Wednesday, December 30, 2009

New Year's Eve Meditation


Please join Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo and the community at the Temple of the Adawees, Wise Protectors, at the Peace Village in Lincoln, VT on Dec 31 at 9:30 PM for our traditional Meditation, welcoming the New Year.

FAMILIES AND CHILDREN-- ALL ARE WELCOME!

Please park in the parking lot and walk carefully to the Temple.  Bring warm slippers or socks (as the floor may be chilly) and blankets for the children.  Bring personal meditation objects (cushions, shawls, etc). We also have chairs in the Temple.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Wisdom of the Peace Village Elders -- Documentary Series





2 0 1 2: What Future Do You Want To Energize? - This video is an excerpt from the Wisdom of the Peace Village Elders Documentary Series. Algonquin Elder Mike Bastine delivers a positive and powerful antidote to the misunderstanding and fear that surrounds most messages about the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012. This video invites each one of us to join the tipping point of consciousness toward co-creating a culture of peace and sustainable living on the planet.





The WISDOM OF THE PEACE VILLAGE ELDERS Documentary Series

Produced by: Mutual Abundance Media

Here’s the challenge: Are we so hypnotized by our steady diet of media-fed horrors, that we’ve despaired of ever achieving the dream of a violence-free world? Or are we ready for the shift from the war path to the peace path? Does anybody even know what peace looks like?

The WISDOM OF THE PEACE VILLAGE ELDERS documentary series provides a rare opportunity to witness Native Elders from North, Central, and South America, exploring how to walk the way of peace and sustainability in a world overrun with paths to war and environmental devastation. At the Peace Village, the indigenous Elders remind us that we are all co-creators of our agreed upon dream / reality. “Change the Dream!” the Elders inspire, calling for us all to reconnect to the cycles of Nature, and to practice compassion-in-action in our daily lives. Only together, moment to moment, can we co-create & energize a future of peace and equanimity on the planet.

Mutual Abundance Media has decided to produce these documentaries as independent films, in order to guard the integrity and freedom of expression of the featured Native Elders. The documentary series is a sacred trust, for the Elders have entrusted us to deliver their message as good medicine for the planet now & for generations to come.

This project is supported by Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo and Sunray Meditation Society.

 
Join our team of Sponsors / Supporters. Help us complete editing of the first two documentaries in our series by the summer of 2010 & become part of an important tipping point toward a culture of peace. Any amount is appreciated. Be as generous as you can.
 
 


Monday, December 7, 2009

Ceremony and Celebrations at the Peace Village in December


You and your family, along with community members and neighbors are invited to the Winter Solstice Ceremony in the Sacred Arbor at the Peace Village on Sunday, December 20 with the lighting of the Fire at 7 PM.  There will be an all night vigil on Sunday night, followed by dances and practice at 7 AM on Monday morning.

The solstice ceremonies are the times of strengthening community bonds and offering thankfulness for the beauty of the seasons' change and progression! These Ceremonies are under the guidance of Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo.

CALENDAR DATES:
December 20 7 PM Lighting of the Sacred Fire for Winter Solstice
December 21 7 AM Dances and Practices after all night sacred vigil
December 31 Gather in Temple of the Adawees, Wise Protectors for NY's eve meditation with Venerable Dhyani at 9:30 PM.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO CEREMONIES AND CELEBRATIONS!


PLEASE COME JOIN US.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Vajra Dakini Nunnery newsletter




We are known as the practice lineage. Retreat is when our meditation practice becomes a part of us, down to the bone. We remove all distractions and focus solely on specific practices to see the nature of our minds and reality. In the time of the founding of the Drikung Lineage 150.000 people went into retreat. Two retreats are highlighted in this newsletter:


Spend New Years with us! As we close this year and start anew, we invite you to gather perspective. Dharma teachings invite us to contemplate the immanence of death and to meditate with impermanence and our fragility in mind. With ample practice time, Turning the Wheel of Time; Dec 27 - Jan 3, will focus on readings that familiarize us with the aging and dying process. This retreat is suitable for both beginning and advanced practitioners and will be an intimate in-house event.
 
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