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Fall Retreat: Power and Presence
October 8, 2008 at 6pm to October 12, 2008 at 12:30pm – Mt. Baldy Zen Center
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- Port Townsend, WA / Santa Barbara, CA
- Practice level
- experienced (<5 years)
- About Me:
- I've been studying with Ken since I discovered him in early 2006. I followed a link to UM from Pema Chodron's Website and listened to a podcast by Ken on reactive emotions. At last, a teacher I can understand with tools I can use! Before that I had many years of disorganized practice in the Zen tradition along with a strong interest in the culture and traditions of Tibet and the himalaya. These days I sit every day, read and listen to podcasts, study Qi Gong where I can, and remember to live awake every now and then.
For work, I design books. For joy, time with nature and with those I love, for "oblivion" movies, food, the usual. I oscillate back and forth between my home in the small community of Port Townsend, WA, and Santa Barbara, CA where my mother and sweetheart live. Stay tuned.
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A great dharma talk by Yvonne Rand
I don't know what this "My Blog" feature does, so I thought I try it. Earlier I re-listened to a talk by Yvonne Rand in the Dharma Seed Tape Library. Since I've been coming at practice and study with the zeal of the converted (even though I've been in and out of practice for years) I found her talk helped bring me (closer) to the ground and had some practical advice:
Yvonne Rand on Expectations
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Were you able to visit the Chimpu caves above Samye? That was very special. Before visiting Lhasa and Samye we were in Kham and had the chance to visit Yachen Gar, one of the huge encampments where monks, nuns and lay people congregate to study these days. There we had an audience with Rinpoche's teacher Lama Achuk . Another very wonderful part of the trip was Mani Dungkar -- a beautiful mani wall started by Patrul Rinpoche -- will find some pics of that and put them up.