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EC program changes

roman.laus — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:32:11 +0000

This year is full of changes and flexibility. Let us share the latest EC events updates.

First of all, the 1st International Center Meeting planned for the last weekend of October 2010 is postponed until before the next summer, to August 1-2, 2011, just before the next Summer Course starts. This will give a chance to friends from far away to plan, come and also stay longer than just two days.

The second update is that the Polish weekend will not happen this year. However, you can look forward to meeting our Polish friends on the weekend of 8-10.4 2011.

Enjoy the late summer!

Your EC team

Transmission Days at the Summer Course

Martin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:14:01 +0000

We are pleased to share information about the upcoming Transmission Days at the summer course. Similar in concept to the Transmission Weekends that take place at the Europe Center, we will have a chance to collectively feel our living Kagyu history. This course can go further than the weekends as we will have more countries and people present and more time along with Lama Ole’s presence. As next year marks the 40th anniversary of Diamond Way in the west, it is fitting that we broaden the understanding of our roots.

Due to the nature of the course, people are encouraged to attend the entire time. The Transmission Days take place 8 – 15 of August. (Contrary to what had originally been announced, there will be no empowerment or teachings by Shamar Rinpoche this year.)

The Transmission Days promise to be a highlight in Lama Ole’s program for the year. A time-line will provide a general framework to guide the sessions, and the idea is to come to a deeper understanding about how and why we do what we do today in our practice and in our Diamond Way Buddhist centers.

Yours,
EC Summer Course 2010 Team

Europe Center News 2010 ~ 07 (newsletter)

Martin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:39:27 +0000

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3rd Classical Music Summer Matinée

roman.laus — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:11:39 +0000

The third classical music concert will take place under the arcades at Gut Hochreute (or inside if it rains) on July 4th at 11:00 a.m.

Summer Concert at Gut Hochreute

“A Journey to the New World”

Classical music with vocals, string quartet and piano

It will conclude the currently shown statue exhibition (last guided tours from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.). As last year, some top-class artists are again expected to give virtuoso performances of vocal, string music and piano in this wonderful atmosphere. The entrance fee for the concert is 10 EUR.

Enjoy some drinks and snacks in the wonderful atmosphere of the courtyard framed by art nouveau buildings. You will listen to works from Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin, Porter and many more, interpreted by the top-class artists Sibylle Wolf (mezzo-soprano), the Rossini string quartet and Fabio Cerroni (piano).

Visitors to the opening of the statue exhibition and the classical concert can leave their cars at the public car park “Froschweiher”. From here a shuttle service to the venue and back has been organized free of charge.

Concert information:
Phone: +49 (0)170 7309766, exhibition {at} europe-center(.)org

(Illustration photo courtesy Michael Russo)

ECtropy up! weekends start off

Martin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:21:26 +0000

On June 18th 2010 we are starting with a new concept of special work’n'joy weekends called ECtropy up!.

“Ectropy – a measure of the tendency of a dynamical system to do useful work and grow more organized.” Wikipedia

The aim is making the EC facilities nicer, cleaner, more useful and organized and save some money by reusing or selling unused stuff. And of course, we won’t forget to meditate and have fun. Check out the program of the first ECtropy up!

A typical ECtropy up! weekend looks like this:

Every morning & evening common meditation on the 16th Karmapa.
Friday – afternoon/evening – arrivals, accommodation. Night – getting together at the Bau Café for a nice chill-out time.
Saturday – morning/afternoon – working joyfully together, bringing the ectropy of the EC up :),
Saturday night fever – a party with special guests – hosting DJs
Sunday – morning – finishing the work, after lunch – common closing meditation, departures

» Program of the opening ECtropy up! weekend with the Reutlinger sangha (Jun 18-20)

Russian week

roman.laus — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:00:10 +0000

Another wonderful country weekend, but with a difference…they’re staying for a whole week! Friends from Russia will help us experience the Russian spirit…

