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A Buddhist Stupa for Cambridge
A few people are interested in a plan to ask the City Council if we could build a small Buddhist Stupa in a park in the City. The idea is that this would be a project to bring together Buddhists from all different traditions and ethnic backgrounds in Cambridge. If anyone is interested in becoming involved, we will be having an open meeting on Wednesday 21st September at 7.30 pm at 59 Cavendish Avenue CB1 7UR. For more details contact Dan Jones danjones@supanet.com or 07754 588077.
Some Local Events
Known dates for future Cambridge One Day Meditation Retreats:
These are organised by the Cambridge Gaia House Meditation Groups, (see info.), unless labelled below as otherwise
September 24th, 2011: Rob Burbea.
Saturday 1st October: Sister Kovida, see details below (organised by Dan Jones).
November 19, 2011: Christina Feldman.
January 21, 2012: Catherine McGee.
March 17, 2012: Rob Burbea
May 12, 2012: Martine Batchelor
May 26, 2012: Bhikkhu Bodhidhamma
Saturday 17th March 2012 One Day Retreat.
An Insight Meditation Retreat with Rob Burbea at The Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BA (by kind permission of the Society of Friends). Times: 9.30am registration and 10.00am start.
See details at Printable Poster1
Post Talk Contributions
Canonical Citations and Stephen Batchelor
Stephen Batchelor has compiled a document of Pali source texts which he used during his visit to us on 10th and 11th Sept 2010
He has kindly made these available to us, see pdf file at Canonical Citations * .
His own web site is a comprehensive source of his work, including books etc. see Stephen's web site
The Eight Verses
Tenzin Dechen Rochard has kindly made available a copy of the "Eight Verses of Transforming the Mind".
These can be seen at: The Eight Verses * .
Links to some National Events
Thich Nhat Hanh UK Visit 2012
See web site Cooling the Flames.
Evening public talk in London: 29th March 2012 at Royal Festival Hall.
London 30 March to 2 April: Retreat for Educators.
1st April (Sunday): Peace Walk.
National UK Residential Retreat at Nottingham University: 5-10th April 2012.
A Cookery Book
"Vegetarian Vietnamese Cookery" (see front cover)
This book has been prepared over two years by the Cambridge Interbeing Sangha (see Meditation Groups page) , a meditation group that practices according to a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist tradition. All profits from the sales of this book will go to the Being Peace Practice Centre in Dorset, UK.
The Vegetarian Vietnamese Cookery book includes a wide variety of delicious recipes, from easy-to-prepare everyday dishes to more complicated dishes for special occasions. With a preface by Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen master and peace activist, it introduces the Vietnamese Buddhist approach to preparing and cooking food with awareness and joy.
Dr Thi Phung Ly of Cambridge, combines her nutritional knowledge as a medical doctor with the wisdom brought down to her through her mother and grandmother in Vietnam, in order to adapt these recipes for vegetarians and vegans with ingredients available in the UK. The book contains numerous colour photographs to illustrate the recipes and demonstrate the techniques used to prepare the dishes.
The C of I Sangha invite you to enjoy cooking and eating these dishes!
In Cambridge you can pick up a copy of the book by contacting Joy Magezis at joymagezis@yahoo.co.uk
Nationally Available from:
Community of Interbeing bookshop Tel: 0870 850 2615 Web: http://www.interbeing.org.uk/ bookshop
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