Thursday, October 18, 2012

CHENREZIG HALL FUND RAISER SATURDAY, 6-9 PM


Treasure Valley Dharma Friends

Invites You to Attend a Fund-Raising Event
On Behalf of Sravasti Abbey
To Support the Completion of Chenrezig Hall

October 20, 2012
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

At 2911 South Holden Avenue
Boise, ID 83706
(3 blocks east of Timberline High School-South of Boise Avenue)
 
The Fund-Raiser offers snacks and light beverages, books and other items for sale, a Silent Auction with donations from local businesses, artists and service providers.
List of Items in Silent Auction listed below
Venerable Thubten Chonyi from the Abbey will make a brief presentation about Chenrezig Hall and the Abbey and will be available for questions.  She also will be teaching Friday night, Saturday (two sessions) and Sunday at the LTT Temple located at 2312 West Overland Road, Boise.
See www.tvdf.org for schedule of talks.

If you cannot attend, donations may be made by check to P.O. Box 20644, Seattle, WA 98101 or online at FriendsofSravastiAbbey.org. 
A donor has generously provided a $100,000 Compassion match. 
All offerings to build Chenrezig Hall will be doubled
Now until December 1
For more information about the Abbey and Chenrezig Hall, write office.sravasti@gmail.com


GOODS DONATED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES

Gift certificate from High Note Cafe.  Value $50

Basket of Seasonal Fruit and gift certificate from Stonhenge Grocery.  Value $25

Dreamweavers Hammock Company – hammock chair, value $95

Singing Bowl from Eyes of the World. Value $85

Gift Certificate from Dragonfly.  Value $20.

Spirit at Work.  Book-Tibet, Life, Myth and Art by Michael Willis, value $50; glass ornament with hand-painted image of Kwan Yin, value $35; gift certificates for attending functions value $10 each.

BODYWORK DONATIONS BY LOCAL BUSINESSES

Dominique Tardiff, Cranio-Sacral Session.  Value $50

Leslie Howe, one-hour massage.  Value $50

Sommers Gerratt, one-hour massage.  Value $50

OTHER SERVICE DONATIONS

Meinhoffer Law Office legal consultation.  Value $150

Susan Wildwood, one hour Integrative Movement Lesson – learn how to site for long periods of time meditating or your choice of other.  Value $70

Susan Wildwood, one-hour hypnosis session.  Improve your performance in any walk of life.  Value $70

Summits Hot Yoga.  5 Sessions.  Value $55

GOODS DONATED BY WONDERFUL PEOPLE

Frequent Flyer Miles Equal to Two (2) round trip tickets anywhere in the continental United States from Terry Rudolf.  Value $1,000

Oriental Wall hanging from Terry Rudolf.  Retail Value $50

Thangka of Chenrezig from Dale and Martha Bowden, value $500

Original Artwork from Dale and Martha Bowden:  “Through the Window” by Tom Cole; in oil/pastel; value $650

Original Artwork from Dale and Martha Bowden:  “Swirl in the Sky” by Tom Cole; in oil/pastel; value $500

Complete Spaghetti Dinner for Two including complete tableware and place mats, sauce, pasta, rolls, cheese, wine.  Only have to add salad!  Value $50.00

Quilted wall hanging “Mother and Child”.

Personal Spa Basket with skin care products.

Brass Oriental Vase with stand; anonymous donor.

OTHER ITEMS

Malas
Incense
Incense burners
Notecards
Katas
Books

Saturday, October 06, 2012

FUNDRAISER FOR CHENREZIG HALL OCTOBER 20





Treasure Valley Dharma Friends

Cordially Invites You to Attend a Fund-Raising Event
On Behalf of Sravasti Abbey
To Support the Completion of Chenrezig Hall

On October 20, 2012
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

At 2911 South Holden Avenue
Boise, ID 83706
(3 blocks east of Timberline High School-South of Boise Avenue)



Chenrezig - also known as Kwan Yin, Kannon, or Avalokiteshvara - is the Buddha of Compassion. With one thousand arms, Chenrezig reaches out to care for all living beings and the aptly named Chenrezig Hall will care for all the Abbey guests.


