Jewel Heart News CLEVELAND CHAPTER - October 2003

Jewel Heart is dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhism and to the practice of this rich tradition within the context of contemporary life.

Jewel Heart Study Program begins Sept. 28!

Open to all, these classes, based on teachings by Gehlek Rimpoche, are especially intended for those wishing to study the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism in a systematic and in-depth manner. All include meditation and discussion. The program in its entirety is meant to provide a foundation for entering the Vajrayana Buddhist path. Jewel Heart Supporting Members may attend Study Program courses free of charge.

Study Program Courses include:
~ Creating Space: Clarity and Insight through Meditation
~ Deepening Awareness: The Practice of Mindfulness Meditation
~ The Healing Practice of White Tara
~ Good Life, Good Death
~ Gateway to the Three Principles of the Path
~ Ganden Lha Gyema Workshop
~ Odyssey to Freedom
~ The Three Principles of the Path

Jewel Heart Cleveland is pleased to offer the following courses in the fall 2003. No one will be turned away from any course because of inability to pay – contact Anne (440-576-1190 aewarren@apk.net) if you need a fee adjustment.

An Introduction to Jewel Heart:
Open House Sunday September 28, 1-3 pm. Come for an introduction to Jewel Heart that will include information about Gehlek Rimpoche, Jewel Heart centers throughout the world and the new Jewel Heart Study Program, as well as a chance to ask questions, enjoy tea and cookies and get to know Jewel Heart members. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge.

Odyssey to Freedom:
Part 1 – Key Elements of Daily Practice The Odyssey to Freedom was created by Gehlek Rimpoche as a concise and complete Lam Rim outline, encompassing the stages of the spiritual path from your current situation to full enlightenment. Each topic will be addressed in a short videotaped teaching by Gehlek Rimpoche, followed by contemplation on the topic and group discussion. Sessions will end with a guided analytical meditation. This course has 43 classes in all and will be run in several sections, taking approximately 18 months to finish. I

Eight Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 pm October 1 through November 19 Instructor for Part 1 will be Anne Warren.
Supporting Members free Members $70 Non-Members $80 Enrollment limited

Creating Space:
Clarity and Insight through Meditation Meditation is the basis of the spiritual path and the cornerstone for a focused daily life. This course will provide instruction in the basic elements of meditation – breathing, posture, stabilizing the mind, coping with distractions, as well as establishing a daily meditation practice. David Jacobs will lead this course.
Eight Tuesdays 7:00-8:30 pm September 30 – November 19 Supporting Members free Members $70 Non-Members $80 Enrollment limited

Good Life, Good Death
Based on the national bestselling book by Gehlek Rimpoche, this course will explore how the Tibetan Buddhist perspective can be utilized by anyone, of any faith, to bring depth, meaning and joy to our daily life. This course will be run in a study group format with each session beginning with a brief presentation by the instructor. It will then center on discussion and end with a guided meditation. This course is open to both new and seasoned spiritual seekers.
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm November 26 - December 17 and January 7 - 28 Instructor: Anne Warren
Supporting Members free Members $70 Non-Members $80 Enrollment limited

Vajrayana Study and Practice Group
This study group will cover a variety of topics and is open to Vajrayana students only. On October 27, we will begin a group focusing on the White Tara sadhana. This study group will be open to those who have had Highest Yoga Tantra initiation or the full initiation of 1000-armed Avalokitesvara.

Mondays, 7 – 9 pm Donations accepted.

Registration information
To register for any of the above courses, send your name, address, email, phone number and course fee or a 10% deposit to:

Jewel Heart Cleveland, 2670 W14th St., Cleveland, OH 44113

(Please make checks payable to Jewel Heart.)

For more information about Cleveland courses, call 216-687-1617 or 440-576-1190 and ask for Anne.

For more information on becoming a member of Jewel Heart, contact Debbie Burr 734-994-3387, ext. 1 or debbie@jewelheart.org

Tara Mandala Dance Workshop Oct 3-5 with international teachers Prema Dasara and Anahata Iradah

Introduction - Workshop - Ritual Offering

TARA is the embodiment of wisdom and compassion. She is the great mother goddess swift to assist any who call out to her, overpowering obstacles, dissolving ignorance. She is a deity of Buddhist Tantra, a potentiality latent within everyone. In this workshop participants, both women and men, are led into a mandala dance, instructed in the subtlety of sacred movement and mudra. They learn experientially the philosophy, meditations and visualizations of the traditional Tantric Buddhist practice. At the end of the workshop the dancers are adorned with silk and jewel costumes and dance for the community in an offering ritual. In the spirit of community celebration, men and women are also welcome to enroll in the workshop as a musician. This Sacred Sound Ensemble will be directed by Anahata Iradah.

