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Jewel Heart News
CLEVELAND CHAPTER May 2004
Jewel Heart is an educational and cultural center whose doors
are open to all. Its purpose is to transmit the essence of Tibetan
Buddhism in an authentic and accessible form. Jewel Heart provides
guidance and practical methods to anyone interested in spiritual
development, as well as those who wish to follow the traditional
Buddhist path.
Jewel Heart Art Show:
A multimedia exploration through image and form. Friday, May
14, 6-9 pm: Exhibition opening and reception: Jewel Heart Cleveland
Curated by Claire Ackerman, this show will feature works that
relate to, dialogue with, or are inspired by Buddhism, by artists
affiliated with Jewel Heart. This exhibit is a part of The Buddha
Project and will run through June. Attention artists in all media!
Contact Claire if you have work that you want to have
included in this show at bandoc@bellefairejcb.org
Coming Jewel Heart Cleveland Events
For more information about the following Jewel Heart events,
contact Anne at 440-576-1190 or aewarren@apk.net
Jewel Heart Cleveland coordinators to meet.
Coordinator's meeting is set for Monday May 17 from 7-9. Anyone
interested in working with this committee please contact Bill
Kirshner at xlucent@zoominternet.net
Rummage Sale Jewel Heart will be participating
in The Tremont Rummage Sale Sunday June 27th 9-4. Please bring
any items you wish to donate to the JH center on Sat. 6/26 for
the rummage sale. Proceeds from the sale to benefit JH. Anyone
interested in helping out with the sale, your help would be greatly
appreciated.
Monthly Tsoh offerings! Thanks to Marsha and
Dennis, we are beginning to plan for regular monthly Lama Chöpa
and Vajrayogini Tsohs. These offering ceremonies are a great opportunity
to generate a lot of positivity, and to strengthen our connections
as sangha members.
Lama Chöpa Tsoh Saturday May 29 at 7-9.
Open to all, this traditional ritual offering will chanted in
a combination of English and Tibetan. Bring
a food offering if you can. Afterward, nonperishable food items
will be distributed to local charities.
Vajrayogini Tsoh May 15, 4-6 pm Anyone who has
received the Vajrayogini initiation may attend.
Tibetan Language and Culture class Tashi Delek!
Tsewang Namgyel Shelling has offered to teach Tibetan language
class which will meet twice a month beginning Sunday May 16 from
12-2:00 at JH Cleveland. Cost is $10 for non-members and $5 for
Jewel Heart members per class. If you cannot afford this come
anyway. We will also be sharing a meal so plan on bringing something
to share (brunch type foods). If you plan on coming to class and
have related materials, please bring them to share as well! Future
class dates will be sent to participants. Any questions, contact
Dorothy at deeyurkiw@yahoo.com
or 440-886-0108.
Interested in open meditation hours? Craig Hartman,
who is teaching the popular bi-monthly meditation class Clarity
and Insight, has agreed to be a contact person for those interested
in open meditation hours at the Jewel Heart center. Contact him
at craigr@config.com with days and times that would work best
for you. Over the next few months, we will try to schedule some
generally convenient regular times when people can practice together.
The Jewel Heart Study Program
Jewel Heart offers a graduated study and practice program based
on the teachings of Gehlek 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.
Odyssey to Freedom, Part Three
The third module in this class will begin Wednesday May 12, 7:15-8:45
pm, at Jewel Heart Cleveland. The Odyssey to Freedom is Gehlek
Rimpoche's step-by-step guide to the Buddhist path, written especially
for us in the 21st century. Each evening will include a brief
videotaped talk by Rimpoche, discussion, and guided meditation
and practice advice. Course fee: free for supporting members and
above. $80 for non-members (in cases of financial hardship, contact
Anne aewarren@apk.net 440-576-1190
about fee reduction)
Creating Clarity and Insight
Saturdays May 1 and May 15 10-12 Craig Hartman's meditation continues
this month. To join the class please contact Craig at craigr@config.com
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.
Other Cleveland Area Events
The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art
will be closing May 9. This exhibit, which was previously in Los
Angeles, includes about 150 pieces that illustrate the Chakrasamvara
Tantra and related practices. This show is worth the drive!
Reb Anderson Tenshin Roshi at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental
Education Center
Reb Andersen Tenshin Roshi a lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition
will be leading a 5-day session at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental
Education Center Fri June 4 thru Wed June 9, 2004. Their schedule
includes zazen and dharma talks as well as other activities. For
more information contact coordinators for the event: Nancy Wolf
(330) 329-7950, buddhagirl54@hotmail.com
or Jennie McMullen (216) 939-9117, Jennie@PeacefulWarriorYoga.com.
