| Community Plum Mountain Buddhist March2015 Newsletter Weekly Schedule: Daily 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Service with short recitation and half hour seated meditation, at 516 W. Cushing in Aberdeen. This is except for Fridays and when Thay Kobai is away from the Harbor. Our regular community (sangha) gathering is Tuesday evenings at Cushing St. 6:30 to 8 p.m. We do some movement and sitting meditation, with plenty of guidance for newcomers. Thay Kobai or a senior student gives a short talk on Buddhist principles followed by Q&A and discussion. Events in February 3 March Tuesday: Community Meditation, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. We do some simple movement and seated meditation, followed by a short talk and demonstration by Rev. Jeff Hadashi Miles on "Tea and the Way of Tea in Buddhist Practice." Other details above. 5 March, Thursday: Full Moon ? 10 March, Tuesday: Community Meditation, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. We do some simple movement and seated meditation, followed by a short talk by Thay Kobai and a Q&A discussion. People of any or no faith are welcome. Check with Thay Kobai if you have questions. 17 March, Tuesday: Community Meditation, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. We do some simple movement and seated meditation, followed by a short talk by a senior student and a Q&A discussion. People of any or no faith are welcome. 20 March Friday New Moon ? 24 March, Tuesday: Community Meditation, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. We do some simple movement and seated meditation, followed by a short talk by Thay Kobai and a Q&A discussion. People of any or no faith are welcome. Check with Thay Kobai if you have questions. 31 March, Tuesday: Kobai on Coffee Talk, 8:15 a.m. 1450AM or 100.5FM 31 March, Tuesday: Community Meditation, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. We do some simple movement and seated meditation, followed by a short talk by Thay Kobai and a Q&A discussion. People of any or no faith are welcome. Check with Thay Kobai if you have questions. This is sandwich night. We'll be making sandwiches for Lunch Under the Bridge, which is tomorrow. 1 April, Wednesday: Lunch Under the Bridge Meet at 10 a.m. St. Andrew's Episcopal kithchen. Some Dharma: The poet Phillip Levine died last week. I knew him from when I was an English major at California State, Fresno. I wasn't actually registered in any of his classes, I just sat in, as many of us did in those days. He once gave an anti-war reading on stage with Joan Baez. It was a beautiful spring evening at Pig Tech as we hippies called our college-or sometimes "Fresno Straight." Phillip went on to get hired by UC Berkeley, to win the Pulitzer and National Book awards and to become one of the "New Yorker's" favorite poets. He had a twin brother, who he loved very much and who died before Phillip. This is part of as poem for his brother: Storms After the storm of his dying, After the phone calls and letters Stipped, after the sudden outbursts of tears, seizures that came on me without warning and left me ashamed, after those passed, he entered my dreams one June morning, young and slender again, in leather jacket and jeans. Yes, of course he was dead! He waved it away, smiling. It was nothing to worry about, it was just life, he said, laughing now at the joke. . . . Phillip died at age 83 at his home in Fresno. We are happy to be a member of the Northwest Dharma Association
and encourage you to consider joining.
We are also affiliated with Open Gate Zen Center in Olympia. For information on their programs go to
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