INTRODUCTORY EVENING and RECEPTION Open to all! Come for a fascinating evening! Fri, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm DONATION $10.

contact info: Kris at 330-494-9413 Location: Jewel Heart Cleveland

WORKSHOP Saturday, October 4, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm DONATION $130. (includes Fri.eve.& lunches) Sunday, October 5, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm $150. after Sept. 1 (work scholarships available) Location: Jewel Heart Cleveland

RITUAL PERFORMANCE Sunday, October 5, 4:00 pm DONATION $10. Introductory evening and workshop at Jewel Heart Cleveland, 2670 W14th St. Ritual performance at Pilgrim Church, 2592 W. 14th St.

For more information or to register, contact Kris Kiko-Cozy at Kiko-cozy@kiko-cozy.com

PREMA DASARA brings the practices of Tibetan Buddhism to life in an accessible way. She teaches with warmth and humor, wisdom and enthusiasm. She is an international teacher and performer of sacred dance having trained in Asia for many years with masters of the sacred dance of India, Nepal, Tibet and Bali. She has led ritual dance offerings before H.H. the Dalai Lama and other great Tibetan lineage masters, receiving their enthusiastic support.

ANAHATA IRADAH is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, meditator

and documentary video producer. She is an accomplished leader of the Dances of Universal Peace and brings years of dedication to sacred and ceremonial music and dance.

Pencil in Nov. 15 and 16 for a teaching and initiation (probably Medicine Buddha) by Gehlek Rimpoche!

Check the November newsletter for the exact times, subject, and suggested donations. Most likely the teaching will be all day Saturday (10-12 and 2-5), and the initiation will be Sunday morning, ending in early or mid-afternoon.

Aug/Sept Cleveland News

Relics visit – Cleveland JH was fortunate to have the opportunity to sponsor the Heart Shrine Relics Tour. Cleveland donations to the relics totaled more than $2500. Many, many thanks to all those whose hard work made the relics visit such a blessing for all! For those attending the event was described by some as “magical”, “a direct experience of the sacred”, “mindboggling”, “words could not express such an experience” and to some, the ability to “experience the actual presence of enlightened beings”. Truly, the tathagatas smiled on Cleveland for a moment in time. The potluck at the Ralston’s as usual included lots of good food and a stimulating discussion of road rage. The Tibetan rug sale scheduled for October has been cancelled due to the fall retreat. Look for Ujjen to return next year for the Hessler Street Fair! In the Debate Workshop, Aug. 30, Dr. Dennis McDermot gave a group of Clevelanders a new appreciation of Tibetan logic and debate – we concluded that being in a debate is sort of like playing blindfolded chess!

Coming National Jewel Heart events:

White Tara: Goddess of Compassion and Healing - A Workshop with Gehlek Rimpoche
This workshop will focus on the healing and compassionate activity of White Tara. Tara is a mother goddess whose response to any heartfelt request for her help is quick and effective. Tara is particularly associated with healing, protecting from fears and stabilizing your life force. This practice is especially active and useful during these difficult times when people experience intense emotions and fear is often dominating our lives. Rimpoche will teach specific practices to regenerate the five elements of our body and will also give a White Tara Long Life Blessing Ceremony.

October 17-18; Friday 7:00 pm –8:30 pm, Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Jewel Heart Supporting Members $95, Jewel Heart Members $110, Non-Members $125

Renaissance Unity 11200 Eleven Mile Road Warren MI Note: This is only about 2 1/2 to 3 hours from Cleveland!

Fall Lamrim Retreat in Garrison NY
Thursday evening Oct. 9 through mid-day Monday Oct. 13. Rimpoche will give a complete transmission teaching on Je Tsongkhapa’s Song of Spiritual Experience, the lam rim du dön, over Columbus day weekend at the beautiful Garrison Institute located on the Hudson River. For more information, check the Jewel Heart website under What's New or call Debbie at 734-994-3387 ext. 1. Several people may be driving up together from Cleveland - if you are interested in sharing a car, reply to this email and we'll see if there is space available.

