Past Events

2001
July 2nd, Potluck dinner Ven. Sangye Khadro ( Kathleen McDonald ) Author of the classic text "How to Meditate"
Wednesday August 8th Benefit preview screening of "Himalaya" The Fifth Avenue Cinemas, 5th Ave and Burrard St, Vancouver	The Benefit Screening played to a full house and was a wonderful fundraiser for the Abbey. The film is worth seeing and is available on video. Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film (2000) Authentic Tibetan culture depicted, Tibetan language Formerly titled "Caravan" in Europe and Asia
Aug.21 to Aug.26 Ven. Tenzin Palmo in co-operation with Zuru Ling Buddhist Centre, Thubten Choling, as well as other Dharma-centres on Vancouver Island. Public talk: "To the Mountain and Back: Spiritual Practice in Everyday Life" August 23, Masonic Hall, 8th and Granville. Public reading from "Cave in the Snow" at Chapters, Robson Street. Book signing at Banyan Books.		The Public talk brought an overflow crowd to the Masonic Hall. Over 200 people were turned away due to seating restrictions!
October Ven. Robina Courtin		Venerable Robina Courtin has been a Tibetan Buddhist nun for twenty-three years. She was the editorial director of Wisdom Publications until 1987. At the end of 2000 she resigned as editor of MANDALA, international magazine of Buddhism, to increase teaching at Buddhist centers around the world.
2002
June Ven. Robina Courtin Public Talk, White Rock/Surrey BC Public Talk, Vancouver Planetarium		Since 1997, Robina has run the Liberation Prison Project for Buddhist Practitioners, which works with people in prisons throughout the US, helping them with their practice and studies by writing them and sending books and tapes and other materials. She visits prisons in California, Massachusetts, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia, giving teachings to groups and meeting them one-to-one. Several of these men are on death row or have life sentences, and some have been involved in gangs, both on the streets and in prison.
September 9 Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour Surrey Art Centre		This extremely rare and precious collection of ancient and sacred Buddhist relics is currently touring the world. Upon completion of the magnificent 500-foot/152-metre Maitreya Buddha statue being built in Northern India by the Maitreya Project, the relics will be permanently enshrined in the Heart Shrine Room, in about 5 years time. Relics of Saints and other holy persons—either their personal belongings or fragments of their bodies that do not decay——have been treasured since the beginning of human civilization. Due to the purity of the spiritual master's mind, small crystalline, pearl-like deposits called ringsel appear within the ashes when the body is cremated.
Friday, October 25 to Sunday, October 27, 2002 Weekend Healing Retreat A weekend by the sea at serenely beautiful Swanwick Study Centre, Sooke, Victoria Meditation teacher, Buddhist Nun of 30 years, Abbess of *Kachoe Zung Juk Ling Abbey*, Surrey, BC and former ski instructor. Introducing Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on Cultivating Meditative Quiescence, Medicine Buddha practice, meditation and healing.		$150 plus Dana. Pre-registration necessary. Maximum accommodation: eighteen people. Relaxing, guided healing meditations, walk through old forest by giant oaks down to the sea, bask in nature and delight in being thoroughly spoiled by the fantastic gourmet vegetarian meals prepared by Lou Keh, chef of KZJL Abbey.
2003
Saturday, June 14, 2003 Ancient Wisdom for Modern Problems Buddhist psychological theory and its therapeutic application An all-day seminar with John (Karuna) Cayton		This workshop in Buddhist psychology is designed for mental health workers and individuals who are interested in exploring how traditional Buddhist ideas are relevant for modern day personal and interpersonal struggles. The presenter is Karuna Cayton, M.A., Licensed Married Family Therapist, with over 25 years of study and practice of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism.

Last Update: Sunday September 21, 2003