Event co-sponsored by The NEO Soto Zen Group and Stillpoint Zen
Practice Comm. of Pittsburgh
Ujjen at the fair: Ujjen is bringing the Jewel
Heart Store from Ann Arbor for the Hessler Street Fair, May 22
and 23 noon to dusk each day. For more information visit www.hessler.org/fair.html
Wisdom, Compassion and power: The Dance of the 21 Praises
of Tara
Julie Thomas is a student of Prema Dasara and certified teacher
of the Mandala Dance is leading the Mandala Dance of the 21 praises
of Tara. The dance involves simple, graceful, tai-chi like movements
done with Tara mantras and the Twenty-One Praises of Tara, a traditional
Tibetan practice translated into English. Dates: Saturdays from
1-3 p.m. - May 8th, June 26th & July 24th at the First Unitarian
Church of Youngstown, 1105 Elm Street. Please note that all dates
are subject to change. All are welcome, Buddhist or dance experience
not necessary.
Your donations will be greatly appreciated - $5 for students,
$10 for adults.
For more information please contact Julie Thomas at jethomas@ysu.edu
or visit www.taradhatu.org
The Buddha Project: Visual Manifestations of Buddhist
Thought in the Western World
Cleveland State University Art Gallery May 21- June 26, 2004 Tentative
schedule for The Buddha Project and adjunct events. Visit www.buddhaproject.net
or call the CSU gallery 216-687-2103 for more information and
possible changes to scheduled events.
Thursday, May 20, 4-8 pm - Buddha Project exhibition opening.
At Thrive: An Artspace (in the Galleria, 1301 E. 9th Street, Cleveland)
Friday, May 21, 5-9 pm - Buddha Project exhibition opening and
Overview of Buddhism by Sensei Sevan Ross. At CSU Art Gallery.
Friday, May 21, 6-10 pm - Buddha Project exhibition opening.
At Gallery U (in the ArtCade, 530 Euclid Ave., Suite 30, Cleveland)
Saturday, May 22, 9 am - 2 pm - Introductory Zen Workshop by
Sensei Sevan Ross of the Chicago Zen Center. At the Unitarian
Universalist Society of Cleveland (2728 Lancashire Road, Cleveland
Heights)
Sunday, May 23, 9-10 am - Vesakha: Meditation / 10 am - noon
- Vesakha: Services / noon - 1 pm - vegetarian potluck lunch /
1-3 pm
Buddhist family films, including Little Buddha
(directed by Bernardo Bertolucci <click
here> , 1994). At CSU University Center Building, room
6.
Sunday, May 23, 5-7 pm -- Buddha Project exhibition opening.
At West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church (20401 Hilliard Boulevard,
Rocky River)
Sunday, May 23, 7-9 pm - Dreaming Awake: A Piano Recital by Dr.
Angelin Chang, Professor of Music at CSU. Features Dreaming Awake,
composed by Philip Glass as a gift to Gehlek Rimpoche of Jewel
Heart, and pieces by Satye, Messaien, Chopin and other composers.
At West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church.
Wednesday, May 26, noon - 1 pm - Gallery Talk. At Thrive.
Thursday, May 27, 7-9 pm - Film: Groundhog Day (directed by Harold
Ramis,
1993), with discussion. At CSU Art Gallery.
Friday, May 28th, 6-8 pm - Public Talk: Evolution of the Buddha
Image, by
Professor Thomas Donaldson, professor of Art History at CSU. At
CSU Art
Gallery.
Saturday, May 28, 10 am - noon - Practice: Pure Land / tea break
/
12:30-1:30 - Dharma talk: The Pure Land is Here and Now by Ven.
Shih Ying-Fa
of CloudWater Zendo / break / 2-4 pm - Panel Discussion: Buddhism
in the
West. At CSU Art Gallery.
Week of May 30, 2004 Wednesday, June 2, 6-8 pm - Poetry Reading:
American
Buddhist Poetry, by Larry Smith and other Ohio poets. At Thrive.
Thursday, June 3, 7-9 pm - Film: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
(directed
by Jim Jarmusch, 2000), with discussion. At CSU Art Gallery.
Friday, June 4, 6-7 pm - Gallery Talk at CMA: Buddhist Art in
Asia by Jean
Graves, Educator, Cleveland Museum of Art. Meet at the members'
information
desk.
(The Museum is located on University Circle
at 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland)
Saturday, June 5, 10 am - noon - Practice: Rinzai Zen / tea break
/
12:30-1:30 Dharma Talk: Change Your Mind by Susan Rakow, Cleveland
Zazen
Group / break / 2-4 pm - Panel Discussion: Engaged Buddhism. At
CSU Art
Gallery.
