I can supply chocolate. I'll get some industrial size chocolate bars to break
up, as well other chocolate bits and pieces, i.e. actual chocolates.

Tim.

Hi all
as Rinpoche is almost with us we will be having the final planning
meeting this thursday  7th at Bosham House.  We are looking for
volunteers to set up friday eve and sat morning.

On friday we can access the school from 5.00 and are collecting the
stuff from Bosham at the meeting on thursday 14th and 3.00 on the friday.

All volunteers greatly welcomed!!

with love and best wishes
Ian

BRING & BUY PLANT & BOOK SALE
Fri 15th May - Sun17th May
Chichester High School for Boys, Kingsham Road, Chichester, PO19 8AE

Ongoing funds are being raised for both the health clinic and the school in
Rigul, Tibet, birthplace of Ringu Tulku Rinpoche,
If you have any unwanted plants/second hand books that need to find a new home
would much appreciate if you can bring them along or come and have a look and
grad yourself a bargin!

We are raising funds for the
Health Clinic:
Doctor Chuga, his assistant Karma Tsishi, Ani Choden the nurse and the ongoing
expenses of the medicines and running the health clinic. This includes  free
transport for the needy, and any repairs and improvements to the buildings and
equipment.
School:
Head teacher, Riga, the 3 teachers, the two cooks, and 2 hot meals a day for
about 60 children in the school

100% of donations go to Rigul projects. All expenses met by volunteers

Many thanks for your help.

www.rigultrust.org

Hi All

Just a reminder that we have a meditation day at Bosham House on Sunday
19th April from 10.00 to 4.00.  Suggested donation £10.00 and bring
lunch to share.

This day will be an opportunity to find some quiet or to notice the
noise!!  The tulips are out, will there be bluebells??

xxian

Hi all
just a quick note to say that Cait will be with us this thursday - this
is a topic evening so everyone is welcome!

Apologies to those who received this more than once!

with love and good wishes
Ian

*/Searching for the Dharma/*

By */Hsu Yun <http://www.Poetry-Chaikhana.com/Y/YunHsu/index.htm>/*
(1839 - 1959)



You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the Dharma.
So many long days in the archives, copying, copying.
The gravity of the Tang and the profundity of the Sung
make heavy baggage.
Here! I've picked you a bunch of wildflowers.
Their meaning is the same
but they're much easier to carry.

----- Original Message -----

From: Rmrichardsonuk@...

To: bbgforum@...

Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:06 PM

Subject: [bbgforum] Fwd: SAFETY NET - PLEASE REPLY

Dear Friends

 

I have been in contact with Dirk from Bodhicharya London about their development of the SAFETY NET, this area of pastoral care interests me and many years ago we had a brain storming at the Bodhi Tree, Havant and I remember writing pastoral care on this sheet which was on the floor!!

 

Is there an appetite to follow in similar footsteps to Bodhicharya London set up of the SAFETY NET

and set up a Bodhicharya south network or break it down to Sussex, Southampton, Somerset or whatever?

 

Please let me know if you are interested in exploring this idea more and I am only too willing to give it all I can

 

Thank you

 

love

Margaret

Dear fellow Sangha members

You may remember hearing some talk about a ‘Safety Net’ some time ago but if like me you have forgotten exactly what that talk was all about please allow me to refresh your memory.

The Safety Net will be a network within the Bodhicharya London Sangha that will provide support for people in times of personal need when other support is not forthcoming. The support could range from helping someone when they are sick by simply providing practical support like doing the shopping or helping in the garden, it could involve providing emotional support for someone experiencing a difficult time in their life or it could simply be a way for people to have someone to talk to peridocially in a world that often seems so busy, impersonal and lonely at times.

As people interested in Buddha Dharma participating in the Safety Net would provide us with an opportunity to engage with it in a practical, meaningful and beneficial way for all concerned.  The motivation behind the Safety Net is one of Loving Kindness and Compassion for all Sentient Beings joined with the realisation of the Interconnected nature we all share.  The first Paramita or ‘perfection’ that is to be cultivated in the Mahayana tradition is Generosity.  Generosity can take many forms and sometimes it can be more difficult to give of ourselves than of material things but when we do so we realise the instant and long term benefits.  The instant benefit for the helper is the feeling of satisfaction that is gained by helping another in a time of need and the benefit for the recipient is the solving of their problem or the alleviation of their suffering.  The long term benefits are reduced Self-Cherishing, the source of all our disatisfaction and a cultivation of greater and greater Compassion towards all fellow Sentient Beings that in the end brings constant Joy and Satisfaction into our lives and those around us.

Tim has very kindly and painstakingly developed a system that will enable the Safety Net to function, however we firstly need to identify WHO in the group would like to and be potentially able to offer support to others within the group. 

