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Mt Adams Zen Buddhist Temple

雪山禅寺

October 2012 Newsletter
Dear Dharma Friends
Fall is with us here - the nights are chilly - sometimes freezing - the days are warm.  The leaves in the trees are starting to change - beautiful reds, yellows, and browns replacing the lovely greens of summer.  So it is in our own lives - the seasons change - the time of life quietly draws to an end - for another year - for another lifetime - for just a moment.  

In this moment - right now - our whole life can be present - right here, right now - there is nothing more than this.  Celebrate this moment with great joy - laugh and be happy - this is it!

The journey of being right here and now is about us being willing to wake up.  A sage tells us that there are 3 components to waking - great faith, great doubt, and great diligence; may we all have just the right amount of each.
May all beings find peace.        
In Loving Kindness, Thich Minh Tinh

We are a small Thien (Zen) Buddhist Temple practicing  "laughing farmer zen" - living our practice, sitting zazen, being here - right now!

Services & Meditation  

 

Morning Services  6:30AM 

Calendar

 

 OCTOBER  

6 Saturday Service 9am Quan Te Am Bo Tat - Celebration of Compassion and Mercy
6 NWDA Teacher's Meeting
6
PLAY FOR PEACE noon-4pm  
8 Kozen to CRCC Prison
13 Saturday Service 9am
Celebration of Bodhi Dharma
19-21 Unitarian Youth retreat
19-21 Taiji Retreat NCNM 
20 Saturday Service 9am
20-29 Kobai retreat here
27 Saturday Service 9am

NOVEMBER 
 
3 Saturday Service 9am
3 Druid - Samhain 5:30pm
5 Kozen to CRCC prison   
10 Saturday Service 9am Celebrating Veterans service
16 - 18 Metta Retreat loving Kindness
17 Saturday Service 9am Celebrating Thanksgiving 24 Saturday Service 9am

  

DECEMBER 

1Saturday Service 9am  

3 Kozen to CRCC Prison

8 Saturday Service 9am

8 Bodhi Day - celebration of Buddha's birth - (Japan).  Temple gift exchange 

15  Saturday Service 9am

22 Saturday Service 9am

29 Saturday Service 9am 

31 Midnight meditation  

           11:30pm - 12:30 am 

 

 

Vietnamese Dharma
 
Words of Wisdom by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

 

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.  

 

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.   

 

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.   

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.   

 

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.  

 

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.   

   

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.    

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.    

 

Sleep is the best meditation.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Words of Wisdom 
What 
we 
think, 
we 
become
Buddha

From Venerable Nagarjuna


The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.  

 

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.   

 

If you desire ease, forsake learning.   

 

There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.   

 

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.   

So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.
join us for a surprisingly wonderful opportunity
Play for Peace  Play for Peace
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 6 from noon - 4pm


Join the World Peace Tour 2012!
Hosted at Trout Lake Abbey 46 Stoller Road Trout Lake
Time: 12 noon-4pm
Date: October 6th, 2012
Cost: Free but donations will accepted to cover expenses and support the abbey
In light of the recent tragedies of hate and violence, 4 educators are traveling from Coast-to-Coast spreading the message of peace and cooperation through play.

Launching their journey on World Peace Day September 21st in Los Angeles, four Play for Peace educators from different cultures, generations and religions come together to bring the joy of cooperation, inclusion, caring and fun to people across the US and then to Asia.

Bring a sack lunch, a friend and playful spirit.  Playful people of any age are welcome!

Please print out the poster at the end of this newsletter and place copies everywhere.  Thank you.
Two New Meditation huts have been completed.
Our Handicapped hut is almost done.  Lots of wonderful opportunities for meditation.  Thank you for all who have helped make these huts possible.  The huts have no electricity and no running water.

 Lam Rim Retreat - a wonderful success.
Molly, Lhundup Chodon, and Thay Kozen at the end of the retreat.

The stages of the path, or Lam Rim in Tibetan, is a series of 21 meditations on the stages of the path to enlightenment.  Participants in this retreat engaged in these meditations and gained confidence to begin or renew their own daily practices.  



Attendees in front of the alter for a final photo.
  YOGA RETREAT
Yoga Retreat
Meredith Holcomb led a yoga retreat here at the Abbey in September.  The teacher and students were alive and fun filled as they practiced the great journey of "union".  For more information on yoga contact Meredith at [email protected].
Resources
These individuals are recommended because of the quality of their practice, not because of any religious beliefs.
 

