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5/31/2012

Dr. Cheryl Fraser opened up with an amazing guided meditation into the opening of the heart and followed with the dharma teaching . We have been blessed with many new people joining us at the Buddha house the last few weeks it is lovely to have people showing up with interest in Buddhism and meditation.In this email I am including a Love meditation practice that you can do at home if you are interested - it is out of the Chanting and recitation Book compiled by Thich Nhat Hanh . Over the next couple of weeks we will meet for our regular meditation practice, walking meditation and dharma tea ; it is always wonderful to practice together I hope you will all join us . The Yoga class’s will be cancelled now for the summer months and we will try to have them start again in September. I would like to send out a heart felt Thank You to Kelli and Michael for sharing these well attended lovely classes with us all.

Love Meditation

( We begin practicing this love meditation focusing on ourselves (“I”). Until we are able to love and take care of ourselves,we cannot be of much help to others.Next , we can practice towards others (substituting “he/she” or “they”), first with someone we love, next with someone we like, then with someone neutral to us, and finally toward someone who has made us suffer.)

May I be peaceful , happy , and light in body and spirit.
May I be safe and free form injury.
May I be free from anger, afflictions, fear, and anxiety.
May I learn to look at myself with the eyes of understanding and love.
May I be able to recognize and touch the seeds of joy and happiness in myself.
May I learn to identify and see the sources of anger,craving,and delusion in myself. May I know how to nourish the seeds of joy in myself everyday.
May i be able to live fresh,solid, and free.
May I be free from attachment and aversion, but not be indifferent.

Coming Events:
June 2nd. – 10:00 Regular meditation practice
June 9th. - 10:00 Regular meditation practice
June 24th - Group Picnic at Pipers Lagoon (more information to follow)

Community Events: (Please do not contact me for community events)
Retreat with Dr. Cheryl Fraser July 27 –31 To register you can go to there web sight http://www.dharmafellowship.org/hermitage/retreats.htm there is a registration form that you will fill out and send it by mail. This retreat is held at the Hermitage on Denman Island
Mindfulness Practice at 5- 6:30 p.m. Mondays At 40 Kennedy St.,
Dharma Books on Wednesdays from 7-8:30 (same address as above)
Maggy.MacDonald@viu.ca

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Thu, May 24, 2012

5/24/2012

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Dr.Cheryl Fraser will join us this Saturday May 26. for a dharma teaching. Kelli will lead a yoga class before the teaching at 9:30. We are planning a group picnic at Pipers Lagoonon Sunday June 24. I will send more information when we get closer to this event.

Coming Events :
- May 26 9:30th - Yoga with Kelli
- May 26 th – 10:00 Dharma teaching with Dr. Cheryl Fraser
- June 24 th – Picnic @ Pipers Lagoon

Community Events:
(Please do not contact me for community events)
- Retreat with Dr. Cheryl Fraser July 27 –31

To register you can go to there web sighthttp://www.dharmafellowship.org/hermitage/retreats.htm
there is a registration form that you will fill out and send it by mail.
This retreat is held at the Hermitage on Denman Island

- Sangha Practice at 5- 6:30 p.m. Mondays At 40 Kennedy St.,
Dharma Books on Wednesdays from 7-8:30(same address as above)
Maggy.MacDonald@viu.ca

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Buddha Birthday Celebration

5/8/2012

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We all enjoyed our first outside walking mediation of the year last Saturday . The garden is bursting forth with beautiful flowers and young green sprouts an amazing time of year to experience ; along with the warmth of the sunny weather. We can look forward to the Buddha Birthday celebration next week. We will have a Ceremony made for this occasion found in the Chanting and Recitation Book compiled by Thich Nhat Hanh - along with a Dharma teaching with Dr.Cheryl Fraser , followed by a vegetarian Pot Luck lunch. Kelly will also be available to teach Yoga at 9:30 if you would like to come early for these great classes !

I would like to send an invitation out to all of you that would like to visit Chan Nguyen Monastery May 26 – 27 to celebrate the Buddha birthday celebration with them. We will take 7:45 am sailing from Duke PointSaturday morning May 26 and will return on the 5:45 pm home on Sunday May 26th. As we will stay the night please plan to bring a sleeping bag / sleeping mat if you like and personal items for the night stay. You are sure to enjoy the wonderful Vietnamese food that is provided for your stay. A Donation would be an acceptable practice. If you could please email me at susanjwilson@shaw.ca if you would like to come as I will need to make arrangements for transportation from the Tsawwassen terminal to the Monastery.

