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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>
		<link>http://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/buddhas-descent-from-tushita/</link>
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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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		<title>H1N1: what to do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcsanghablog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the death count due to H1N1 continues to rise, you might wonder which prayers should we read? So, just as a reminder, Lama Zopa Rinpoche suggests that reading the Golden Light sutra is a powerful practice for purifying all negativities including sickness, disease, epidemics, wars, famine and so forth.
In the D.C. area, Ven Tenzin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=829&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer Requests: New Blog Feature</title>
		<link>http://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/prayer-requests-new-blog-feature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tendrol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guhyasamaja Center is a circle of spiritual friends. Most of the time we don&#8217;t have the opportunity to be together. In fact, many of you live far away from the Washington D.C. area. Nonetheless, we are all interdependent which means if one person in our community is ill or has fallen on hard times [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=821&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intro to Lam Rim Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Module 3, Presenting the Path in the Discovering Buddhism series offers a great introduction to the Lam Rim.
Presenting the Path recordings by Don Handrick taught at Thubten Norbu Ling on http://www.archive.org
Discovering Buddhism at Home: Presenting the Path
Here&#8217;s the course description: &#8220;After this course, students will have a clear idea of the path to enlightenment, especially [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=816&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LYWA on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/lywa-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tendrol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like all of you Dharma geeks, I spend a lot of time on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives website enjoying the audio recordings and reading. 
I just recently learned from Nick Ribush that LYWA is on twitter. It&#8217;s a great way to learn about new publications as they roll off the press and to receive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com&blog=2201098&post=814&subd=guhyasamajacenter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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