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With Loving Kindness,
Big-Heartedness, and Generosity
Here are resources on how to connect with local, community based recovery efforts:
- The organization, Another Gulf is Possible, compiled a list of organizations and recovery information: click here
- How to Donate Money and Other Aid to Communities of Color in Houston: click here
- Houston Food Bank: click here
For those of you especially tuned into the animals:
NOLA for Harvey Group
If you have information about available resources or aid, or know of anyone who needs a hand in the aftermath of Harvey, please post in our group, NOLA Help for Harvey, and share on your personal social accounts.
While flooding is devasting Texas and Louisiana, millions more in South Asia are facing similar dangers and challenges.
"Across Bangladesh, India and Nepal 1,200 people have died and 43 million people have been hit by the monsoon rains and heavy flooding that in some places is the worst in nearly 30 years. Two-thirds of Bangladesh is now under water. .." Read more
- To donate to Oxfam relief efforts in Asia, click here
Purchase Prayer Flags from Tibetan House this month and all proceeds will go to support Harvey Relief.
Prayer Flags can be purchased at Tibetan House or online
shop.tibetanhouse.com
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September at Tibetan House
- Store Hours in September
- Basic 9-week Zen Meditation Course
- 'Walk With Me' Thich Nhat Hanh Documentary at the Broad Theater
- Vegan Village at Tibetan House
- Exploring Stillness, One Day Retreat
- Autumn Zen Retreat at Zen and Mind Center
- Sorig Khang Center for Tibetan Medicine events in October
- Turquoise - "The Sky Stone"
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Store Hours in September
Fridays & Saturdays
11:00am-6:00pm
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Basic Buddhist Meditation from a Zen Perspective:
9-week course with Thich Thien Tri
Tuesdays , 9:00am-11:30am
September 5 - October 31
Fee: $200
Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum 5 students,
Maximum 10 students
This course remains open for new participants through September 19.
To register, contact Tibetan House
in...@tibetanhouse.com or (504) 897-9339
Zen teacher Thich Thien Tri will be leading this course. He graduated from Vietnamese Buddhist Association with a Bachelor of Arts in Buddhism. He began his journey in America in 2002 and has taught in many cities in the US. In July 2015, he was invited by Van Hanh Buddhist Center of New Orleans to establish the ‘Zen and Mind Family’ in order to teach how meditation benefits our lives, spiritually, emotionally and physically.
This course is progressive, each class building on the previous class. You will learn sitting, standing, and walking meditation practices. You will study how to chant, the Mani mantra, the Six Senses and the Object of Six Senses, and the Four Noble Truths. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate and graduate to the next level.
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The Broad Theater & Tibetan House present
Walk With Me
A Journey into Mindfulness featuring Thich Nhat Hahn
Through this documentary film, journey inside the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh, and experience the life of a monastic community who have given up all their possessions for one common purpose – to practice the art of mindfulness.
Filmed over three years, this visceral film is a meditation on a community determined to develop a deep sense of presence, not just for themselves but for all those they love.
As the seasons come and go, the monastics’ inner journey is amplified by insights from Thich Nhat Hanh’s early journals, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.
View the film's trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7-wnnWqFY&sns=fb |
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Vegan Village at Tibetan House
Saturday, September 16
11:00am-3:00pm
Tibetan House
4900 Tchoupitoulas Street
Join us on Septemebr 16th as we resume our monthy Vegan Village for the fall season! We'll have new and returning vendors, showcasing their best vegan food, goods, and services including Lahpet Burmese Kitchen!
Lahpet's Lemongrass Tofu Rice Bowl
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Exploring Stillness, One Day Retreat
Sunday, October 1
11:00am - 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Lunch break 1:00pm-2:00pm
Fee: $50
Pre-registration required as space is limited.
To register, contact Tibetan House
in...@tibetanhouse.com or (504) 897-9339
Encoded into every modality and philosophy of meditation is an experiential exploration of a part ourselves that most of us spend very little time with: the deep quiet place within. The transformative power of meditation begins with the daily practice of simply stepping into the sacred silence of this still space.
This day retreat will explore the terrain of the subtle inner realms we enter in meditation, the distractions that challenge the process, and the path to the center of your experience. We will address what happens when we sit still, and what doesn’t.
Come with a curious open mind and heart, and a willingness to enter deeper parts of your being. Designed for beginners as well as those of you wanting to further your practice.
Retreat led by Gael Thompson
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Two Day Zen Retreat at Zen Temple
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An Introductory Study of Tibetan Medicine
Cultivating Health, Long Life & Happiness
We are very excited to announce that the first introductory course in the foundations of Traditional Tibetan Medicine will be scheduled in October. This course will be lead by Jason Whitlow, director of Sorig Khang Bay Area.
Sorig Khang Bay Area is a nonprofit center offering programs in the study and practice of Sowa Rigpa, Traditional Tibetan Medicine, and the related Yuthok Nyingthig spiritual lineage. It is part of Sorig Khang International, a network of Tibetan Medicine centers, teachers, and practitioners in over 40 countries around the world. Learn more at: bay area.sorig.net
Details will follow shortly in a mid-month newsletter. Stay tuned!
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Tibetan Turquoise: 'The Sky Stone'
Revered for its spiritual powers as well as its beauty, Turquoise has been a part of the people of the Himalayas for thousands of years. Most every person in the Himalayas has and wears Turquoise in one form or another. It is very rare to find a Tibetan or Nepalese person without Turquoise in that part of the world.
They believe it is the ‘Sky Stone’ and has been brought to the surface of the earth from the heavens. Tibetans have valued the stone in this way for at least 3,000 years. It has been used as a token of love between people and is thought to protect both the person giving the gem and the person who received it as a gift. This gem is treated as if it were part of the family and an important part of everyday life. The gem is also listed in several Sanskrit texts as being medicinal.
"It is very important to Tibetans as well as the people throughout the Himalayas that their personal Turquoise is in its natural state. They feel when Tibetan Turquoise is altered it does not possess its metaphysical powers and is not able to be in harmony with the human body.
Turquoise is a porous mineral and absorbs oils and body fluids which affect its colour and consistancy when unaltered. Himalayan people recognise that the change of colour in a Turquoise Gem is the direct result of variations in the state of the owner’s health. Turquoise grows paler and usually takes on hues of green as the owner sickens or grows old. It loses its color and intensity entirely at death. Turquoise will completely recover its inherent qualities and beauty when a new and healthy person possesses it.
Healers and believers in Turquoise feel that Turquoise is susceptible to the personality of the wearer, a gem must be treated with affection and regarded as a sentient being. It is also believed that Tibetan Turquoise will bring happiness and good fortune to its owner if it was given by a loving hand, it is sympathetic not only to the wearer’s health but also to the giver. It is believed that Turquoise will become paler in colour if he or she is threatened by evil. Turquoise is often used as a token of love by Himalayan people, Tibetan Turquoise is presented by a lover to their loved one, its colour will remain permanent as long as the lover’s affection lasts.”
Turquoise malas and jewelry available at Tibetan House.
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