Last weeks reading was from the Chanting and Recitation Book compiled by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Five Remembrances
( These five remembrances help us to identify and look deeply at the seeds of fear, They can be recited daily , read aloud as a guided meditation, or used as a silent meditation be individual practitioners.)

I am of the nature to grow old.
There is no way to escape growing old.

(Bell)

I am of the nature to have ill-health.
There is no way to escape having ill-health.

(Bell)

I am of the nature to die.
There is no way to escape death.

(Bell)

All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change
There is no way to escape being separated from them.

(Bell)

I inherit the results of my actions in body,speech, and mind.
My actions are the ground on which I stand.

(Two Bells )

Coming Events :
- May 12 – 10:00am -Buddha’s Birthday celebration / dharma teaching with Dr. Cheryl Fraser
Vegetarian Pot luck Lunch
- May 26 –27 Visit to Chan Nguyen Monastery

Community Events:
(Please do not contact me for community events)

- Retreat with Dr. Cheryl Fraser July 27 –31
To register you can go to there web sighthttp://www.dharmafellowship.org/hermitage/retreats.htm
there is a registration form that you will fill out and send it by mail.
This retreat is held at the Hermitage on Denman Island

- Sangha Practice at 5- 6:30 p.m. Mondays At 40 Kennedy St.,
Dharma Books on Wednesdays from 7-8:30(same address as above)
Maggy.MacDonald@viu.ca

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Practice for May

5/3/2012

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We had a marvelous turn out for the meditation practice last week, Such wonderful energy when we practice meditation together. This coming week May 5th we will enjoy another week of meditation practice followed by dharma tea.. Next weekMay 12th we are planning to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday with a special ceremony found in the Chanting and Recitation book compiled by Thich Nhat Hanh . After the ceremony we will enjoy a dharma teaching with Dr. Cheryl Fraser, followed by a vegetarian Pot luck lunch.

Please note there will be no Yoga practiceMay 5

Coming Events :

May 5th – Regular meditation practice / dharma tea
May 12 - Buddha’s Birthday celebration / dharma teaching with Dr. Cheryl Fraser
Vegetarian Pot luck Lunch

Community Events:

(Please do not contact me for community events)
Sangha Practice at 5- 6:30 p.m. Mondays At 40 Kennedy St.,Dharma Books on Wednesdays from 7-8:30(same address as above)
Maggy.MacDonald@viu.ca

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Retreat with With Dr Cheryl Fraser

5/2/2012

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I am sending this email out to you as requested by Cheryl she would like you to have the have the opportunity to attend this retreat , many of the Buddha house students have asked for more information about it. To register you can go to there web sighthttp://www.dharmafellowship.org/hermitage/retreats.htm there is a registration form that you will fill out and send it by mail. The hermitage is a wonderful retreat center on Denman Island. For more information please visit there web sight . Space is limited for inside accommodation ( on sight cabins and trailers ) so it would be good to register as soon as possible for these, but you are very welcome to camp on the grounds. The teaching and the center are run by donation, it is through your generosity that these teachings and center are made available. ( these are separate donations). The weather is unpredictable so it is best to bring warm clothing , rain attire and water proof foot wear. Please do not contact me for information – contact the hermitage if you need further information -Thank you so much With Love in the dharma Susan

Friday, July 27–
Tuesday, July 31
Four Foundations of Liberation: Building a Solid and Yet Empty House
A retreat suitable for both beginner and experienced meditators. The Satipatthana or 'Four Foundations of Mindfulness,' are known as the Direct Path to Realization. In this retreat renowned psychologist and long time meditator Dr. Cheryl Fraser, Ph.D., will show you how incredibly meaningful and alive this approach is! You will explore ways of meditation that bring you directly in touch with the body and feelings, the first two foundations, and how practice on these areas of being can loosen fixed attachment and personal suffering. You will learn how to bring about psychological ease and balance. Further instruction will then focus on awareness of Mind itself. How does the mind interact with body and feeling-tone? Is there a story or bare attention? How can you train the mind to observe itself? Finally the retreat will explore contemplation of the Dhammas, explaining how to bring a view of Liberation to the experience of the first three foundations. You will learn to address the question: What is the experience of Freedom? Known for her direct, clear, and humorous teaching style, Cheryl seeks to introduce the question: 'How can we be Happy for no reason?'
Teachings twice daily/Satipatthana Meditation practice
Led by Dr. Cheryl Fraser, clinical psychologist, and practitioner of the classical Burmese, Thai and Tibetan meditation traditions; a student of the late Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche.
5 days

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