We will have our second meditation practice day this coming Saturday 21st March at our place on Lantau Island. Whether you are completely new to Buddhism or already practising the Ngondro (four foundational practices), you are very welcome to join us. There will be two meditation sessions, one starting at 11am and the second at 3pm – you don’t need to attend both, but everyone is welcome to do so. To round things off, we’ll have a BBQ in the garden at the end of the day. If you need instructions on starting a particular meditation practice, we’ll also have time for explanations. Just let us know if you’d like to attend. The address is Ming Gardens, 1 San Shek Wan, South Lantau – if you need directions to get here, please get in touch.

Dear all,

Minced Pies and Mulled Wine!

Please don’t forget to come to meditation this coming Wednesday evening at 8pm (the 17th). We’ll have our annual minced pies and mulled wine evening – mulled wine served after meditation naturally!

As usual – all are welcome, it’s always free, and people new to Buddhism are very much invited to come.

Best wishes,

DWBHK!

Tommy Boggs, an experienced Buddhist teacher from Denmark, will be visiting Hong Kong to give a talk about Buddhism in the Modern World. In each culture, the teachings of the Buddha find the form that suits them best. One can compare them to a diamond: on a red cloth it shines red, on a blue cloth it looks blue; regardless, the diamond itself remains the same. Without losing their essence, the teachings of the Buddha have adapted to the cultural conditions of different societies and times and are as relevant today as they were 2,500 years ago. Today, in our modern societies, the timeless view of the Diamond Way (skt. Vajrayana) and its methods are more and more appealing to educated and independent people around the world. This talk will explore how we can use these methods in our daily lives.

Date / time: Tuesday 25th November / 8pm

Venue: The Fringe Club (2nd floor, Fringe fotogalerie), 2 Lower Albert Road, Central

Cost: HK$60 / HK$30 for concessions

There will be an opportunity to ask any questions you may have, and take part in a guided meditation.

All are welcome!

Run, Kagyu, Run!

To help raise money for the building of a new gompa, or meditation hall, at our Europe Center in Germany (www.europe-center.org), Diamond Way Buddhist centres from all over the world are taking part in the 5th annual Kagyu Run on 21 September 2008.

Friends are invited to run / cycle / swim / walk as many kilometers as possible and are sponsored by other friends from other Diamond Way centres from around the world. The event ends with a meditation that is streamed over the internet, to allow everyone to join (exact time tbc).

The event works like this:

Register:         runners and sponsors register on this website, and are assigned randomly to your international partner.

Runners:        run as many kilometers as you can and want to, every step towards the Europe Center counts.

Sponsors:        transform the kilometers of “their” runner(s) into $$$ and donate the sum for the Europe center.

If you can, please register as both a runner and a sponsor – this way you’ll make two connections to the worldwide sangha – someone, somewhere will be your sponsor, and you have the honour of sponsoring someone else.

We’ve got just under 3 three weeks left to train! Get down the gym! Go on – you know it makes sense… 🙂

Registration and more details here: www.kagyu-run.org

If you’d like to join us, we’ll be running on Hong Kong island, please get in touch.