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Friday night we'll gather to watch "The Buddha," the new PBS documentary which premiered this Wednesday night. It's a two-hour viewing, so try to arrive a little early so we can start on time. More info on the documentary below. Next weekwe start the epic "Wake Up to Your Life," so order your books now! Books are available on the website here. May Retreat- My dear dharma friend Greg Bender has agreed to come visit us in May for a teaching of some sort, exact date & details to be determined. Greg has been a practitioner for over 30 years and has been encouraged to teach Mahamudra. We'll discuss it Friday night and I'll send out a survey soon. Dr. Mario Martinezis having a special weekend retreat April 17. Check it out below. Finally, our own Gwen Holt wrote a wonderful poemas a response to the recent series on Releasing Emotional Reactions. It is featured as our Quote of the Week below. Dharma Study Date/Time:Friday, 7:00 -9:00 p.m. Location:Home of Rita Frizzell in the Belmont/Hillsboro neighborhood, 1716A Linden Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212. 615-463-2374. Click here for map. |
 The Buddha
A Film by David Grubin
The Buddha, a film by David Grubin, premieres April 7, 2010 at 8 p.m. EST on PBS stations nationwide. The film, according to PBS, is a two-hour documentary by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin.
The story will be narrated by Richard Gere, and tells the story of the Buddha's life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion.
"The program was produced in conjunction with the exhibition Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, organized by Asia Society Museum, New York. The companion website for The Buddha will feature the work of some of the world's greatest artists and sculptors, who across two millennia, have depicted the Buddha's life in art rich in beauty and complexity."
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 Next Series:Wake Up to Your Life:
Discovering the Path of Buddhist AttentionBeginning April16
For the first time ever, we will read and practice our way through a book together. And not just any book. Wake Up to Your Life has been used as the curriculum for three-year retreats in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by Ken McLeod, it is the first thorough curriculum penned by a Westerner thoroughly trained in the Tibetan ways. Written with incredible precision and freshness, the book clearly details how to cultivate a life of attention and break through habitual patterns... all while being very accessible to anyone, no matter their background. It's truly a remarkable achievement.
We are hoping to invite Ken to Nashville next year, and he said it would be helpful if we have a core group who are familiar with his method. He was happy to hear we are going to work our way through the book. I'm also in touch with a small network of Wake Up to Your Life study groups around the world for additional resources.
We will gather to listen to Ken reading the book via audio CD, but I encourage everyone to purchase the book for your own personal use.
Click here for a full description and link to purchase the book.
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 A Benevolent Path to Wisdom:
Titans without Wrathful Gods
Workshop on the Psychology of
Greatness-Consciousness
Mario E. Martinez, Psy.D.
Date: Saturday April 17th, 2010
Time: 9:30 am. to 5 pm
Location:
Belle Meade Executive Suites 4525 Harding Road
(Second floor
conference room) Nashville, TN 37205
Cost: $100 individuals, $180
couples, students $80
The mythologies that shape our operant consciousness are based on titans who pay a devastating price for stealing secrets from the gods, or on premises that life is a battle against suffering. But we can transcend titans who sacrifice their gift of immortality to liberate mortals from their suffering, and exalted gurus who detach from human misery by contemplating compassion. Both, well-intended and laudable beings, but unfortunately teaching a path that does not offer a consciousness of personal greatness without the language of suffering: freedom from pain, with a pyrrhic victory!
We can develop the courage to defy those shadow gods of our own creation, and end the illusion that we are disciples of pain. We can learn that, while we are not gods, we have a gift of greatness from God; that while we are not immortal, we can choose to love as if we were; and that existing a life of suffering is a choice we make when we fear living in empowerment more than dying in helplessness.
In this workshop participants are invited to learn the path of titans without wrathful gods, and teachers who live their own greatness without pseudo-humbleness.
Dr. Martinez is a clinical neuropsychologist who lectures worldwide on his theory of Biocognition (how cultural and spiritual beliefs affect health and longevity). He specializes in psychoneuroimmunology and has published numerous professional articles on Biocognition. He is the author of the psychological novel The Man from Autumn and a CD titled The Mind-Body Code. Dr. Martinez has investigated cases of alleged stigmata for the Catholic Church, for the BBC and National Geographic. He has taught psychoneuroimmunology courses with Dr. George Solomon at several universities.
To register and for additional information call 615 310 1280
Email: ibp@Biocognitive.com Website: www.biocognitive.com
For more details on the book go to www.themanfromautumn.com
For information on the new CD set The Mind Body Code visit www.soundstrue.com
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Calendar
Friday, April 9 -- "The Buddha" Documentary
Saturday, April 10 -- One Dharma Spring Meditation Retreat, "A Day of Mindfulness." Deposit due Monday, April 5. For more information, go to One Dharma website.
Friday, April 16 -- Begin "Wake Up to Your Life" study
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Quote of the Week
Relax Into My Darkness
(Gwen Holt, March 20, 2010)
Relax into my darkness
Let it hold you in my womb
Dark and soft and quiet
That warm, familiar cocoon
Let it rise up all around you
You've held your breath so long
Relax into my darkness
To be weak is to be strong
A past that haunts is never gone
It comes and goes as it pleases
The trick is not to run away
The hurt has got its reasons
So say hello to your dark friend
Don't deny my kiss
I have come to hold your pain
To bleed is to exist
And trust, my daughter, trust, my love
Feel with every demon
They'll always have a hold on you
If you're always trying to leave them
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Let's wake up!
With love,
Rita Frizzell
Luminous Mind
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