Other Events
2004 Summer Ecology Trip to Nepal and Tibet
Carole Elchert will be leading this small group tour to Kathmandu
and Tibet this July. Those who have traveled with her know that
the knowledge and access to the culture she offers are incomparable
- ask Janice C.! The very reasonable cost of $3000 includes hotel,
food, transportation in Nepal and Tibet and from Kathmandu to
Lhasa and back. Airfare to Nepal is not included.
For more details, contact Carole Elchert, University of Findlay,
OH. Ph. 419-365-7131 or email carole799@yahoo.com
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visits Miami, Florida
September 19th - 21st, 2004 His Holiness will give a public talk
on World Peace through Inner Peace and a Two-Day Buddhist Teaching
& Empowerment. More information at www.odn-usa.org
JH Cleveland News
New editions of Rimpoche's transcripts are available in the
library. Those who want their own copies may order them through
Susan at any Jewel Heart event. Vajrayana transcripts are available
in the Vajrayana library or for sale for those with the applicable
initiation.
March Potluck. A potluck and preliminary Tibetan class was held
at JH Cleve. 3/27/04. We had the good fortune of having as a guest
Tsewang Namgyal Shelling who has generously agreed to teach Tibetanlanguage/culture
classes at Cleve JH. Those in attendance enjoyed wonderful food
and had the opportunity to listen as Mr. Shelling shared not only
a preliminary lesson on the language, but also his own personal
experiences in Tibet. He was imprisoned in 1959 as a "reactionary"
and spent the next 20 years in prison in Lhasa during which time
he taught himself Chinese. He immigrated to India in1985 and joined
the Tibetan Government - in - Exile in 1986. Mr. Shelling now
works at CWRU as a scholar in residence on translation of tapes
which contain personal accounts of individuals affected by the
occupation of Tibet. These accounts are being archived by the
Center for Research on Tibet at CWRU (see website at www.cwru.edu.)
JH Cleveland Calendar of Events
Creating Clarity and Insight May 1, 15 from 10-12
Odyssey to Freedom Part 3 May 12, 19 from 7:15-8:45
Tibetan Language and Culture Class May 16 from 12-1:30
Coordinator's Meeting May 17 from 7-9
Jewel Heart Art Show May 15 from 6-9
Vajrayogini Tsoh May 15 from 4-6
Ujjen at Hessler Street Fair May 22, 23 from noon to dusk
Lama Chöpa Tsoh May 29 from 7-9
Ann Arbor News
Gehlek Rimpoche's White Tara Practice Box will
soon be available! Tara is the most beloved feminine deity of
Buddhism, who vowed to become enlightened and help all beings
while remaining in female form. White Tara is especially associated
with compassionate healing, long life, and protection. The Tara
Box contains a 96-page book which includes the information from
Rimpoche's White Tara transcript, a miniature white Tara statue,
and a keepsake box. It opens to create a portable shrine for the
exquisitely carved Tara statuette which can be used in conjunction
with the book's rituals and meditation practices. The Tara Box
will soon be available at the Jewel Heart store, as well as local
and national booksellers. It will provide the reading material
for the White Tara Meditation class to be offered at Jewel Heart
Cleveland later this summer.
Rimpoche to teach in Holland
Gehlek Rimpoche will soon be concluding his first eight week Meditation
courses. Taught in Ann Arbor and NYC, these teachings are available
by internet for members at the supporting level and above. Rimpoche
will then be traveling to the Netherlands where he will give a
number of teachings and workshops at the various branches of Jewel
Heart Holland. Check out their website www.jewelheart.nl
- an English language version is available. Rimpoche's next course
will begin sometime in June, after the Guhyasmaja initiation.
Own The Great Debate!
The New York Debate between Gehlek Rimpoche and Bob Thurman has
is available on DVD for $20 Email duplication@jewelheart.org or
call 734.994.3387 ext.110 and leave your request and we will contact
you as to the shipping date and payment method.
Supa Prostratathon! On Rimpoche's instructions,
Supa Corner, who has given many talks and workshops in Cleveland,
will be completing 100,000 prostrations before Feb. 8, 2006. You
are invited to pledge $100 to be donated to Jewel Heart on that
date providing he finishes them all! Sign up sheets are available
at the Cleveland center - let's help motivate Supa and contribute
to Jewel Heart!
Summer Retreat 2004 will be held Sunday, July
11 thru Sunday, July 18 at Albion College, Mi. Please check back
for further details.
Autumn Retreat 2004 will fall on Labor Day weekend,
Sept 3-6, 2004, details will be determined in the near future.
Location: Garrison, NY.
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May all beings have happiness.
May they be free from suffering.
May they come to know the joy that has never known suffering.
May they be free from attachment and hatred.
