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		<title>Bodhisattva Samantabhadra</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samantabhadra is one of the great bodhisattvas in Buddhism. He is reknowned for his practices of generosity.  In the  Avatamsaka Sutra (&#8220;The Flower Ornament Scripture&#8221;, translated by Thomas Cleary), he is known as &#8220;Universally Good&#8221;. Chapter 3, The Meditation of the Enlightening Being Universally Good introduces Universally Good. Other chapters in this long and fascinating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=874&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Practice: November 21</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for the Dec 5th class, please do the following:
1. Read the Golden Light Sutra (my personal favorites for those of you new to reading the sutra: Chapters 1, 5 (Confession), and 6 (Emptiness). For a related blog article regarding an upcoming animal sacrifice in Nepal and Lama Zopa&#8217;s request that we read the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=870&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give up turkey this Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you considering a vegetarian Thanksgiving but not relishing a plate of cold, texturized soy protein?
One of Guhyasamaja Center&#8217;s long-time friends and student of Khensur Rinpoche, Michelle, is a vegetarian and a superb French cook. I asked if she could share some of her favorite recipes for a vegetarian Thanksgiving (actually, once you indulge in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=862&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Rinpoche? Google Calendar To the Rescue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to know where Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Losang Jampa will be teaching? The three Centers, Do Ngak Khun Phen Ling, Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center and Guhyasamaja Center are all using Google Calendar. You can add all three calendars to your Google calendar and you&#8217;ll be able to tell where he&#8217;s teaching! All you need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=858&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(FPMT) Urgent &#8212; 500,000 animals about to be sacrificed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(source: FPMT email dated November 10, 2009)
Dear Center Directors, students and friends,
You might have heard the Nepal news about the 500,000 animals that are going to be sacrificed over two days on 24th November (Ghaddimai animal sacrifice festival, happens every five years in the terrai).
The Buddha boy wrote to the organizers asking them not to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=856&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compassion for a Killer: John Allen Muhammad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to die tonight by lethal injection in Virginia. For an interesting, moving article on how his defense attorney&#8217;s Jon Sheldon and James G. Connell III, have come to know him,  please see the Washington post article.  The article quotes Sheldon who is also president of the board for Virginians for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=854&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha&#8217;s Descent from Tushita</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we celebrate Buddha&#8217;s descent from Tushita Heaven. This is one of the four major Buddhist holy days (the day of miracles, the day the Buddha was enlightened, the day the Buddha first taught the four noble truths, and the day he descended from the god realm of Tushita to earth).
Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Losang Jampa [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=852&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of Ed Hyde: A Prayer for Beings in the Bardo Realm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Prayer for Beings in the Bardo Realm 
1. Having exhausted with their life-span and merit propelled by virtue,
The bardo beings are led to the otherworld by fierce demons and the lord of death.
As they are destitute and without a protector,
Please hold and guide them with your compassion oh Guru-Deity!
2. They are chased by currents [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=846&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Practice Homework: Nov 21</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Continue reading the Required Readings.
Focus deeply on the Seven Limb prayer. Spend a few days concentrating on each of the practices making sure you understand the meaning and that you can practice it spontaneously and with all your heart.

Discussion question:
What is the purpose of the six preparatory practices? Can you make these a meaningful part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=843&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Service: Edward Hyde</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us in remembering and saying prayers for our dear friend Edward Hyde, a devoted student of Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Losang Jampa. 
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm &#8211; 9:00 pm
Location: 7802 Appledore Court, Falls Church, VA
RSVP: anitendrol@guhyasamaja.org
Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche&#8217;s Center, Do Ngak Khun Phen Ling, will also be doing prayers for Edward [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=840&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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