tibet Earthquake Relief

Survey: Tibetan Buddhism & Mental Health

Jordan Rothstein — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:38:00 -0700

Web-based survey that takes approximately 20-45 minutes.

Hello. My name is Paul Sireci, and I am a second-year masters student at the Smith College School for Social Work. I am currently collecting data for my thesis in order to examine the relationship that Tibetan Buddhists have with professional mental health care. Specifically, I am trying to gather data on what concerns Tibetan Buddhists believe are... Read Survey: Tibetan Buddhism & Mental Health

Nagarjuna's Precious Garland, San Jose, Saturdays

Ananda Dharma — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:12:00 -0700

Advice For Living and Liberation

The Precious Garland is advice that was offered to a king on how to conduct life and social policy with Buddhist ideals. Geshe Ngawang Norbu is teaching this class. Kyabje Choden Rinpoche says that Geshe Ngawang Norbu has mastered the subject of emptiness. This is an ongoing class on Saturdays, 10 AM -12 Noon. All are welcome to attend. Ananda... Read Nagarjuna's Precious Garland, San Jose, Saturdays

Drimed Lodro, Bodhisattvas Way of Life, Alameda, Sundays

Kersten — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:47:00 -0800

Lama Drimed teaches at Orgyen Dorje Den

in Alameda, 1st & 3rd Sundays, on Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life. If I have any understanding of compassion and the practice of the bodhisattva path, it is entirely on the basis of this text that I possess it. - The Dalai Lama Please join us on the first and third Sunday of every month throughout 2009 Instructor Lama Drimed... Read Drimed Lodro, Bodhisattvas Way of Life, Alameda, Sundays

Vajrasattva Practice, ODD, Thursdays

Orgyen Dorje Den — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:26:00 -0800

Ongoing Thursday evenings, 7-8:30pm

Please join the weekly practice of Vajrasattva to purify our minds of defilements and repair our samayas. We do the short Senge Don Chenma practice as well. This Vajrasattva sadhana practice is from Kunzang Nyima and has a special historical connection to Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche. It is concise and easy to practice, yet beautiful and complete in... Read Vajrasattva Practice, ODD, Thursdays

Free Meditation Instruction Sun, Mon & Tues

SF Shambhala — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:25:00 +0000

at SF Shambhala Center

Free meditation instruction is available every Tuesday and Wednesday night 7:30-9 Sundays are Open House. Join us on Sunday mornings for group meditation practice, a dharma talk, and tea. 9am and ends at 12pm (Noon). Free meditation instruction is offered until 10am. A short tea break precedes the dharma talk. See the open house schedule with... Read Free Meditation Instruction Sun, Mon & Tues

Welcome to BayVajra.info

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0700

BayVajra.info is a Tibetan Buddhism links list & events list for the San Francisco Bay Area.

You can read event listings on the site, or subscribe to a newsfeed, or subscribe to email. If you're not familiar with newsfeeds, click on Help at upper left. Read Subscribe to Newsfeed. Bay Area Tibetan Buddhist centers, practice groups and individuals can publish their dharma events here. Sangha social gatherings and fundraising events are good... Read Welcome to BayVajra.info

Subscribe to Newsfeed

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:59:00 +0000

Click orange icon in left column. Continue reading for more info.

What is a Newsfeed? What is RSS? Newsfeeds (RSS: Really Simple Syndication) are a convenient way to keep track of news and other rapidly changing content. Instead of checking many sites frequently, you view their collected headlines in one place. If something sounds interesting, you click on a headline and read the article. You can subscribe to... Read Subscribe to Newsfeed

Subscribe to Email

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:58:00 -0700

Get BayVajra.info by email

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Request a Writer Account

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:57:00 -0700

Groups or individuals can request a writer account, to post event listings.

Accounts are not necessary to read event listings, to subscribe to the newsfeed, or to subscribe to email. Accounts are only needed to post event listings. To request an account: Email me to request a BayVajra.info account. Include in your message: If account is for a center or practice group: Your name, email, phone, mailing address. Your center's... Read Request a Writer Account

Recover Your Lost Password or ID

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:10:00 -0700

If you have lost the password or ID for your writer account.

Lost Password If you have lost your password, go to Gandi.net/Login/Lost Enter your Gandi handle. Your handle looks like this: ABC123-GANDI. Click on Recover my password. Your password will be sent to the email address that you used to create your handle. When you receive your password, go to the login page. I sent you the login address in the... Read Recover Your Lost Password or ID

Set Your User Preferences

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:08:00 -0700

Before creating your event listings, set your user preferences.

Login to your writer account. In the blog editor window, in the left column, click on Dashboard. Click on User Preferences. Notice the little question marks next to each item. You can click on a question mark to get more information. Display name To display the name of your group with your entries, type that into the Display name field. Whatever is... Read Set Your User Preferences

Use WYSIWYG: Easier Way to Create Listings

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:06:00 -0700

WYSIWYG means What You See Is What You Get.

If WYSIWYG is enabled, your content in the edit box looks like it will on the site. You won't see any code markup when you enter your content into the blog editor. Enable WYSIWYG mode, then copy-and-paste from your group's site. Everything will appear exactly as it did on the page you copied it from. Images and links will be copied along with the... Read Use WYSIWYG: Easier Way to Create Listings

Using the Blog Editor

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:04:00 -0700

First read Set Your User Preferences. Then read here to get started creating event listings.

Use the Blog Editor's Built-In Help In the edit window, notice the big question mark at upper right. Clicking on the ? opens a small window that explains whatever is in the page you are looking at. Create an Excerpt In the Edit window, click on the Excerpt button. This will open the Excerpt box. Type a very brief intro to your listing into the... Read Using the Blog Editor

Links to How-To Pages

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:04:00 -0700

Documentation for the blog software this site runs on.

Gandiblog Docs An illustrated guide. Nice if you're intimidated by tech stuff. Gandiblog FAQ You don't need to know most of these to use this site. Please see the other BayVajra.info Help Pages. I wrote them for you. They are more specific to the way this site is set up.... Read Links to How-To Pages

Guidelines for Listing Your Events

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:03:00 -0700

How to write good titles. Writing for the web. Keep the list easy to scan quickly.

Just Post Events Here This is an events list. Please publish your dharma events here. Please don't publish practice texts, poetry, transcripts of teachings, discussions, links lists, etc here. It's better to put those on your group's site. Keep it Local Event listings should be in and around the SF Bay Area, within reasonable driving distance.... Read Guidelines for Listing Your Events

Adding a Picture to Your Listing

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:01:00 -0700

Please only use images in the main content of your entry, not in the excerpt.

This will help keep the events list easy to scan quickly. Please only publish images that you own, or ones that are not protected by copyright. This thumbnail image floats to the left of the text. The text of the paragraph flows around the right side of the thumbnail. When someone clicks on the thumbnail, the original full-size image will display.... Read Adding a Picture to Your Listing

FAQ

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Frequently Asked Questions

I'm too busy to post my center's activities on BayVajra.info. Can you do it for me? Sorry, I'm too busy also. I'm managing other websites besides this one. (Others are on the BayVajra.info links list.) I don't want to bother getting a writer account. Can you post my event for me? Getting an account is easy. You just have to fill in your name, email... Read FAQ