Tag Archives: Santa Clara County
06/09/19 Green Action Day ChungTai Zen Center
Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale is proud to present Green Action Day on Sunday, 06/09/2019 from 10am to 4:30pm.
This event promotes an eco-friendly approach to ‘green’ living by providing practical information and easy-action steps. There are also programs of Seed and Plant Exchange, American Master Composter and an introduction to many edible garden plants. We will serve with a vegetarian lunch, video shows, take home samples, and souvenirs.
The Zen Center has long been promoting sustainable living with the “Pure Mind, Pure Land” philosophy. The Center has installed 223 solar panels for its electricity use, advocates plant-based diet in communities, and teaches meditation and mindfulness to the public.
This event will also explore sustainability from a spiritual point of view. A panel discussion, co-sponsored by SiVIC (Silicon Valley Religious Council), will present five spiritual traditions on “Sustainability and Spiritual Practice”. Another panel discussion will focus on sustainability from the view of different schools of Buddhism.
Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale is located at 750 E. Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA. 94085. This event is open to the public and free of charge. Mark your calendars and visit our website for more information and updates: http://ctzen.org/sunnyvale/ Tel: (408) 733-0750.
Water Is Life: Marking World Water Day March 15 — WILPF
Water is Life Water is everywhere. What is our relationship to it?
Water is Life Water is everywhere, in our bodies, in our world. Water is the original source of life and all life contains water. Of all the water on our world only 2.5% is freshwater. And of that 69% is in glaciers, 30% in groundwater and only one third of one percent (.3%) in renewable supplies in lakes and waterways. So little. And yet we pollute it with inadequate sanitation, with industrial and military waste and with our lack of care in using water as a dumping ground.
Rowan Fairgrove and Patrick Ferraro will discuss local, regional and global water issues and then, using Appreciative Inquiry we will discuss our relationship to water in small groups.
This is one of US WILPF’s solidarity events to commemorate World Water Day on March 22. We are marking World Water Day a week early, on March 15.
https://www.wilpfsanjose.org/recent-activity/2019/3/2/water-is-life-marking-world-water-day
Jewel of Abundance Event with Yogacharya
The Jewel of Abundance: An Enchanted Evening of Readings & RagasLocation: Center for Spiritual Enlightenment – Temple
An Enchanting Evening of Readings & Ragas
Friday, November 30, 2018 / 7–9 PM
with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian, Steve Oda, Michael Lewis, and Pushpa Oda
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door (Purchase ticket by clicking the link https://bit.ly/2EoZHMF)
Experience this extraordinary meeting of two shining gems of inspiration drawn from the stream of Vedic wisdom. Yogacharya O’Brian will read from her much-anticipated new book, The Jewel of Abundance: Finding Prosperity through the Ancient Wisdom of Yoga, paired with classical Indian music with masters of sarode and tabla, Steve Oda and Michael Lewis, accompanied by Pushpa Oda on tanpura. A night for the soul with ragas and readings that enchant the mind and speak directly to the heart.
This one-time event is the official release of The Jewel of Abundance: Finding Prosperity through the Ancient Wisdom of Yoga. Discover why bestselling author Deepak Chopra wrote that “This jewel of a book will show you how to tap into your inner intelligence, the ultimate and supreme genius that mirrors the wisdom of the cosmos.”
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Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian is an award-winning poet, Kriya Yoga teacher, writer, and the spiritual director of Center for Spiritual Enlightenment. |
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Steve Oda first learned to play slide guitar and then jazz guitar. His love of musical creativity led him to the classical music of North India and the sarode. He studied with the legendary Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. |
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Michael Lewis is one of the finest American tabla players today. He is a disciple of the late Ustad Allah Rahka, and longtime student of Ustad Zakir Hussain. He has accompanied many renowned Indian classical artists. |
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Pushpa Oda, a Kathak dance disciple of the late Sitara Devi, will accompany the ensemble on tanpura, a five-string drone instrument. |
Santa Clara County Becomes Compassionate Community!
SiVIC Board Chair Rev. Andrew Kille, Treasurer Girish Shah, and Secretary Rev. Joy-Ellen Lipsky spoke at the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 25 in favor of a resolution to make Santa Clara County a Compassionate Community and to sign the Charter for Compassion. The vote of the Board of Supervisors was unanimous in favor of the resolution. This was a significant step in our Compassionate Silicon Valley Project.
For video and documentation of the Compassionate Community Resolution by the County Board of Supervisors, click here. You can find the specific location by clicking item #15 in the Agenda (it’s at about 3:04:19 in the video proceedings).
As part of the resolution, SiVIC has been charged with creating a Stewardship Group with other supportive people to “partner with local public and private entities to create a shared vision that will enhance positive change, civic engagement, and establish the County of Santa Clara as a model ‘Compassionate Community.'”
Now we need to others to join us in getting the mayors of the 15 cities of Santa Clara County to sign the Charter for Compassion.
We have taken a big first step in this program and can move forward towards the goal of Compassionate Silicon Valley!
Proclaiming Compassion Days
The County of Santa Clara and the cities of San Jose and Milpitas have added their support to the Compassion Games! Find out more about the Games at the Compassionate Silicon Valley page.
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