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The purpose of the
Ecumenical Buddhist Society is to provide a place where anyone
can meditate with others on a daily or weekly basis, to bring Buddhist
teachers, retreats, classes, and social events to the Little Rock area
and to help provide ways to explore different branches and practices of
Buddhist philosophy. (about EBS)
Events & News
A Weekend with Anam Thubten Rinpoche
Anam Thubten Rinpoche Returns to Arkansas
February 5-7, 2010
Anam Thubten Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist lama rooted in the teachings of the Nyingma lineage, returns to Arkansas for a public talk and a weekend retreat.
Friday, February 5th, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Public Talk: “Spiritual Discourse” Buddhist teacher, Anam Thubten, is going to give heart to heart dialogue, and invite everyone to join in an exploration into the realm of truth, which is always for us. In this meeting, he will challenge every core belief, which has chained us to our misery for far too long.Freedom is knocking on our door.
Suggested Donation: $10.00-$15.00
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock, 1818 Reservoir Road, Little Rock
Saturday, February 6th, to Sunday, February 7th
A Weekend Retreat with Anam Thubten: The moment we realize who we are, we begin to live a life of joy and freedom. Many of us have been holding on to a mistaken version of ourselves. Once the false self is deconstructed, what emerges from that is our true nature beyond all conditions. Anam Thubten is going to introduce the Buddha’s timeless wisdom in a most direct and experiential manner. He invites everyone to go through a powerful inner transformation during this retreat.
Location: Ecumenical Buddhist Society meditation hall
Times:
Saturday, Feb. 6th 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 7th 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Cost: $70.00 for one day or $120.00 for both days
Registration: Pre-registration for the weekend retreat is encouraged, so that we can make the correct
number of copies of texts. For more information and retreat location, please call Karen Wisdom at
(501) 681-2895 or email her at yeshewisdom@gmail.com.
The Ecumenical Buddhist Society is located at 1015 West 2nd Street in downtown Little Rock.
Interviews: Jal Ka appointments (interviews with Rinpoche) will be from 12:40-1:40 p.m. in 10
minute slots on Saturday and Sunday during the retreat. Please contact Karen Wisdom for appointments.
For more information and registration click here.
Losar! February 14th.
Losar, the Tibetan New Year, will fall on our Valentine's Day, February 14. Traditionally this day is
one of great celebration in Tibet and the Vajrayana practices at EBS will celebrate
that Sunday morning at the center with both a party and the Vajrakilaya practice.
Everyone is invited - family and friends and those from other EBS practice groups.
In keeping with Vajrayana tradition, the day before Losar is a cleaning day where
you clean your house or place of business with the knowing that you are cleaning
away all negative karma from the past year. Someone might choose that day to clean EBS! Enjoy!
Here is the schedule for Sunday, February 14, which also includes our usually
scheduled Vajrayana practices.
Everyone may come for some or all of the events. If we are not impeccably timely,
do not hesitate to arrive and just join in with what is happening.
At 9 - 9:30: Mary Peters will be doing the silent sitting meditation for any and
all traditions as usual.
At 10 AM: the Vajrayana Dudjom Tersar Ngondro will be done with extra
explanations and instructions in English as we do each 2nd Sunday of the month.
At 11 AM: We will have our Losar party for everyone who would like to come and
join us. Please bring a food offering.
At 12 noon: Vajrakilaya Practice - for those who have not had the empowerment or
who are not Vajrayana practitioners, you are welcome to stay and enjoy the practice
as a dynamic meditation. You will receive great blessings too.
At 1 PM: Typically, Anna does a Q&A class after Ngondro practice on the 2nd
Sunday of the month. Because of all of our other activities on the 14th, we
will still have the class but will put it last on the list. For those who would
like to join us and ask questions about your Ngondro practice, Buddhist practice,
or any other relevant questions, you will be welcomed. This class always turns into
a wonderful and supportive group for practitioners.
EBS Children's Program
The Children's Program will now meet every THIRD SUNDAY of the month at 4:00 p.m. at the EBS Center. Children of all ages and their parents are welcome.
For more information, call Steve Evans at (501) 663-1882 or email him at
csteveevans@comcast.net.
Introduction to Buddhism
This is an excellent starting place for people with little or no knowledge about Buddhism. Meditation technique will be covered. These sessions are very informal and questions are welcomed.
• January — There will be no Intro. to Buddhism, because of the holidays.
• Monday, February 1st, at 7:00 p.m.
If you are interested in this event, please contact Rich Wiebe at
ebs@aristotle.net.
Remember Great EBS Items for Presents
• EBS T-shirts in adult and
children sizes ($15.00)
• EBS mugs ($8.00)
• EBS Bumper Stickers ($1.00)
Big Thank You’s to All
Who Help Make EBS Work!
There are a lot of people, who make EBS work every day. A special thank you at the end of 2009 goes out the following people:
• Judith Elane for checking the mail and phone every day.
• Jason Stracner for keeping our webpage going.
• Ellis Widner for running our wonderful bookstore.
• Johnye Strickland, Louanne Lawson, Steve Evans, Jason Stracner, Sister Joy, Karen Wisdom, Cara Smith, and Rich Wiebe for serving long hours on the Board.
• Carl Shivers of Aristotle.Com for giving EBS space for our webpage.
• Kristopher Davis for supplying the beautiful flowers every week for our altar.
• All the practice leaders who keep our practices going: Mary Peters, Anna Cox, Karen Wisdom, Kaye Lundgren, Ron Eddy, Larry Dearmon, Johnye Strickland, Ellis Widner, Cara Smith, Kenneth Kirkland, Kristopher Davis, Lucy Sauer, Rich Wiebe, Jim Rush, Judith Elane, Sister Joy, Suzanne Maseratti, and Tom Neale.
• Everyone, who donates their time to help keep the place clean and organized.
All the members of EBS who give their time and
money to keep our doors open!
Thanks to all of you.
—Sincerely, Charlotte Besch, President, EBS Board of Directors
Featured EBS Practice of the Month – Dakini Heart Essense,
Practice of Yeshe Tsogyal
The Yeshe Tsogyal group has just had a successful retreat with our guiding teacher, Lama
Yeshe Wangmo. The practice of the Dakini Heart Essence meets on Monday nights at
6:00 p.m. in the small meditation room at
the EBS Center. "The intent of this
practice is to serve all beings through the
wisdom of Yeshe Tsogyal as it is presented
in the 'Dakini Heart Essence', a treasure
teaching revealed by His H
oliness Dudjom Rinpoche. Yeshe Tsogyal is a wisdom dakini, a
female buddha. In Vajrayana, a wisdom dakinis are essential
to enlightenment, not only because of their sublime realization,
but also because they can reach us in our humanness
and guide us along the path in a personal and experiential
manner." –Lama Yeshe Wangmo
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EBS using your credit card, PayPal account or bank account you can now do that
through our website.
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