Crystal Teachings in Arkansas with Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo -- April 19-24

This is a special and wonderous opportunity. We have been envisioning this
journey for 12 years. Please join us, WE ARE GOING!!! Check out our
website: http://www.blueskiesrock.com/Arkansas

*** only $1125 for early registration (with $250 non-refundable deposit)
thru March 1, 2009

Please let us know if you are planning to attend, even if you are not
registering early. We need to know for the housing arrangements.

Crystal teachings with Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo,
Hot Springs, Arkansas
April 19 - 24, 2009

"The crystal is an amplifier of that ever-present voice of creation
within." Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo from "Voices of our Ancestors"

In this time together we will explore our relationship to the Earth
element to see how our thought, word and actions are amplified and carried
via the crystal ley lines to all living beings. We will experiment with
sound, movement and meditation, as amplified through the crystals, to
stabilize the mind and to energize the wisdom potential bringing forth
health and joy.

Sunday we will gather to practice together in preparation for teachings
Mon. morning.
Monday through Friday, the mornings will be dedicated to teachings with
Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, moving and sitting meditation. In the afternoon we
will explore the Crystal shops of several of the local mining operations,
dig for crystals at a working mine, enjoy a mineral bath at the Buckstaff
Bathhouse, historic bath house and explore the area in relation to the
crystal ley lines.


Shared ground transportation, condo housing and activities (listed above)
all included.

$1250

*** only $1125 for early registration (with $250 non-refundable deposit)
thru March 1, 2009

*Travel to Arkansas and food on your own.
*Other housing arrangements possible, please contact Julie with special
needs and requests.

To register or any questions contact Julie James:
jultech@blueskiesrock.com. Please include your contact information.
Fly to: LIT Little Rock, AR

Friends Making New Ceremony -- Saturday March 28th -- Sunray Peace Village

The Friends Making New Ceremony is on the New Moon in March and is done under the guidance of Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo. It is at this time that transgressions are put aside and we let go of attitudes and behaviors that do not contribute to wisdom growth. So we come together, friends, family, community-ALL ARE WELCOME-to actualize the energy of forgiveness meditation for the benefit ofourselves, family, clans, nation, planet and galaxies beyond.

7:30 AM
Gather at the Sacred Arbor to Stick Dance
Lighting of the Fire with the first rays of sun over the mountain
Bringing out the crystal

8:00 AM
Prayer of Gratitude
Ungula Dance
Basic form 1&2 dances
Offerings of prayers and cornmeal to the Fire

9:00 AM
Procede to the stream for Waters of Forgiveness
Note: please wear good sturdy boots for walking through woods

10:00 AM
Gather at Sacred Arbor and Fire
Breakfast break

11:00 AM-Noon
Breathing, stretching, dances in Temple

12:00-2:00 PM
Meditation

3:00-5:00 PM
Meditation

6:00 PM
Gather in Temple for dances, hymns

7:00-9:00 PM
Make offerings of dances, hymns
Viewing of crystal to see possible futures
Closing with prayers.

Everyone is Welcome
If you wish to participate in part of the day's practices, that is all right.

"Practice of Sacred Relationship is practice of good relations with all inthe family of life."
Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo from Voices of Our Ancestors.

Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo tele-teachings -- March 19th

Thursday, March 19, 2009
9:00 PM - EST, 6:00 PM PST

~ The Archtype of Quan Yin and Our Consciousness in the Moment,
and How Quan Yin Relates to the Natural Wisdom within Every Being ~

"The opportunity to speak via the tele-class through the Masterful Living Course reveals the wisdom within and the way it applies in one's life today. Individuals together establish through thought the ideals and outcomes which are life force and wisdom enhancing. Each one is inseparable from the master Wisdom Being within. Through our explorations we observe the pathways of actualizing vision as joyous accomplishment."

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Please join Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo for teachings offered through the Masterful Living Course. Venerable will offer these tele-classes approximately once a month for 10 months. This is a wonderful opportunity to stay connected with the BeautyWay Wisdom teachings in an ongoing way. For more information or to sign up for one or more tele-classes, please visit the link below.
www.beautywayproductions.com/seminar.html#teleclasses

Chotrul Duchen at VDN

Dear Friends

At VDN we will celebrate Chotrul Duchen the first 10 million merit day of the new year- on March 11th.

In this tradition we particularly celebrate Marpa and Milarepa on these days.

We begin March 10th when we will read selections of the enlightened poetry from the Kagyu masters in The Rain of Wisdom.

Tues 7 PM Readings from the enlightenment songs of Marpa and Milarepa.

Wed March 11 will begin with a dawn smoke offering and tsok, readings continue 7 PM. The evening will include Amitabha and tonglen for healing.

