Michigan Buddhist

The Zendo at Great Wave Zen Sangha

Tandy Sturgeon writes:

Please join us for our Saturday May 19 half-day retreat! This retreat is for both beginners and more experienced practitioners. It will offer participants an opportunity to deepen their zazen practice, to practice liturgy, to have a private interview with resident priest Gendo, and to hear a Dharma talk. This event is free of charge, but we do ask that everyone register. Our half-day retreat schedule is generally as follows:

7:00 – 7:30 Zazen
7:40 – 8:10 Zazen
8:20 – 8:50 Zazen; verse of the Kesa
8:50 – 9:15 Break
9:15 – 9:45 Zazen
9:55 – 10:30 Dharma talk
10:40 – 11:10 Zazen
11:20 – 11:50 Zazen
11:50 – 12:15 Service

Great Wave Zen Sangha
White Plum Lineage
Affiliated with Great Plains Zen Center
608 E. Ludington Avenue
Ludington, MI 49431
Rev. Gendo John Wolff
(231) 843-7116
(231) 845-5559
http://www.greatwave.org/

Bup Mee Sunim (Kevin Hickey), Dharma Teacher and Monk at Muddy Water Zen in Royal Oak, announced a series of lectures last February to be presented both at Muddy Water Zen in Royal Oak, and Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple. The second lecture, State and Sangha: Buddhist Culture and Political Thought in Korea will be presented May 27 in Royal Oak, and again June 9 in Grand Rapids. All lectures are free and open to the public.

“State and Sangha: Buddhist Culture and Political Thought in Korea”

Sunday, May 27, 2012, following the public 10:00 AM morning service at Muddy Water Zen in Royal Oak, and Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple

“This second lecture will explore the history and development of the relationship between the Korean Buddhist Sangha and the Korean State from the introduction of Buddhism into Korea up through the modern era. It will examine political, cultural, social and economic impacts both institutions have had on each other over time and provide a framework for understanding current challenges. ”

Lectures to follow:

July:
“Returning to Buddha: History of Buddhism and Abortion in Japan”

September:
“Digital Dharma: A Guide through the Buddhist Film Collection”

November:
“Buddha’s Daughters: A History of Women in Buddhism”

Muddy Water Zen
affiliated with the Korean Buddhist Taego Order
2421 Yale Ave
Royal Oak, MI 48067-4044
(248) 506-3544
bupmee@gmail.com
http://www.muddywaterzen.com/

Grand Rapids Zen Center
A Korean Buddhist T’aego Order Temple
156 E. Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 822-2465
deokwun@grzen.org
http://www.grzen.org/

Matthew Willis of the Palchen Study Group Battle Creek writes:

Save the Date!

Bardor Tulku Rinpoche will visit Battle Creek, MI Sept. 21 – Sept. 23, 2012.

Friday, Sept. 21 – Public talk on Loving Kindness and Compassion

Saturday, Sept. 22 & Sunday, Sept. 23 – A teaching on selected songs of instruction of Terchen Barway Dorje from the collection, the Treasury of Eloquence.

Saturday, Sept. 22 – Guru Rinpoche empowerment from the terma of Terchen Barway Dorje.

Details to follow.

Matt Willis
(269) 275-0090
Palchen Study Group Battle Creek

from Wikipedia: “The Third Bardor Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, a holder of the religious lineage of Terchen Barway Dorje. Rinpoche is the founder of a Tibetan Buddhist center, Kunzang Palchen Ling, http://www.kunzang.org/ and the Raktrul Foundation, http://www.raktrul.org/ in Red Hook, New York.”

The Bluewater Community of Mindful Living is happy to announce our annual Spring Mindfulness Retreat in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Mindfulness practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh is easy to learn and follow. Beginners are welcome and meditation instruction will be offered.

Song of the Morning offers eight hundred acres of forest land on the banks of the beautiful Pigeon River. Surrounded by thousands of acres of state forestland, the retreat is deeply quiet and ideal for meditation. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Friends,

Training for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is being offered in the Midwest for the first time at the Weber Retreat Center in Adrian, Michigan May 13-18.

Elizabeth Robinson writes:

The Frankel Psychotherapy Training Initiative of the University of Michigan Depression Center will be offering a training in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) of depression, May 13-18. MBCT is a therapeutic form of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) developed for people with depression. MBSR was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Univ. Massachusetts and is based on his experience as Zen and Vipassana meditator and yoga experience. The MBCT training will be taught by Susan Woods, ACSW, who has taught this course with Zindel Segal (one of its developers) many times and Claire Weiner, ACSW, who has considerable experience teaching MBCT.

If you are a psychotherapist with a regular daily meditation practice, you qualify for this training. It is the first time the training has been offered in the Midwest.

The website link provides more information about the training, the trainers, and the application process. The training is a residential and will be held at the Weber Retreat Center in Adrian, Michigan.

Let me know if you have any questions that are not answered by the flyer or the website.