In order for Tim to get the Safety Net off of the ground and onto its feet he needs a few moments of your time to respond to the following questionnaire. The information you provide will be entered into the database Tim has developed that will initially show your location and what you are willing to help with so that it will be easier for those who will coordinate the Safety Net to match people with those who need help or support and put them in contact with one another.

It is also important that we additionally recognise that some people may not wish to be a part of this support network at all (either as a potential helper or as a recipient) which is entirely a personal choice and as such this will be respected. If this is the case we would be grateful if you could indicate this and respond accordingly where asked.

Please EMAIL only the response back to: safetynetreply@...

You can either email the replies or send the document back as an attachment. For the few people Dirk has listed who do not have email a form will be given to them personally.

Do be aware that Tim has set this email address up TEMPORARILY & SOLELY for the handling of the responses to keep his and the Bodhicharya email account free of lots of messages and it will be deleted once he has processed all the information.

Please try to get a reply back by end of March 2009

Thanks for reading,

Tim & Cesare

1        YOUR NAME:

2        YOUR ADDRESS

3        PHONE NUMBERS (list all you wish to share):

4        EMAIL ADDRESS:

5        WHICH GEOGRAPHICAL / RESIDENTIAL LOCATION ARE YOU IN?:

London: Borough

Out of London: County

Other area:

6        Do you attend the Bodhicharya Kairos group (Thursday evening group)

YES                 NO

7        ARE YOU HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE SUPPORT NETWORK

                             NO                         YES

8        WOULD YOU BE WILLING  / INTERESTED IN HELPING AS A ‘COORDINATOR’ OF THE NETWORK

                                      YES                        NO

9        ARE YOU WILLING TO BE A CONTACT TO OFFER SUPPORT TO SOMEONE

                   YES              NO

IF YES:

LIST OF TYPE OF THINGS THAT COULD BE OFFERED - do be creative / inventive if you think something is missing:

SAY YES OR NO (OR TICK OR ERASE WHERE APPROPRIATE) TO EACH:

PHONING / EMAILING SOMEONE TO CHECK THEY ARE OK?

MEETING SOMEONE / VISITING SOMEONE AT HOME WHO MAY BE ILL / UNABLE TO TRAVEL

DO LOCAL SHOPPING FOR SOMEONE

ARRANGE INTERNET SHOPPING FOR SOMEONE

RESEARCHING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SOMEONE

ARE YOU A WILLING CAR DRIVER?                       YES                   NO

WOULD YOU POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMPANY SOMEONE TO HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

COULD YOU POTENIALLY ASSIST WITH OTHER THINGS WHERE SOMEONE IS NO LONGER ABLE TO MANAGE – E.G.  GARDENING / DECORATING / D.I.Y.

BE A CONTACT FOR NEW PEOPLE TO MEET / WELCOME THEM AT EVENTS / TEACHINGS ETC

ADD YOUR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS / IDEAS AS THIS IS YOUR SAFETY NET:

A Precious Human Life
We have bigger houses, but smaller families; more conveniences, but
less time.
We have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge, but less
judgements; more experts, but more problems; more medicines, but less
healthiness. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have
trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more
copies than ever, but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods, but slow digestion; tall man, but short
of character; steep profits but shallow relationships.
It is time when is much in the window but nothing in the room.
His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama

We live in auspicious times indeed, following a request from some of
Rinpoche's sangha from Ireland
His Holiness Gyalwar Karmapa has roared a mighty roar and given a
teaching of great profundity in this new long life prayer for Ringu
Tulku Rinpoche.

You can see the Tibetan in the attached PDF

OSEL SHINTU SHIWAY RANGSHINLEY

PHOGYOR DRALWA JUMBU TABU KU

NAMYANG DREGU TSENMA MISHEY PAR

CHIME TSE-LEY NGOWOR TSOSHE SOL


Unchanging illusion-like appearance

manifesting from the luminosity of perfect natural harmony

always unmarked by the signs of ageing and decline

may you remain in the essence of the deity of immortality


Om Mani Pe Me Hung
Ian x

Data Protection; Please inform me if you wish to be taken off our
mailing list and database.

Dear friends,
Please see below a message from Annie from Bodhicharya Ireland and the
new long life prayer for Ringu Tulku composed by HH Karmapa. Please
pass on to all of Rinpoche's friends and students.
love,
Margaret ford

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While we were in Bodhgaya our small  group  had a very lovely meeting
with his Holiness Karmapa. We requested a long life prayer for Ringu
Tulku,  which His Holiness gave us at the end of the teachings, it is
very beautiful...... please share it with all Bodhicharya members.

'The most peaceful essence of clear light,
Arisen as the changeless form of illusion,
Free from any sign of age and decay,
May he live forever as the Buddha of long life'.


Requested by Bodhicharya students from Ireland, Germany and UK.
Composed by His Holiness Karmapa at Tergar Monastery Bodhgaya, January
2009.
Translated from the Tibetan by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche