January – April 2012 Special Events
DAKINI POETICS:
EXPERIMENTS OF ATTENTION
A Poetry Workshop with Anne Waldman
Saturday, April 14, 2 – 4pm
Jewel Heart 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
How is poetry like hidden terma or treasure rescued
by the playfulness and imagination of the dakini principle?
Shapeshifting-trickster-feminine-energy
dynamics will be invoked.
And the question of how are we in creative symbiosis
with our environment will be explored.
This workshop will suggest a practice of how to work with dream, ritual, memory, montage, performance and collaboration, in the construction of a hybrid poetics.
Sliding scale – $20 – $40
Register early or pay at the door – [email protected] or 734 994 3387 x 223
Recommended – Manatee/Humanity (Penguin Poets)
and Vow to Poetry (Coffee House Press)
Recently deemed a “counter-cultural giant” by Publisher’s Weekly, Anne Waldman is a poet, performer, professor, editor, and cultural activist.
She is the author of more than 40 books and has concentrated on the long poem as a cultural intervention with such projects as Marriage: A Sentence, Structure of The World Compared to a Bubble, Manatee/Humanity (all three books published by Penguin Poets) and the anti-war feminist epic The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment, recently published by Coffee House Press this past Fall. Her CD The Milk of Universal Kindness with music by Ambrose Bye was also released in 2011. She has presented her work at conferences and festivals around the world, most recently in Wuhan, Beijing, Berlin, Nicaragua, Prague, Kerala, Mumbai, Calcutta, Marrakech, and Madrid. Her work has been translated into numerous languages. Waldman is a recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award, and has recently been appointed a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. She is the Co-Founder with Allen Ginsberg (who deemed Waldman his “spiritual wife”) of the Jack Kerouac School at Naropa University the first Buddhist inspired University on the North American continent. She is the artistic director of Naropa’s Summer Writing program.
Websites: Fast Speaking Music
http://www.wix.com/fastspeakingmusic/fsm
and Naropa University.
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HERUKA FIVE DEITY AND VAJRAYOGINI INTITIATIONS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011
SUNDAY JANUARY 1, 2012
Friday ~ 7:30 – 11pm
Saturday ~ 8pm – 1am
Sunday ~ 2:30 – 7pmPLEASE NOTE: Vajrayana initiation requires prior permission.
$150 suggested donation for the weekend
Please email [email protected]
Your contact with registration
helps with planning arrangements
and is most appreciated!
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A CONVERSATION WITH
PHILIP GLASS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 7 – 9PM
at JEWEL HEART
1129 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
In Ann Arbor for his world renowned opera, Einstein on the Beach, Philip Glass will give a public talk on Tuesday, January 17, 7 – 9pm at the Jewel Heart Center in Ann Arbor. We invite you to join us for this unique evening with Philip Glass.
To register, please email [email protected] or pay at the door.
Sliding Scale: $15 – $30.
Click here for flyer and more information.
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University Musical Society is hosting the Preview of Einstein on the Beach, January 2012 at the Power Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
A percentage of ticket sales ordered through Jewel Heart will be donated to Jewel Heart. Ticket sales through Jewel Heart begin Saturday, November 5th. To place your order for tickets to Einstein on the Beach, please email [email protected].
by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass
with choreography by Lucinda Childs
at the Power Center in Ann Arbor, MichiganFriday, January 20, 7 pm
Saturday, January 21, 7 pm
Sunday, January 22, 2 pm
Main Floor $56 · $50 · $36
Balcony $50 · $36 · $20
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GLENN MULLIN VISITS JEWEL HEART ANN ARBOR
TIBETAN BUDDHISM IN THE WEST:
ENLIGHTENMENT ON MAIN STREET
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 7 – 9pm
This talk looks at the unfolding of the enlightenment tradition as prophesied by Buddha himself, and at how you can be part of the fulfillment of that prophecy.
Suggested donation, $10
CHAKCHEN DE-NGA: THE FIVE SIDES OF MAHAMUDRA TRAINING
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 10am – 12pm, 2 – 5pm
Lama Tsongkhapa studied extensively in the Drikung Kargyu monastery. One of the many lineages he received is that known as Chakchen De-nga, or The Five Sides of Mahamudra. Here “mahamudra” refers to simultaneous the experience of bliss and void; it also refers to “ordinary enlightenment,” the special lineage of cultivating awareness of emptiness and seemingness in everyday activities. The lineage went to his main disciples, and passed through the early Dalai and Panchen Lamas. The Gelukpa lineage of this unique Drikung formula for enlightenment has become less known in recent centuries, but is still alive and well.
Sliding scale, $30 – 60.
Glenn Mullin studied in Dharamsala continuously for 12 years, from 1972 to 1984, and then six months a year for the six years to follow. His main tantra teachers were Kyabje Ling Dorjechang and Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang. After their passing in the early 1980s, his root guru became Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche, the lama who raised Gelek Rimpoche. Glenn is the translator of more than a dozen Tibetan Buddhist classics, and the author of numerous books on Tibetan Buddhist art, history and culture. His “The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation” was nominated for the prestigious NAPRA award, and his book “The Female Buddhas” won Foreword Magazine’s “Book of the Year Award.”
He is the director and main meditation teacher of the Stone Lotus Tantra Buddhism center in Korea. He spends four months a year in Mongolia, and the remainder travelling and teaching Buddhism. He also leads pilgrimages to Tibet every spring.
ALSO – Sunday, February 5, 7:30 – 9pm
Public Talk with Glenn Mullin, details to come
LOCATION: Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
6:30 – 7:30pm Reception preceding the talk
January – April 2012 Programs
TIBETAN BUDDHISM WITH GELEK RIMPOCHE
SUNDAY MORNING PROGRAMS AT JEWEL HEART
NEW TO SUNDAY PROGRAMS
We invite to you enjoy WEEKLY Sunday morning talks by Gelek Rimpoche.
10 – 11am – SUNDAY MORNING TALKS with Gelek Rimpoche
Program includes:
11am – 11:30am – Tea, Cookies and Conversation
We invite you to also join us for either or both of the following meditation sessions:
8:45 – 9:45am – Concentrated Meditation in Tara’s Paradise Room. Note: There will be no meditation sessions on January 1, February 26 and March 4.
11:30am – 12:30pm – White Tara Guided Meditation in the Joyful Paradise Room. Note: There will be no White Tara on on January 1, February 26 and March 4.
Rimpoche’s Sunday Morning Talks are also available on live video webcast.
To subscribe, please visit www.jewelheart.org/webcast-subscription.
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ALSO on SUNDAY AFTERNOONS:
WU STYLE TAI CHI, 4 – 5:30pm
Learn meditation in motion with this “soft style” martial art, emphasizing relaxation and balance with Marilyn Feingold. Note: There will be no Tai Chi on January 1, February 26 and March 4.
Suggested donation: $5
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GOM WEEKENDS –
March 23-25: Friday, 7pm – 9pm, Saturday, 9am – 8:30 pm & Sunday, 9am – 6pm
GOM, or concentrated meditation, is an essential tool that helps develop peace and joy as well as the power to deeply understand wisdom. This intensive weekend includes practice session with light guidance. Silence is maintained. Sessions include sitting and walking meditations. Instructors are available for assistance. Please bring brown bag meals and snacks. Tea/Coffee provided.
Donation only
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CREATING SPACE: CLARITY AND INSIGHT THROUGH MEDITATION – Mondays, 7–8:30pm
January 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, March 5, 12, 19. Note: No meeting on February 27.
Meditation provides a clear stable mind, necessary for a happy life and 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.
$80/Jewel Heart Members – Free
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ODYSSEY TO FREEDOM – SECTIONS 5 & 6 – Wednesdays, 7–8:30pm
Section 5 – January 4, 11, and Section 6 – January 25, February 1, 8, 15, March 7, 14. Note: No Meeting January 18, February 22, 29
Gelek Rimpoche created Odyssey to Freedom as an accessible and concise Lam Rim, encompassing the stages of the spiritual path from our current situation, as it is, to full enlightenment.