Khenmo Drolma
Abbess
Vajra Dakini Nunnery
PO 382 Bristol, VT 05443
802 453 6867
http://www.vajradakininunnery.org/

50th Anniversary of Tibetan uprising March 10th

Tashi Deleck-

March 10th, 2009 marks the 50 anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese government. To mark this special day, the Tibetan Association of Vermont will be holding special events throughout the day on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009. To begin the day, we will be gathering at City Hall in Burlington at 11:00 am to perform speeches. We will begin our peace march from the steps of City Hall at 11:40am. We will be marching down Church Street, up Pearl Street, through the University of Vermont, & down College Street to the Lake. We Will be completing prayers in front of City Hall at the end of the peace march. We will end the day with a candle light vigil at City Hall from 5:30pm to 6:00pm. Lunch will be provided to all participants. I hope you all can make it.

Thank you..

Tsering Yangkyi Cummings
Secretary
Tibetan Association of Vermont

Cherokee beginning of the New Year ceremony

Celebrated at the Sunray Peace Village today.

SUNRAY NGO/UN UPDATE

Sunray continues to support the indigenous world internationally through its presence at the United Nations and the NGO Community. Many wonderful events have unfolded this past year including The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 13, 2007. Treaty rights, land rights and self-determination of Indigenous peoples are recognized internationally with this declaration. It has political and moral force and delineates states' obligations to uphold these rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. Indigenous peoples will be able to use the Declaration to redefine their relationship with states, address their grassroots human rights issues and struggles and call upon states to put the rights it recognizes into practise. We have see the Declaration at work in several countries already. In Belize the Supreme Court quoted the Declaration to justify its decision upholding 2 Mayan villagers' rights to their traditional lands. This victory is expected to result in more protection and land rights for indigenous people of Belize. In Bolivia in November 2007 National Law 3760 or the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was passed (This legistration is an exact copy of the Declaration). Bolivia is the first country to adopt the Declaration as national law.
The Declaration has been translated into various languages besides the official UN languages. The other languages include Cha'palaa (spoken in Ecuador), Crimean Tatar (Indigen. of Crimea), Danish, Greenlandic, Italian, Japanese, Kitchua(spoken in Andes), Guarani (Paraguay), Maori, Miskito (Nicaragua & Honduras) and Portugues.

Sandra Sheridan
Sunray NGO/UN Representative

End of the year Achi practice, Losar and Million Merit Days

Today begins the end of the year Achi practice at Vajra Dakininunnery. You are welcome to join us at 7 pm at Vajra Dakini this week for Achi recitation. (The closing of the year is viewed as a time of karmic debts ripening and therefore a special time for protector practice)
Tibetan Buddhist Lineages often have a grandmother protector figure. In our lineage it is Achi. She is a historic enlightened woman who, due to her foresight, became the great grandmother of Lord Jigten Sumgon , founder of the Drikung Kagyu. She promised to assist all practitioners throughout time. We do an offering to her every evening, remembering her courage. She walked her truth in a time when is was considered outrageous for a woman to determine anything about her life, much less become a spiritual teacher. One of the reasons we are interested in preserving the woman's lineage within Buddhism is because there is a long line of such courageous women.

This year the Tibetan Government has asked for Losar festivities to be canceled on this 50th anneversary of the dispora due to the tremendous suffering in Tibet this year. Prayers are always good but the festivities world wide will not be offered. At VDN we will celebrate Chotrul Duchen the first 10 million merit day of the new year- on March 11th. In this tradition we particularly celebrate Marpa and Milarepa on these days. We begin March 10th when we will read selections of their enlightened poetry from The Rain of Wisdom. March 11 will begin with a dawn smoke offering and tsok. Readings and prayers continue through the day,

Beginning of Lunar New Year Ceremony

ALL ARE WELCOME AND WARMLY INVITED TO

THE BEGINNING OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CEREMONY

SUNDAY, FEB. 22, 2009 at the PEACE VILLAGE, LINCOLN, VT

8:00 AM

We will begin the day of Ceremony with the Lighting of the Sacred
Fire, making prayers and offerings. Through the quiet time of
this Feb. New Moon, we rededicate ourselves to a year of good
relationship. This midwinter ceremony sets the pace for the entire
lunar cycle, embodies our clear intention with the planting of seeds
of good cause.

8:00 AM Lighting of the Fire
8-10 AM Offerings, prayers and practices of dance and meditation
10-4PM Practices continue in the Temple of Adawees-The Wise
Protectors and at the Fire in the Sacred Arbor
4 PM All gather in the Temple for Sacred Dances.

Followed by Potluck Feast. Location to be determined--local community
home.

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