Ann Arbor Special Events May – August 2019
SUNDAY PROGRAMS
Classic Teachings with GELEK RIMPOCHE
Broadcast Weekly, 11am Eastern
Join us at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor or Online via Webinar
Open to All, Free of Charge
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Sunday Morning Programs
9:45 – 10:45am – White Tara Guided Meditation
11am – 12pm – Gelek Rimpoche 2013 Video Recordings, Demo Rinpoche twice monthly and guest speakers
12pm – Enjoy tea, snacks and conversation or join the Informal Discussion facilitated by JH Senior Students
1 – 4pm – Loving Kindness Crafts – Monthly, January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14 – All Welcome
White Tara Guided Healing Meditation – Tara is the mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, known for her quick and compassionate activity. She is particularly associated with healing and long life. Join us for a guided meditation using visualization techniques to overcome physical, mental and emotional suffering. Free and open to all. Buddhist experience is not required.
ANN ARBOR SPECIAL EVENTS
Demo Rinpoche
Visiting Lama Series
Ann Arbor Programs May – August 2019
ANN ARBOR PROGRAM COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Register for courses and workshops at [email protected].
Homework assignments where applicable are provided upon registration. Purchase Digital Transcripts online for the courses, or order paper copies from the Jewel Heart Store.
Jewel Heart courses and workshops are open to all, regardless of ability to pay. If you are unable to afford a fee, please ask about the possibility of a partial or full scholarship.
Ann Arbor programs held at:
1129 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734 994 3387 • [email protected]
DAYS OF MEDITATION
Saturdays, May 4 and July 20, 8:30am – 6pm
Meditation is an essential tool that helps develop peace and joy, as well as the power to deeply understand wisdom. This day of meditation, open to all experience levels and offered according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, will include practice sessions and light guidance. Instructors will be available for assistance. Silence will be enjoyed throughout the day.
Free
OPEN MEDITATION SESSIONS
Wednesdays, 7 – 8:30pm
July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28
Jewel Heart Facilitators will provide basic guidance for using the breath as a point of focus in these concentrated meditation sessions.
Free
INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN BUDDHIST MEDITATION
Wednesdays, 7 – 8:30pm
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 26 (No session June 19 due to Summer Retreat)
Meditation is an important tool on the spiritual path, helping to develop focus, stability, insight and understanding. In addition to more commonly known concentration methods, we will also experience analytical and visualization meditations on various topics.
Free
JEWEL HEART READERS
Tuesdays, Monthly, 7 – 8:30pm
Enjoy lively discussion of dharma related book selections monthly. Open to All
April 9, May 7, June 11, July 9, August 13
Free
FREE FILM AND DISCUSSION
Fridays, Monthly, 7pm
Bring your friends and enjoy a free film and group discussion. Concessions available.
April 26 – BREWSTER McCLOUD (1970)
Robert Altman’s wild, anarchic cult fave, istn’t about dreams as much as it is about the highs and lows of humanity. Ah, Love. The thing that at once shapes and unravels us. The thing that may or may not give us wings.
May 31 – CHICKEN RUN (2000)
When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners. A great story of the bodhisattva desire to free all beings.
June 28 – INSIDE OUT (2015)
After young Riley is uprooted from her midwest life and moved to San Francisco we take a rollicking journey into her mind where five emotions Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness conflict on how to navigate her circumstances.
July 26 – STARGATE (1994)
The plot centers on the premise of a “Stargate”, an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe.
August 23 – ASTRAL CITY – A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (2011) Portuguese with English subtitles
A Spiritual Journey (2011) Portuguese with English subtitles –A successful doctor who experiences an enlightening spiritual awakening after his death. The film tackles many of the issues that people ask about life, death and the next world.