Winter Retreat Dates Changed
The Winter Retreat, previously scheduled during the Christmas Holidays, has been changed to Sunday February 8th -Sunday February 15th 2004. The retreat will be held at the Jewel Heart Center in Ann Arbor, MI. Registration will begin early on the 8th, as Rimpoche would like to have both an afternoon and evening teaching session on the first day. The retreat will close mid day on the 15th. Since February 16 is President's Day, we hope that people can use the extra day for travel and re-entry.

The subject of the retreat will be Chittamani Tara, and as usual, a previous Mahanutarayoga tantra initiation is required for attendance. A transcript of previous teachings on Chittamani Tara will be available in November, and Rimpoche is strongly encouraging people to read it before the retreat.

OTHER CLEVELAND AREA EVENTS

Monks of Drepung Loseling will appear at the Universal Light Expo in Columbus, Oct 11-12th. For more details:www.universeexpo.com The Expo runs from 9-8 on Saturday and 10-6 on Sunday at the Veterans Memorial Hall.

The monks will also celebrate the Lama Chopa at Unity Church of Christianity in Chesterland on Monday, October 13 at 7 pm. The address is 7887 ChaletDrive, Chesterland, Ohio 44026. The phone number is 440-729-7027. Donations will be accepted.

BASICS OF BUDDHISM CLASS - CloudWater Zendo will offer an 8-week course on the basic teachings and traditions of Buddhism Thursdays at 7:00 p.m., beginning on October 1st and ending November 19th. The course will be taught by Ven. Shih Ying-Fa and members of the CloudWater Zendo Senior Sangha. It will cover the teachings which are at the core of our tradition and will also look at the history and evolution of Buddhism from ancient India to modern times. The text for the class will be "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism" by Gary Gach. Tuition is $100 which includes the cost of the textbook. Deadline for registration is Tuesday, September 30th.

CLOUDWATER ZENDO, THE ZEN CENTER OF CLEVELAND

Address: 14436 Puritas Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44135 Telephone: 216-889-1393 - email: yingfa@cloudwater.org - web address: www.cloudwater.org

Ani Palmo’s What is Buddhism? Class and Advanced Class. Ani Palmo, an American woman who has been a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for the past nine years, will be giving two courses in Buddhism this fall. The first, entitled “What is Buddhism?” is an introductory course geared towards non-Buddhists and practicing Buddhists interested in expanding their knowledge. We will be covering six main topics, with two classes per topic: History of Buddhism; Philosophy and Practices of all the major Buddhist schools; Death and Dying, Science/Psychology and Buddhism; Politics and Buddhism; and Women and Buddhism. The course runs for 12 weeks beginning Thursday, Sept. 25th.

The other course is a Buddhism Intensive and is open to those who’ve already completed the “What is Buddhism?” course held this past summer and to those who are already familiar with basic Buddhist concepts. We will be covering three main topics, with four classes per topic: Compassion; Death and Dying; and Women and Buddhism. This course also runs for 12 weeks and begins on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd. Those already familiar with Buddhism are welcome to attend both the “What is Buddhism?” course and the Buddhism Intensive.

Both courses will be held at the Mary Rybicki Building, next door to Rybicki and Son Funeral Home in Garfield Hts. Cost is $105.00 for early registration and $120.00 for registration on or after the first class. Space is limited, so please register early. To register simply call Palmo at (440) 526-6577 or email her at palmoska@yahoo.com. Please include your name and phone number so that she can confirm your registration.

Contemplative Cooking with Ed Brown October 17-19, 2003
The Shambhala Meditation Group of Cleveland is pleased to announce a contemplative weekend with Ed Brown, internationally known teacher of meditation and vegetarian cooking. Anyone interested in meditation, vegetarian cooking, Buddhism, locally grown ingredients, organic living or any combination of those is invited to attend one or all of several classes that Ed will be teaching on the weekend of October 17-19, 2003.

Public Talk Friday, October 17 at 7PM - Ed will give a public talk at the Cleveland Buddhist Temple (1573 East 214th St., Euclid). He will discuss bringing meditation into everyday actions, including cooking. The cost is $7.

Meditation Class Saturday, October 18 from 9AM to 5PM - Ed will teach an all-day meditation class. This will be appropriate for both beginners and advanced meditation practitioners. The cost is $40 and includes lunch. Meditation cushions are available but anyone with their own meditation cushion is advised to bring it. This session will also be held at the Cleveland Buddhist Temple.