The Fund-Raiser offers snacks and light beverages, books and other items for sale, a Silent Auction with donations from local businesses, artists and service providers.  Venerable Thubten Chonyi from the Abbey will make a brief presentation about Chenrezig Hall and the Abbey and will be available for questions.  She also will be teaching Friday night, Saturday (two sessions) and Sunday at the LTT Temple located at 2312 West Overland Road, Boise.

If you cannot attend, donations may be made by check to P.O. Box 20644, Seattle, WA 98101      or online at FriendsofSravastiAbbey.org. 

A donor has generously provided a $100,000 Compassion match. 
All offerings to build Chenrezig Hall will be doubled
Now until December 1

For more information about the Abbey and Chenrezig Hall, write office.sravasti@gmail.com

For more information on the Teachings, contact
www.TVDF.org            TreasureValleyDharmaFriends@gmail.com

DEVELOPING COMPASSION, TALKS BY VENERABLE THUBTEN CHONYI, OCTOBER 19-21


Treasure Valley Dharma Friends is pleased to present

Venerable Thubten Chonyi

October 19-21, 2012


Friday, October 19 7:00-8:30 pm – "The Buddhist Perspective on the Sources of Happiness and Suffering"
Venerable Chonyi will discuss the Buddhist view that happiness and suffering do not come from external things and people, but are dependent on how we view situations and relate to people.  In this way we can have more control over our happiness and suffering.
Saturday, October 20 ,10:00-11:30 and 1:00-2:30 and Sunday, October 21 2:00-3:30– “Developing Love, Compassion, and Altruism
By using the Buddha’s teachings on these qualities, we can cultivate them to increase our own well-being, and to be of greater benefit to others. Venerable Chonyi will talk about the benefits of love, compassion, and altruism and the techniques for developing them with an impartial attitude toward all.  
Sunday, October 21 8:00-9:00 am guided meditation on Chenrezig, the Buddha of compassion


All sessions at LTTT Temple, 2312 W. Overland Road
(Just east of the Overland-Vista intersection)

$15 per session or $40 for all
No one turned away for lack of funds
There will also be a fund raiser for Chenrezig Hall, Saturday, October 20 at  6:00 – 9:00 pm
         2911 South Holden Avenue (3 blocks east of Timberline High School)

Ven. Chonyi is a Buddhist nun practicing in the Tibetan tradition.  She is a resident of Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington and has received bhikshuni ordination at Sravasti Abbey under the guidance of Venerable Thubten Chodron.

Thursday, October 04, 2012

TVDF Schedule for October 2012


Saturday, October 6, 10:00-11:30 am: Buddhism with an Attitude--“Examine the unborn nature of awareness”, and “Even the remedy itself is free right where it is”, pages 110-130

Saturday, October 13, 10:00-11:30 am: Buddhism with an Attitude--“The essential nature of the path is resting in the universal ground”, pages 130-142

Friday, October 19, 7:00-8:30 pm:  Venerable Chonyi teaching (Topic to be Announced)

Saturday, October 20, 10:00-11:30 am / 1:00 – 2:30 pm: Venerable Chonyi teaching (Topic to be Announced)

Saturday, October 20, 6:00 - 9:00 pm:  Fund-Raising Event on Behalf of Sravasti Abbey’s Chenrizig Hall, 2911 South Holden Avenue, Boise

Sunday, October 21, 8:00-9:00 am/2:00-3:30 pm:  Venerable Chonyi teaching (Topic to be Announced)

Saturday, October 27: Follow-up discussion from Venerable Chonyi teaching

Please join us.  Everyone is welcome to come including beginners, non-Buddhists, and those not reading the book. We meet at the LTTT Temple at 2312 West Overland Road, which is just east of the intersection of Vista and Overland