Buddhist Woodworking - Ken's Workshop

Reverend Ken McGuire and his wife Rev. Fern McGuire have died and I am sad that his woodworking and life working must be part of that passing.  gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā - going, going, going on beyond all going on, always becoming Buddha - yes! You are missed old friends - Kozen 

Free Trade coffee that goes for a good cause:   

The Presbyterian Coffee Project provides free trade, sustainable, worker friendly coffee.  In the greater Trout Lake area you can purchase it from The Farm Store at Trout Lake Abbey.  Proceeds are shared between the Trout Lake Presbyterian church and the Mt. Adams Zen Buddhist Temple. You can purchase coffee, tea, and chocolate along with our fresh produce and eggs at the Trout Lake Abbey Farm Store. 
  

Churches that teach and practice an embracing,  

kind, and loving faith.

 

Trout Lake Presbyterian - Sunday service in winter at 11:15 am    

http://www.troutlake.org/main/custom.asp?recid=15&id=38

Sunday Service at in summer 10AM   

  

Bethel Congregational Church (United Church of Christ)  

http://church.gorge.net/bethel/
Sunday Service at 10AM in White Salmon  

 

Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.        

http://mcuuf.org/index.php  
Sunday Service at 10AM at the Rockford Grange, Hood River    

    

Pacific Hermitage  http://hermitage.abhayagiri.org/ 

65 Barnedt Road

White Salmon, Washington 98672

Co Lam Pagoda

3503 S. Graham St.Seattle WA 98118 
Some monks speak English well    

 

Minh Quang Temple  

14719 SE Powell Blvd. Portland, OR    

non-english speaking monk


Hood River Zen
- Hood River OR 

www.hoodriverzen.org  (affiliated with Dharma Rain)  

 

Local Providers of Compassionate Care

  

Cookie Gilpatrick  LMT  Massage Therapist Yoga Instructor
offices in Trout Lake and Hood River cell 541.490.9077  home 509.395.2468
 

Karen Hoffman LMT  Massage Therapist
offices in Trout Lake and White Salmon cell 509.637.4995  

 

Dave Martin MSOM, LAc  Acupuncture and Classical Chinese Medicine   

Trinity Natural Medicine http://www.trinitynaturalmedicine.org/  

410 E. Jewett Blvd, White Salmon WA

office 509.493.1241

 

Denise Morrison PA-C
North Shore Medical Group
http://www.northshore-medical.com/Default.aspx


Jennifer Silapie ND
Naturopathic Physician  

Mountain Sage Medicine   

http://www.mountainsagemedicine.com/Site/Mountain_Sage_Medicine.html

302 W. Steuben, Bingen, WA 98605.
509.493.3300

 

These individuals are recommended because of the quality of their practice,
not because of any religious beliefs.

   

 

Buddhist Wheel

 
  MEDITATION SERVICES 

+ Join us Monday - Friday at 6:30 AM for our usual daily service.  

+ Thursday and Friday Evenings at 6:30pm

+ Saturday Morning at 9 AM

Tuyết Sơn Thiền Tự + Mt Adams Zen Buddhist Temple + 雪山禅寺

PO Box 487, Trout Lake WA 98650     www.MtAdamsZen.org

509.395.2030  (e-mail -put in the @ sign) kozen1 at embarqmail.com
Play for Peace

Saturday October 6th noon - 4pm

Hosted at Trout Lake Abbey 46 Stoller Road Trout Lake

 

Cost: Free but donations will accepted to cover expenses and support the abbey

 

Bring a sack lunch, a friend and playful spirit.

Playful people of any age are welcome!

 

In light of the recent tragedies of hate and violence, 4 educators are traveling from Coast-to-Coast spreading the message of peace and cooperation through play.

 

Launching their journey on World Peace Day September 21st in Los Angeles, four Play for Peace educators from different cultures, generations and religions come together to bring the joy of cooperation, inclusion, caring and fun to people across the US and then to Asia.

Sam Tower worked for 23 years as an experiential educator for the Washington State University 4-H youth development program. His wife Sarah is a retired high school chemistry teacher. In 2005 and 2006, Sam and Sarah worked as volunteers for Play for Peace in India making deep life-long connections with Swati Bhatt and her husband Agyatmitra. Agyat and Swati are co-founders of PLAY (Peace Leadership And Young people) and have almost 30 years combined experience in Play for Peace.

Stand up and play with these courageous educators who say that peace is possible.

 

Join the World Peace Tour 2012!

   

Questions? Jeff Albin [email protected] or 509-261-0275