Cooking Class Sunday, October 19 from 10AM to 1PM - Ed will teach a contemplative cooking class at Parker's Restaurant in Ohio City (2801 Bridge Ave., Cleveland). Participants will help cook a meal, receive instruction in mindful cooking and feast on the food that is created. The cost is $65 and includes all materials (including all-natural, locally-grown vegetarian ingredients).

Cooking Class Sunday October 19 from 2PM to 5PM - Ed will teach a second, dinner-timed contemplative cooking class. The cost is $75.

Cooking classes are limited to 10 participants.

Reservations or more information can be obtained by contacting Matt McMullen, by email: mmcmullen@digiknow.com, or by phone: (216) 939-9117. About Ed Brown Edward Espe Brown has been practicing Buddhism since 1965 and was ordained by Suzuki Roshi in 1971. Since then he has been teaching Zen Buddhism and meditation using his easy-going manner and light-hearted humor as valuable teaching tools. Ed has been cooking as long as he has been a practicing Buddhism. His experience has included serving as the head cook at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center as well as manager of the famous Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. He focuses more on his meditation classes, so these cooking classes are some of the few he will do this year. Ed has also authored and co-authored several books on both cooking and meditation practice including the bestselling Greens Cookbook, The Tassajara Bread Book, Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings, and an edited collection of teachings from Suzuki Roshi, Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen.

OM Yoga Weekend With Cyndi Lee Of OM Yoga Center NYC November 1& 2, 2003 Presented by Evolution Yoga With Sandy Gross & Friends...216-595-YOGA (9642)
www.evolutionyogastudio.com Cyndi Lee is a student of Gehlek Rimpoche!
Saturday, November 1
9:00am - 12:00pm
Making Friends with Yourself and your Hips
Hip openers are an opportunity for transforming habitual patterns of aggression toward ourselves. Just like you don¹t like to be pushed or pulled before you are ready, neither do your hips. As we learn to relax and trust the flowing stillness and tiny openings of hip openers we observe how that creates space in our minds and hearts, too.

Saturday, November 1
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Extra Juicy Vinyasa, OM yoga-style ntermediate/Advanced Vinyasa Class
A hot, juicy OM yoga vinyasa class in which all parts of the body work in harmony with the breath and mind. Experiencing asanas and transitions with equal attention helps us experience the rich, freshness of every moment. Come ready to sweat and have fun!


7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dharma Talk/book signing
~Teachings from the Buddha~ A light snack and beverages will be provided.

Sunday, November 2
9:00am - 12:00pm
Cultivating Bodhicitta and Backbending
Applying bodhicitta or awakened heart to our practice of backbending helps us liberate our bodies, as well as pre-conceived notions of what we can and can't do. Instead of armoring up for scary situations, this oving-kindness practice gives us the true warrior's weapons of gentleness and non-aggression as we explore advanced backbends -sirsasana, dropbacks, kapotasana and more -- within a vinyasa class. We will end with a guided meditation to cultivate compassion for all beings.

"Cyndi Lee is a brilliant yoga teacher because she blends the knowledge and experience of life itself into her exquisite teaching of yoga. She leaves
her students content and open to the abundance of the moment." Rodney R. Yee
Cyndi Lee, director of OM yoga center, is a practitioner of both hatha yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, and has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. Her offering as a teacher is the immediacy of the hatha yoga experience informed by the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness, wisdom and compassion. Cyndi has led workshops and retreats in such diverse locations as Berlin, Costa Rica, Memphis, Omega Institute, Rocky Mountain Shambhala Center, Turks and Caicos and the Virgin Islands.

Cyndi is the author and artist of the best selling OM Yoga In A Box series, as well as OM Yoga, A Guide to Daily Practice and the forthcoming Yoga Body,
Buddha Mind. She has written a yoga column for the Shambhala Sun for the past two years and currently writes the vinyasa column for Yoga Journal.
Cyndi and OM yoga center have been featured in numerous publications, including Self, Fitness, Shape, Seventeen, Natural Health, Yoga Journal and New York Magazine, as well as on CNN, E! Entertainment Television, New York One, Good Day New York and ABC-TV's Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.

Cyndi's root guru is Gehlek Rinpoche, director of the Jewel Heart sangha, with whom she has studied for over ten years and received several Vajrayana initiations. She is also a practitioner of the Shambhala lineage, founded by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, which is a non-secular, contemplative path thatstrongly emphasizes shamatha/vipassana practice.

