August 16, 2007 at 3:57 pm
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Ven. Geshe Thupten Dorjee, Ven. Rinzin Dorjee, and Ven. Pasang Gelek will present a public Dharma talk, with chanting and meditation, on Tuesday, August 21, at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville.
TOPIC: Buddhist Perspectives on Love and Compassion
DATE: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
LOCATION: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville
901 W. Cleveland Street, Fayetteville
The three Tibetan Buddhist monks trained at Drepung Loseling monastery in South India. Geshe Dorjee and Rinzin Dorjee currently reside in Fayetteville, and are founders of the Tibetan Heritage Institute of Arkansas. Pasang Gelek recently arrived in Fayetteville for an extended stay from his previous home in San Antonio, Texas.
The talk, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship, is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. A selection of Tibetan prayer flags, malas (rosary beads), calendars, and other items will be available for purchase following the talk.
The Fayetteville chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship offers meditation and discussion sessions every Tuesday evening from 7 - 8 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville, located at 901 West Cleveland Street in Fayetteville. These sessions are open to any and all who feel an “affinity with both Unitarian Universalism and Buddhism”. The Tuesday evening sessions combine meditation and discussion, with each session led by rotating group leaders. A 10 minute informal check-in period is followed by 20 minutes of silent meditation. The last 30 minutes consist of a group discussion of a topic or reading selected by the meeting leader. For more information, visit our web site at www.uubuddhist.com/
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August 3, 2007 at 3:45 pm
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Geshe Thupten Dorjee, of the Tibetan Heritage Institute of Arkansas, will lead a tsog offering for the benefit of the Tibetan people on Sunday, August 5 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. The ceremony is open to the public and will be held at Dramis Hardwood Floors; 2275 S School Avenue in Fayetteville.
Tsog offering pujas are ceremonies that involve making offerings of food and drink to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in conjunction with prayers, chanting, and meditation. They are an excellent method for accumulating merit, purifying negativity, and receiving and giving blessings. Participants are encouraged to bring an offering of fruit, drink, or flowers to the ceremony.
This summer will witness the largest demonstration of solidarity with the cause of Tibetan freedom in the history of Tibet. On July 8, 14 Tibetans began an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi, India in an attempt to force the People’s Republic of China to meet certain demands related to religious and human rights within Tibet. On August 8, hundreds of thousands of Tibetans in India will begin a mass demonstration based on the principles of nonviolence and Gandhi’s tradition of satyagraha, meaning “insistence on truth”. For more information on the hunger strike and upcoming demonstration, visit the web site of the Tibetan Youth Congress at www.tibetanyouthcongress.org.
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August 2, 2007 at 2:59 pm
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On July 8 in New Delhi, fourteen Tibetans began a hunger strike in protest of the Chinese treatment of Tibetans in Tibet. They have assembled a list of five demands. The strike is organized by The Tibetan Youth Congress, and their website provides a wealth of information concerning the struggle, brief biographies of the strikers, and a way to send a message to the strikers in New Delhi. Please have a look at this site, as we are moving into the third week of the strike: http://www.tibetanyouthcongress.org/
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