Section 5 & 6 – $80/Jewel Heart Members – Free
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THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS – Thursdays, 7–8:30pm
January 26, February 9, 16, 23, March 8, 15, 22, 29. Note: No meeting February 2, March 1
This course introduces Buddha’s revolutionary message that suffering can come to an end through one’s own efforts. Following Gelek Rimpoche’s transcript, Four Noble Truths, participants rely on readings, discussion and meditation.
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
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LAMA CHOPA – Mondays, 7–8:30pm
January 9, 23, February 6, 20, March 12, 26, April 9, 23.
Lama Chopa is a complete guru yoga practice integrating aspects of sutra and tantra into a common framework, based on Gelek Rimpoche’s commentary Guru Devotion: Integrating the Primordial Mind. Also available as an online offering. Open to all.
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
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SYNOPSIS OF GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE – Wednesdays, 7–8:30pm
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13.
This course, a synopsis of the activities of a bodhisattva and based upon the writings of the Indian saint and scholar Shantideva, is offered in preparation for the 2012 Summer Retreat held from July 5 – 15. This course is open to all.
$130/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
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DEEPENING AWARENESS: THE PRACTICE OF MINDFULNESS MEDITATION – Thursdays, 7–8:30pm
April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24.
Becoming more aware of our thoughts, feelings and sensations through meditation opens the door to understanding the nature of our mind and how it influences our experience. While open to all, it is recommended to follow Creating Space: Clarity and Insight through Meditation.
$80/ Jewel Heart Members – Free
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CELEBRATED TSOH DATES and HOLIDAYS – 6pm unless otherwise indicated
Sunday, December 4 (10),
Tuesday, December 20, – Je Tsong Khapa Day, 7pm.
Sunday, January 1 (10) late afternoon tbd,
Wednesday, January 18 (25) – COMPULSORY TSOH, 7pm,
Thursday, February 2 (10) COMPULSORY TSOH, 7pm,
Saturday, February 18 (25)
Saturday, March 3 (10),
Saturday, March 17 (25),
Sunday, April 1 (10),
Sunday, April 15 (25).
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DHARMA DISCUSSION AND DEBATE – Tuesdays, Monthly, 7– 8:30pm
November 22, January 31, February 21, March 27, April 24
Drawing on the traditional Tibetan Buddhist mode of learning through pen debate, you are invited to participate in groups of two to five participants to analytically challenge and deepen your relationship with the Dharma. Join in for free pizza and discussion!
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FREE FILMS AND DISCUSSION – Fridays – Monthly, 7:00pm
Bring your friends and enjoy a free film and discussion about dharma and the film. Concessions are also available.
January 27 – Enlightenment Guaranteed (2001)
A brilliant comedy about self discovery, two brothers searching for meaning in their life.
February 17 – Buck (Documentary, 2011) Janis Paul Host.
Buck Brannaman – real life horse whisperer, American cowboy and sage on horseback helping horses with people problems. “Your horse is a mirror to your soul. Sometimes you may not like what you see. Sometimes, you will.”
March 30 – Why Has Bodhi-Dharma left for the East (1989)
Korean (English subtitles)
A master, a young monk and an orphaned boy devote themselves to their Buddhist teachings.
April 27 – Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring (2004)
Korean (English subtitles)
The setting is a floating monastery in a pristine mountain lake, where an elderly monk teaches a boy the lessons of life.
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JEWEL HEART READERS – Tuesdays, Monthly, 7 – 8:30pm
January 10, February 14, March 13 (Life and Teachings of Tsong Khapa by R. Thurman), April 10.
Enjoy lively discussion of dharma related book selections monthly.
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KNITTING SOCIAL – Sundays, Monthly, 1–4pm
January 8, February 12, March 11
All are invited to this monthly Sangha Council social gathering. Loving Kindness Knitting & Crafts includes all crafts, arts and handiwork. Bring your current project(s) if you have one or join our Squares project. We have lots of yarn to go around.