Holiday Arts & Crafts Show
a Jewel Heart Cleveland fundraiser
Stop by our Fine Arts and Crafts Sale for an enjoyable way to finish up last minute gift buying while benefiting Jewel Heart Cleveland at the same time! Choose from many beautiful artist-made items - new and familiar artists will be showing their work. Visit with the artists and enjoy a variety of holiday goodies. The Tremont Art Walk is scheduled for the same times, so plan to drop in on other venues as well - bring your friends and family!
Friday Dec. 14 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Saturday, Dec. 15, 1:00 - 5:00 PM
New classes starting
Registration for the following courses and workshops will take place at the first session of the course. Please plan to come 15-20 minutes early. All courses are held at Jewel Heart Cleveland, 2670 W.14th St.
New class to start Nov. 1
Creating Space: Clarity and Insight through Meditation
Meditation provides us with a clear stable mind, necessary for a happy life and the foundation for deepening our spiritual journey. This course offers hands-on experience with the basic elements of meditation using breath, posture and techniques for coping with distractions and laxity of the mind.
Four week course, fee $40, free for supporting members Note day and time change Thursdays 7:30-9 PM, beginning Nov. 1
Dawn Wegenek
Continuing classes
Odyssey to Freedom
For continuing students
Instructor: Bill Kirchner
Sundays, 1 - 2:30 PM
The Inner World of Mind
Live video broadcasts of Gelek Rimpoche teaching on how to understand our mind, mental factors and how they function.
Tuesdays, 7:00-9 PM , Nov. 6
Vajrayogini Course
For practitioners of Vajrayogini
NOTE CHANGE: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 PM
Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 28, Dec. 5, 12, 19.
Instructor: Anne Warren
Lam Rim I, Section V
For continuing students
Instructor: Anne Warren
Mondays, 7-8:30 PM Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26, Dec. 3, 10.
Jewel Heart Study Program
Jewel Heart offers a graduated study and practice program based on the teachings of Gelek Rimpoche. Open to all, these classes are especially intended for those wishing to study the Tibetan Buddhist path in a systematic and in-depth manner.
Most Jewel Heart Study Program classes are free to supporting members of Jewel Heart. The fee for an 8-session course is $80, for a 4-session course $40 or $15 for a drop in session, although if you cannot afford this, please let Anne know and come anyway.
JH Cleveland Events
First Friday Potluck and Fall Sangha Gathering
Come enjoy fantastic food, scintillating conversation, and exotic shopping at Jewel Heart Cleveland's Fall Potluck and Sangha gathering. Bring a favorite dish to share - either something you make or from the grocery are both fine. The center will provide plates, cutlery and hot beverages.
Sangha Council President, Sarah Ralston, members of the Executive Committee and Committee Chairs will be present to answer questions and listen to your ideas and suggestions. Lora Swartz is bringing her imported Blue Lotus Ware to sell as a fundraiser for Jewel Heart - 15% of purchase price goes to the center.
Friday, November 2, 6-9 PM
Je Tsongkhapa Day Tsoh
Tuesday, December 4, is Je Tsongkhapa Day as well as the first day of Hanukah. This day commemorates Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of our Gelug tradition. It is the Tibetan festival of lights, so the center will be illuminated by more than 100 candle and electric lights offerings! We will chant the Lama Chöpa in English; a flyer describing this practice is available for newcomers. Bring a food offering, such as bread, fruit, cake or cookies. Canned goods will be donated to local charities, while other food will be shared after the ceremony.
Dec. 4, 7:00 - 9:00 PM All are welcome, children included!
Sunday Dharma talks
Join us for introductory Buddhist-inspired talks on contemporary issues. Open to all, these sessions are wonderful for beginners as well as helpful for continuing students, and include guided meditation and time for questions. On Sundays when we have a recorded talk by Rimpoche, a senior student will guide the meditation and answer questions.
Sundays (dates as noted), 11 AM-noon
free/donations welcomed
Sunday Nov. 4th, "Motivation - What's Driving You?" talk by Vivian Hartman
November 18 The Kindness of Others A DVD of a talk by Gelek Rimpoche
Sunday Dec. 2nd, " Closing the Gap Between Us"
talk by Susan Kirchner
December 16 Compassion and Wisdom A DVD of a talk by Gelek Rimpoche
Other Cleveland Jewel Heart Events
Interested in a statue filling workshop in 2008?
Traditionally in Tibetan Buddhist practice, statues of enlightened beings are filled with mantras and other substance and consecrated before being placed on an altar. If you are interested in a statue filling workshop to be taught by Sönam in January or February, please contact Susan by November 7 at eklipse@zoominternet.net or 330-722-7770. She will need to know which statue you have to be filled and how big it is, so that sufficient materials can be ordered. She can also tell you how to clean out the statue before the workshop.
The cost for the workshop will be $30. In addition, there is a cost for materials to fill the statue, starting with an additional $50 for an 8 inch statue, $60 for 9 inch and so forth. The exception is Vajrayogini statues, which need only $10 worth of materials. If you do not have a statue to be filled, you may attend the workshop and pay only the basic fee. If you cannot attend and have a statue to be filled, someone else may be able to do it - let Susan know.
