Eugene
Buddhist Priory
Eugene, Oregon
Special Events and
Announcements
Eugene Buddhist Priory
“Temple of Boundless Compassion”
Monthly
Calendar and Newsletter
June and July, 2008
Please attend an orientation (see dates below or check the Monthly Orientation webpage) before attending other activities. If you cannot make it to an orientation, call the Priory at 541-344-7377 to make an appointment for meditation instruction at another time.
Usual
Weekly Schedule:
(check
below on specific dates)
Morning meditation and service - 7:30am Wednesdays and Fridays. Early meditaton and Short Morning Service
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Events
of Note: (June and July, 2008)
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June events: Sunday, June 1 - 9:30am: Meditation; 10:15am Full morning service Wednesday, June 4 - 7:00 pm Shobogenzo talk—Discourse 9 (On ‘Refrain from All Evil Whatsoever’). Saturday, June 7 - Orientation with newcomers begins at 8:45 am. It includes meditation instruction, sitting and walking meditation, a short service (scripture recitation), a class on the Buddhist precepts and daily life practice, and an opportunity for questions. Please wear loose-fitting, modest, respectful clothing (no shorts, tights, jeans or low cut tops). The orientation usually ends about 11:30am. Sunday, June 8 - 9:30am: Meditation Sunday (2 periods of meditation), Dharma talk Wednesday, June 11 - 7:00 pm Scriptures & chants class. Saturday, June 14 - 9:30am Meditation & short service; 10:30am to 5:00pm Workday. Bring sack lunch & food to share. Sunday, June 15 - 9:30am Meditation; Avalokiteshvara (Kwan Yin, Kanzeon) Festival. Tuesday, June 17 - 7:45 pm Renewal of Vows & Reading of Precepts. Wednesday, June 18 - 7:00 pm Beginners’ class; recorded talk for everyone else. Saturday, June 21 - 9:30am to 4:30pm Retreat. Bring sack lunch & food to share. Sunday, June 22 - 9:30am Meditation; 10:15am Dharma school for children, choir practice for adults. Wednesday, June 25 - 7:00 pm Shobogenzo talk. Saturday, June 28 - 9:30am Meditation and short service. 10:30am work day until 5pm. Sunday, June 29 - 9:30am Meditation; 10:15am Renewal of Vows & Reading of Precepts. July events: Wednesday, July 2 - 7:00 pm Scriptures & chants class. Saturday, July 5 - 9:30am Meditation & short service; 10:30am to 5:00pm Workday. Bring sack lunch & food to share. Sunday, July 6 - 9:30am Meditation; 10:15am Offering Ceremony for Benefit of Nation. Wednesday, July 9 - 7:00 pm Shobogenzo talk Saturday, July 12 - Orientation with newcomers begins at 8:45 am. It includes meditation instruction, sitting and walking meditation, a short service (scripture recitation), a class on the Buddhist precepts and daily life practice, and an opportunity for questions. Please wear loose-fitting, modest, respectful clothing (no shorts, tights, jeans or low cut tops). The orientation usually ends about 11:30am. Sunday, July 13 - 9:30am: Meditation Sunday (2 periods of meditation, private Dharma questions). Wednesday, July 16 - 7:00 pm Beginners’ class; recorded talk for everyone else. Thursday, July 17 - 7:45 pm Renewal of Vows & Reading of Precepts. Saturday, July 19 - 8:30am to 1:00 pm work morning. Bring sack lunch & food to share. Sunday, July 20 - 9:30am Meditation; 10:15am Kshtigarbha Ceremony (tentative) children participate; Dharma class or activity for children follows. Wednesday, July 23 - 7:00 pm Shobogenzo talk Saturday, July 26 - Picnic with Portland Priory @ Silver Falls State Park: call Priory for details Sunday, July 27 - 9:30am Meditation; 10:15am Achalanatha Festival Ceremony Wednesday, July 30 - 7:00 pm Renewal of Vows & Reading of Precepts. Upcoming August events: Saturday, August 2 - Time tba: Work morning. Bring sack lunch & food to share. Saturday, August 9 - Orientation with newcomers begins at 8:45 am. It includes meditation instruction, sitting and walking meditation, a short service (scripture recitation), a class on the Buddhist precepts and daily life practice, and an opportunity for questions. Please wear loose-fitting, modest, respectful clothing (no shorts, tights, jeans or low cut tops). The orientation usually ends about 11:30am. Sunday, August 10 - Time tba: Retreat. Bring sack lunch & food to share. Saturday, August 16 - Time tba: Work morning. Bring sack lunch & food to share. Sunday, August 17 - Time tba: Lay ordination (tentative)
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As summer begins, we both relax and do more, trying to make good use of the longer days. Meditators can make good use of this change in rhythm by putting some extra effort into every-minute meditation, as well as being mindful to meditate in informal settings. The challenges and difficulties of life do not arrive according to a schedule or calendar, so increasing our skill at taking refuge in the Three Treasures in all circumstances is invaluable.
We will start workdays again on the guest residence in June. We still have the trim on the back side to paint, as well as to paint the porch and breezeway. Once that’s done, our contractors can work on the gutters. The multi-purpose room and the storeroom also need some work. In June, workdays on Saturdays will begin at the usual time, 10:30am, after meditation and morning service. In mid-July, we’ll shift to 8:30am and end around 1:00pm with lunch.
Two monastic guests will visit in June. Rev. Master Mugo, our Order’s lay minister advisor, will possibly be here the first weekend, and Rev. Berwyn, from Throssel Hole Abbey in England, who is also our Journal editor, will be here the following weekend. We hope they’ll be able to offer Dharma talks on the Sundays they’re here—8th and 15th.
Our joint picnic with the Portland Priory congregation will be Saturday, July 26th, at Silver Falls State Park east of Salem. This is always a fun time to be with other Buddhists, enjoy a picnic, and explore the many hiking trails around the park. Tentatively, we’ll celebrate in July the Kshtigarbha (Jizo) Festival, when the children of the temple help with the ceremony. We’ll be in touch with parents and see what we can work out with their summer schedules.
Change of email address: Please change your email address book
for the Priory to:
info at eugenebuddhistpriory dot org*
(general correspondence),
news at eugenebuddhistpriory dot org*
(for newsletters and mailings), or
prior at eugenebuddhistpriory dot org* (my private mailbox). We’ll discontinue
the old address (ebpriory at efn dot org*) in a month’s time.
(* Eugene Buddhist Priory uses a convention to protect email addresses from web crawlers that generate email spam by rendering them in the following way: name@organization.org is written: name at organization dot org. When your email program opens you will need to replace 'at' with @ and replace 'dot' with a period)
In gratitude: Thank you to everyone for the Wesak gifts of the framing of the hell scroll, the book on Jizo, and the chair for the prior’s study. Your generosity is always appreciated.
Alms Bowl: We could use help with several things around the temple if anyone wishes to offer: 1) updating our website (we have a new interface with our server which makes it easy); composting (in summer, about ½ hour each week); and running errands in town (any help appreciated).
Please take good care, and best wishes in the Dharma,
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Last updated
June 3, 2008