Prior to opening OM yoga center, Cyndi was a yoga teacher for nearly 20 years, teaching at venues including Urban Yoga, Jivamukti, Crunch, Equinox,
Chelsea Sports Center and Reebok. A former dancer and choreographer, Cyndi's extensive choreographic work includes the music video for Cyndi Lauper's
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun."
To register, please fill out the form below. Please include your payment and mail to the address below or return this form with your check to Evolution
Yoga (see address below).

Name:_______________________________________________

Address:______________________________________________

City/State/Zip:_________________________________________

Phone(day):____________________(eve)___________________

Email:_______________________________________________

I am enrolling in the OM Yoga weekend:

________Sat/Sun workshops/vinyasa class/dharma talk $140 ($155 value) if
paid by October 15. After October 15, $160. A deposit of $50 will hold your
spot in the above weekend package, with the balance due by October 15.

I prefer to enroll just in the following:

____Saturday Workshop $50

____Saturday Int/Adv OM Yoga Vinyasa Yoga class $35

____Saturday evening Dharma Talk $20

____Sunday Workshop $50

*Above prices are effective if payment is received by Saturday, October 15. After October 15, prices for individual workshops/vinyasa class/dharma talk
are as follows: $40 for vinyasa class, $55 each for workshops, $25 for Dharma talk. No exceptions will be made. Refund policy: Refunds will only be
given through October 30, minus a $25 fee.

*Make checks payable to Evolution Yoga, and mail to: Evolution Yoga, 29299 Orangewood Drive, Beachwood, OH 44122

Enrollment is limited and Cyndi Lee's events usually sell out. Priority given to those participating in the entire weekend package. Drop ins will only be allowed if space permits. Please call us if you have questions about availability.


Decembers Holiday Arts and Fine Craft Sale Open House is in the planning and organizing stages. The date is Friday December 12th from 5:30 - 9:30 and Saturday from Noon - 4:00.
for further information contact Theresa Yondo at 440-338-6219 or BruMurph@ix.netcom.com
Craftspeople will pay a $20.00 fee to participate which will cover the cost of flyers etc. and donate 15% of sales to Jewel Heart.

Ann Arbor News

The Joyful Jewel Heart summer retreat was held this August at the new setting of Albion College Michigan which provided comfortable facilities and unique food items like deep-fried macaroni and cheese triangles! (But also a good salad bar). Rimpoche’s teachings on the nature of the mind were intense, demanding and rewarding and the discussion groups were quite lively. Afternoon presentations, a skit, White Tara initiation, and a concluding smoke puja provided changes of pace. A very moving Lama Chopa Tsoh, with a small mountain of offerings, was held Thursday evening to welcome the Heart Shrine Relics to the retreat.

Broadcast teachings. Due to Rimpoche’s needing to be with HH the Dalai Lama a number of Sept teachings have been cancelled, but the regular schedule will resume soon. Both Ann Arbor and New York teachings now begin at 7 instead of 7:30. Check the website under Rimpoche Live for details.

JH Cleveland Calendar of Events

For most events the suggested site donation is $5-10.

Mondays, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, open for meditation

Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, open for meditation

Sun Sept. 28 Open House 1-3pm

Mon Sept. 29 7-9 pm Lama Chopa study group

Tues. Sept. 30 Creating Space Meditation course

Wed. Oct. 1 Odyssey to Freedom will start 7-9 pm

Fri. Oct. 3, 7:30 Introduction to Sacred Tara Dances

Sat. Oct 4 and Sun Oct 5 Tara Mandala Workshop

Sun. Oct. 5 4:00 pm Ritual Performance of Tara Mandala Dance (location: Pilgrim Church, 1 block from JH Cleveland)

Mon Oct. 20 5:30-6:30 pm Lama Chopa Tsoh 7-9 pm Cleveland Coordinator’s meeting

Mon. Oct. 27 White Tara Sadhana study group begins

Fri Nov 7 First Friday potluck at the Kirchner’s 330-722-7770

Sunday November 9 Full moon day and Lha Bab Du Chen. 5:30 am at the JH center Eight Mahayana precepts. Center cleanup throughout the day

Sat Nov. 15 and Sun Nov 16 Gehlek Rimpoche to teach and give initiation

Great compassion makes a peaceful heart.

A peaceful heart makes a peaceful person.

A peaceful person makes a peaceful family.

A peaceful family makes a peaceful community.

A peaceful community makes a peaceful nation.

A peaceful nation makes a peaceful world.