February 2013 – Lunar New Year! Awakening Heart DALLAS MEDITATION CENTER

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 17 3p Meditación (español)

* 5-7p Celebration: LUNAR NEW YEAR !!! - Brother ChiSing & Ven. Tashi Nyima, etc. * (plus dinner afterwards)

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

2:00-3:15p YOGA - Andy * 6:00p ZEN - ChiSing *

*7:30p Beginner-friendly GUIDED Meditations - Brother ChiSing *

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

2p Vajra YOGA - Tashi

*6:00p VIPASSANA -CS*

* 7-9p YOUNG ADULTS (20’s & 30’s) Meditation*

7:30p Chakra Med. - Jyoti

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9:30a TAI CHI - Janna 12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go 2:00-3:15p YOGA - Andy

5:30p TAI CHI - Janna

7:00-8:15p YOGA - Roya

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

6:00-6:45p Zen-to-Go

7:00-8:15p YOGA - Andy

7:00-900p BUDDHIST Practices - Tashi Nyima

7:30p QIGONG - Jyoti

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go 7:30p Special Evening of Deep Relaxation, MUSIC, & “Touching the Earth” - Bobbie Perkins & Cornell Kinderknecht

23 1:00p Women’s QIGONG

3:00p Hemi-Sync Meditation Technology

5:00-6:30p WOMEN’S Meditation - Vanessa G.

7:30p CONNECTIONS Party - Cathy Vartuli

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3p Meditación (español)

5-7p AWAKENING HEART (this is our large main Meditation service) - “Happy” screening 7:30p TaKeTiNa -Michael

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

2:00-3:15p YOGA - Andy 6:00p ZEN - John P.

7:30p Beginner-friendly GUIDED Meditations - (sub: John Poulose)

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

2p Vajra YOGA - Tashi

*6:00p VIPASSANA -CS*

* 7-9p YOUNG ADULTS (20’s & 30’s) Meditation*

7:30p Chakra Med. - Jyoti

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9:30a TAI CHI - Janna 12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go 2:00-3:15p YOGA - Andy

5:30p TAI CHI - Janna

7:00-8:15p YOGA - Roya

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

6:00-6:45p Zen-to-Go

7:00-8:15p YOGA - Andy

7:00-900p BUDDHIST Practices - Tashi Nyima

7:30p QIGONG - Jyoti

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go 7:00-9:00p First Fridays: DRUM Circle - Dorayne

(2) * 9:00a-12:30p YOGA & MEDITATION Retreat - Andy & ChiSing (free) * * 2:00-6:00p Workshop: BEGINNERS Meditation - Brother ChiSing *

(3) 10a YOGA - Monica B. 11a-1p Ecstatic DANCE

3p Meditación (español)

* 5-7p AWAKENING HEART (this is our large main Meditation service) - Brother ChiSing *

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

2:00-3:15p YOGA - Andy * 6:00p ZEN - ChiSing *

*7:30p Beginner-friendly GUIDED Meditations - Brother ChiSing *

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12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go

2p Vajra YOGA - Tashi

*6:00p VIPASSANA -CS*

* 7-9p YOUNG ADULTS (20’s & 30’s) Meditation*

7:30p Chakra Med. - Jyoti

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9:30a TAI CHI - Janna 12:00-12:45p Zen-to-Go 2:00-3:15p YOGA - Andy

5:30p TAI CHI - Janna

7:30p ACTIVE Meditation

Director:

Brother ChiSing

Assistant: Bobbie Perkins

Communications: Cornell Kinderknecht

DMC Office Hours: Mondays - Thursdays

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

AH & DMC aspire to be:

INTERFAITH INCLUSIVE INTEGRAL INSPIRED

DALLAS MEDITATION CENTER – 727 S. Floyd Rd., Richardson, TX 75080. info@AwakeningHeart.org (972) 432-7871 www.DallasMeditationCenter.com

Spring 2013: “SPIRITUAL PRACTICE PERIOD”

(March, April, May)

All of our main Meditation groups (Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, etc.) will focus on the LOJONG study of the “Seven Points of Mind Training” (which includes the 59 slogans of mindfulness).

Ven. Tashi Nyima’s group will use a Tibetan text, and Brother ChiSing’s groups will use the Zen book –

TRAINING IN COMPASSION: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong (by Zen Master Norman Fischer)

(1) Resolve to Begin. (2) Train in Empathy and Compassion (Absolute and Relative). (3) Transform Bad Circumstances into the Path. (4) Make Practice Your Whole Life. (5) Assess and Extend. (6) The Discipline of Relationship. (7) Living with Ease in a Crazy World.

2013  

LUNAR NEW YEAR “Celebration of Change”

Sunday, February 17, 5-7 PM + Vegetarian Potluck Dinner afterwards

FREE Meditation

Sacred Circle Dance Music, Chanting, Drumming

Interfaith Buddhist Blessing Ritual Inspirational Message & Candlel ight Prayers

Children’s Program with a Snake Skit/Dance Performance

DALLAS MEDITATION CENTER, 727 S. Floyd Rd., Richardson, TX 75080. www.AwakeningHeart.org

* SUNDAYS (5:00 - 7:00 pm) * - ALL ARE WELCOME!

“AWAKENING HEART” (Community of Mindful Living) – Facilitated by Brother ChiSing & others, this Interfaith Buddhist Meditation Community (inspired by the teachings and practices of Thich Nhat Hanh and other great spiritual teachers) is our largest main meditation gathering of the week (40+ persons) with walking and sitting meditations, kirtan chanting & music, inspiring messages, and community sharing (open to all levels of meditation experience, both beginners and more experienced meditators). Monthly Potluck Dinner. Childcare every Sunday. February 10 – Ven. Tashi Nyima (monk) “The Happiness of: LIVING BY VOW” (Vajrayana Buddhist Wisdom Teachings & Practices)

* February 17 – Brother ChiSing & Tashi LUNAR NEW YEAR Celebration: music by: Gary Floyd “HAPPY: Healthy, Holy & High…the Enlightened Way!” & Robin Hackett (vegetarian potluck dinner afterwards)

February 24 – Vanessa & Earl Special Screening of Award-Winning Film: “HAPPY” (The Art and Science of Happiness + meditation/discussion)

* March 3 – Brother ChiSing “HAPPY For No Reason” (important Community meeting afterwards)

SPECIAL EVENTS - please see website calendar for full list and description of all upcoming events

* YOGA & MEDITATION Morning Retreat (Andy McDonald & ChiSing) – Sat., March 2, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

* BEGINNERS Meditation Workshop (Brother ChiSing) – Saturday, March 2, 2:00 - 6:00 pm

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