Metta,
Libby Robinson

Elizabeth A.R. Robinson, Ph.D., MSW
MBSR teacher at the Frankel Program, UM Depression Center and
independetly at the Lotus Center (libbyrobinson7@gmail.com)
Research Assistant Professor, Substance Abuse Section
University of Michigan
734-232-0290

Form Emerging from the Formless
a dharma talk by Amma Thanasanti Bhikkhuni

Sunday, February 19 at the 4:00 p.m. service

Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom
Zen Buddhist Temple of Ann Arbor
1214 Packard Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3814
(734) 761-6520

Rev. Haju Sunim writes:

Amma Thanasanti will give a dharma talk entitled Form Emerging from the Formless this coming Sunday. She will only be in this area for a short time, so take advantage of this rare opportunity if you can.

Amma Thanasanti Bhikkhuni has more than 30 years experience with Insight Meditation. She joined the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in 1989, was ordained in 1991, and was fully ordained as a Bhikkhuni in 2010 in the first dual Theravada Bhikkhuni ordination in North America. She has been teaching internationally since 1996.

After many years of being part of the leadership teams of Chithurst and Amaravati nun’s communities in England, Amma let go of her formal affiliation with those monasteries in 2009 to pursue her vision of how monastic and lay practitioners can work together to create viable communities for practice in the West. She currently lives on faith according to the ancient principle of alms mendicancy, traveling and teaching around the world where she is invited, working to awaken wisdom and compassion.

A dana offering is requested. Amma Thanasanti especially needs firewood for the cabin in which she is currently staying.

Amma Thanasanti is an inspiring speaker, and this we are very much looking forward to sharing this opportunity with as many of you as possible. If you have any question, you can call us at (734) 761-6520.

Ludington Lighthouse

The Great Wave Zen Sangha would like to extend an invitation to Michigan Buddhists to join us for a brief, weekend sesshin (retreat) starting at 8:00 PM on Friday, February 17, and running through Sunday morning until about 8:15 AM.  This sesshin will provide practitioners with an opportunity to deepen their Zazen and liturgy practice, to have private interviews with resident priest Gendo, and to hear a Dharma talk.  We request a donation of $85 which includes four vegetarian meals.   Oryoki (ritual meal) training will take place on Friday afternoon (prior to the beginning of the retreat) from 4:30 – 6:00.  Please register via the Events calendar at greatwave.org.

SokukoJi Buddhist Community of Battle Creek is now hosting a one-day Sesshin meditation retreat on the last Saturday of each month. The retreat begins at 8:30 a.m. and lasts until 9:00 p.m. The schedule includes periods of sitting and walking meditation, an opportunity for teacher interviews and a short dharma talk, with breaks during the day for meals.

Join them this Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.

33 Anderson Court
Main Floor
Battle Creek, MI 49017

For more information, please call (269) 213-4813 or contact
Sokuzan Robert Brown robertbrown43@gmail.com
Priscilla Brown pbrowndec3@gmail.com

Beginning meditators welcome; instruction available.
No fee is charged for this sesshin. Donations are accepted.

Bup Mee Sunim (Kevin Hickey), Dharma Teacher and Monk at Muddy Water Zen in Royal Oak, has announced a series of lectures to be presented both at Muddy Water Zen in Royal Oak, and Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple. All lectures are free and open to the public.

“An Introduction to Korean Buddhist Temples”
Sunday, February 19, 2012, following the public 10:00 AM morning service at Muddy Water Zen
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple

“This opening lecture will present an introduction to some of the main features of a traditional, and typical, Korean Buddhist temple. It will explore aspects of history, culture, art, architecture and Buddhist imagery and symbolism in order to familiarize and foster understanding with the tradition that we practice.”

Lectures to follow:

May: “State and Sangha: Buddhist Culture and Political Thought in Korean History”

July: “Returning to Buddha: History of Buddhism and Abortion in Japan”

September: “Digital Dharma: A Guide through the Buddhist Film Collection”

November: “Buddha’s Daughters: A History of Women in Buddhism”

Muddy Water Zen
affiliated with the Korean Buddhist Taego Order
2421 Yale Ave
Royal Oak, MI 48067-4044
(248) 506-3544
haedoh@muddywaterzen.com
http://www.muddywaterzen.com/

Grand Rapids Zen Center
A Korean Buddhist T’aego Order Temple
156 E. Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 822-2465
deokwun@grzen.org
http://www.grzen.org/

The Bluewater Community of Mindful Living is happy to announce our annual Winter Mindfulness Retreat in Vanderbilt, Michigan, February 15-19, 2012.

Please join us for the weekend, all five days, or for a single day of mindfulness at Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat Center. A four hour drive from Detroit or Grand Rapids, Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat Center is on eight hundred beautiful, wooded acres along the Pigeon River north of Gaylord.

Sitting and walking meditation, dharma discussions, early morning walks to greet the day, silent meals of gratitude and other activities in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh will be offered. Read the rest of this entry »