Zasep Rinpoche is Coming to Toronto in November
Great news! Rinpoche will be visiting us in November, and at his request our Thursday evening Dharma Classes will be on Lo Jong and Tong Len during the five weeks before he arrives. For more information, as well as news about our recent General Meeting and board election, and an upcoming visit by teacher Chuck Damov, please read the recent letter from Ann that follows.
Hello Everyone,
I hope you have been enjoying the wonderful autumn weather lately. This email is just a quick note with a few updates FYI.
Our AGM was held on Sunday, September 20, 2009, and all nominated candidates were elected to the Gaden Choling board of directors by our members. The members of our board for this coming year are Ann Gelsheimer (President), Dianne Korchynski (Treasurer), Bonnie Mok (Secretary), and 3 members-at-large: Matt King, Bryan Pietersma, and Michael Carabine. My thanks to everyone who participated and to my fellow board members for agreeing to serve Rinpoche and our community of Gaden Choling yet again as board members for this new year.
Chuck Damov has kindly accepted the request of Rinpoche and our board come to teach again at Gaden Choling in the not too distant future. Dates and topics are still being worked out, but we are looking forward to seeing our friend again and to receiving dharma teachings from such an experienced student of Rinpoche.
Great news! We received notice that Rinpoche is planning to visit Toronto November 5-16, 2009. These specific dates will be confirmed, but Rinpoche let us know he would like to offer teachings and possibly a short retreat on Lo Jong and Tong Len practice, as well as some teachings on Guru Yoga. If you have any other requests for teachings or specific initiations, please let me know by replying to this email. Rinpoche will review any requests and let us know what he is able to offer during this upcoming visit. (read his preliminary schedule)
In preparation for Rinpoche's visit, we are offering 5 Thursday evening classes on Lo Jong and Tong Len starting this Thursday evening at 7:00 PM. Matt King will be teaching 4 of the 5 classes and will provide us with a schedule of topics very shortly. I will be teaching one Thursday evening class on how to practice Tong Len meditation, which is a healing and transforming meditation practice that I particularly love. The session on Tong Len will occur on Thursday, October 8th at 7:30 pm. Each of the Thusday evening classes will include dharma instruction and meditation and will be set up so that you can join in on any week. You are also welcome to join us even if you are new to Tibetan Buddhism.
So, please come join us for the study of Lo Jong and Tong Len on Thursday evenings in preparation for Rinpoche's visit and teachings. It will be great to see you there.
Love,
Ann
Ann Gelsheimer, President
distributed by email on Sun, 27 Sep 2009
Rinpoche's Nov 2009 schedule has now been posted online.