Russian week – the weekend program

Day	Topic of the day	Program
Friday, May 7	Buddhism in Russia	20.00 – Lecture “Buddhism in Russia: from the very beginning” (Tolek Sokolov) Presentation of BigMoskovsky and Volgograd centers Welcome party (light version)
Saturday, May 8	Russian Culture festival	10.00 – Lecture “Lama, Dharma and Sangha in Russia: transmission of experience” (Tolek Sokolov, Marina Viller and Olga Komarova) Guided tours of photo exhibition “Exciting moments of Russian Winter Tours” 15.00 – 18.00 Russian Culture Festival: Workshop: “Potential of human voice” (from folk to metal) KhoKhloma masterclass (we will paint Russian matreshka style and body art) Pelmeni masterclass (together we will prepare Russian dumplings for the dinner) Russian language lessons: what Westerners should know about it Russian joke club 21.00 – Concert of “Drugie Dyadi” Siberian jazz-rock band followed by DJs from Russia at Immenstadt – Rainbow club
Sunday, May 9	Farewell to the EC	11.00 – Centers presentations14.00 – EC cleaning time 16.00 – Outdoor games to break your concepts

Program for 5th Transmission weekend announced

roman.laus — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:45:43 +0000

The 5th Transmission Weekend at our Europe Center is coming close. We will have a chance to learn all about the symbolism in Diamond Way Buddhism and the inner meaning of the keys to the enlightened mind.

Check out the detailed program here.

Swiss weekend (a weekend hosted by the Swiss sangha)

roman.laus — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:01:36 +0000

Open a bank account, built a stupa, buy a pocket knife, eat cheese and chocolate, enjoy meals and lectures on time or just hang out with the Swiss!

Register here

3rd International Summer Course 2010 program announced

Martin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:26:58 +0000

We are happy to announce the program of the 3rd International Summer Course at the Europe Center held from Aug 3 – 15, 2010.

We will again welcome our great lamas – Shamar Rinpoche and Lama Ole Nydahl. The traditional Phowa course will be followed by so-called Transmission days and a public lecture by Lama Ole given in German. The last part of the course will be rounded off with Mind teachings and an empowerment by Shamar Rinpoche.

Summer Course 2010 program

AUG 3-8 Phowa course by Lama Ole Nydahl (starting at 20:00 on Aug 3)
AUG 9-12 Transmission days with Lama Ole Nydahl
AUG 12 20:00 Public lecture by Lama Ole Nydahl (in German)
AUG 13-14 Mind teachings by Shamar Rinpoche
- Q & A by Lama ole in the evenings,
- Aug 14 evening: International Center meeting
AUG 15 Empowerment by Shamar Rinpoche

More detailed information will follow in the coming weeks.
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Download a leaflet to print: EC_summercourse_2010_firstinfo_A6_front

Getting your local sangha connected with the EC

roman.laus — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:03:35 +0000

Regular sangha visits to the EC

Last year, a new way of joining in the EC’s daily life appeared, apart from the popular Country weekends, sanghas started to organize Europe Center visits several times a year. It has many benefits – the visiting sangha does a new thing together, it is easier for new people to visit the EC, regular visitors can more easily join the activities and the EC team can plan ahead. But most importantly, regular encounters strengthen friendships and the sanghas’ connection with the EC.

The pioneers of this were the creative Hamburgers, they even started a special EC travels blog (in German) www.ueberallegrenzen.de. If you don’t read German, check out our blog reports one and two. The newest to come regularly are the Viennese and others are very welcome too!

If your country, region or center feels surplus and interest, please join the club and email us (join {at} europe-center(.)org) to plan your sanghas visits.

Running an EC event

After the German Middle-Rhein region brilliantly organized the 2010 January Keypeople meeting we want to offer the opportunity to other centers and regions. There are always many weekend events planned ahead at EC’s events calendar and if your sangha would like to come and organize one, drop us a email at join {at} europe-center(.)org, so we can plan a date together. It is always fun to have friends around and the EC teams appreciates every help with organizing the rich program we try to offer at the EC.

Organizing an event is also the fastest and most intensive way to get to know the EC thoroughly from the basement to the roof. The EC crew will of course gladly assist you and you will be really at home here afterwards.