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Monthly Tsoh offerings
Lama Chöpa and Vajrayogini Tsohs are held monthly. These offering ceremonies generate a lot of positivity, and strengthen our connections as sangha members.
Lama Chöpa Tsoh: Monday, Nov. 5, 19, 5:30 to 6:30 PM
Tsongkhapa day, Lama Chöpa Tsoh: Tuesday, Dec. 4
Vajrayogini Tsoh Wednesday Dec. 19, 7 to 9:30 PM
Blue Lotus Ware / Lora Swartz
Showing & Sale of handcrafted Tibetan, Nepalese and Himalayan goods including: Buddhist ceremonial & offering items; handmade and hand-painted Tibetan furniture by Tibetan refugees in India; handcrafted jewelry, folk arts & crafts, altar boxes; fine Pashmina, silk and other shawls; unusual antique items and much more!
Opening at the potluck on November 2nd and continuing through November 12. 15% of sales donated to Jewel Heart.
For more information, questions or appointments contact Lora Lswartz333@yahoo.com or 216-798-3355.
Coming soon www.bluelotusware.com
Cleveland News
September and October have passed quickly with our four continuing classes, Sunday talks, tsohs and other events in Cleveland and elsewhere. A large and enthusiastic group has begun The Art of Living class; discussions are reportedly quite lively.
Gorgeous weather helped to make the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival a success, and as usual Ujjen's Jewel Heart booth was a favorite, while JH member Lora Swartz also attracted interest with her Blue Lotus Wares.
The 50 Tibetan Dharma words for Practitioners workshop gave participants a chance to hear a real Tibetan slowly recite prayers and repeat after him, to learn the meaning of SANG GYE and 49+ other words, and to learn how to pronounce BSGRUBS!
Our Sangha Council Executive Committee met on Oct. 3. Among other business, a Potluck and Fall Sangha Gathering was planned for Friday, Nov. 2. A number of Cleveland Dharma Instructors and Facilitators will attend the annual Instructor's meeting in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Oct. 27 to keep informed of new developments in the Jewel Heart Study Program.
Over Labor Day weekend Gelek Rimpoche gave challenging teachings on the Wheel of Sharp Weapons Lojong as well as a special Bodhisattva vow ceremony. For the ceremony, the shrine hall was decked with more than 5000 flowers!. A number of Clevelanders were able to attend. The fall retreat on Vajrayana at Garrison Institute also had significant Cleveland representation. Many Cleveland Sangha has a chance to see HH the Dalai Lama in Ithaca, NY and/or Bloomington, Indiana.
Other Cleveland Area Events
Open Tibetan Class to Start
Pema Shelling will teach Tibetan language on Saturdays from 10 am to noon beginning Nov. 17. For now, the class will be open format, with individual instruction depending on level of experience.
If you have some background in Tibetan, please bring your study materials and questions. If you are a new student of Tibetan, you will receive handouts on the Tibetan alphabet. Pema-la will create an individualized study plan for each student. Students may choose to focus on conversational or classical Tibetan.
Suggested donation per 2 hour class is $10-20. Note: since this class is not part of the Jewel Heart Study Program, the suggested donation applies to JH members as well.
Relics in Columbus
Heart Shrine Relic Tour, an exhibition of ancient sacred Buddhist relics that was hosted several years ago both by Jewel Heart Cleveland and by the Jewel Heart Summer Retreat at Albion College, will be in Columbus November 9,10 & 11, 2007. The location and schedule follow:
Karma Thegsum Choling
231 South Grubb Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Friday, November 9, 5:00 PM - Opening Ceremony
Saturday, November 10, 10:00 am - 7:00 PM
Sunday, November 11, 10:00 am - 7:00 PM
No entrance fee - personal blessings all day!
For more information, contact Erin Blue at 614-228-6546. If you are interested in driving to Columbus as a group, contact Anne at 216-691-5950 or aewarren@sbcglobal.net and we will try to coordinate things.
Ann Arbor News
For several reasons, Rimpoche has decided to change the spelling of his name back to Gelek Rimpoche. It's easier to spell, that's an additional reason! For more on this, see www.jewelheart.org
As change is inevitable, Jewel Heart will be moving out of the East Washington Street building at the end of October. Jewel Heart was able to sell the building for nearly twice what was paid for it, so significant funds will be available when the perfect new home for the Ann Arbor Sangha and JH national office is found. In the meantime, the offices have shifted to a temporary location, and classes and other programs will be held in various places in Ann Arbor.
Announcements
Library Appeal!
Save the date: Sunday, November 11 3-6 PM? (following Odyssey to Freedom) Tim is looking for volunteers to aid in the "Help the Library Project." As many of you know, the Cleveland Jewel Heart library is going through some changes and in order to finalize these changes and get the job done, we need some extra help. Pizza and soda will be provided and with some help, high spirits, and patience, we should have a good time and get the job done. (all events at Jewel Hear Cleveland center unless otherwise noted)
Cleveland
2670 W 14th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
PHONE: 216-687-1617
For information about any of the events in this newsletter, contact Bill or Susie Kirchner at (330) 722-7770 evenings before 8PM or email
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May all beings have happiness.
May they be free from suffering.
May they find the joy that has never known suffering
May they be free from attachment and hatred.
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