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1/24/12

Hiring Immediately

Seeking a warm, professional individual with a keen eye for details to handle busy scheduling and some billing in an office coordinating caregivers for elderly clients. Must be an articulate, warm and grounded person. The right candidate needs to be available (M-F/12-5), have some flexibility in their schedule, and be able to be on call occasional weekday evenings, and occasional weekends. Please share with friends who would be a good fit or email me your cover letter and resume for further consideration.

Thank you!!
Maya

SAHC Staff
Office: 720.434.5242 | Fax: 303.665.2657

Safe at Home Care, LLC
533 Indian Peaks Trail West
Lafayette, CO 80026

1/17/12

Drupcho Ride Needed

Erris McCullough will be in town for Drupcho arriving on Feb 6th. She needs a ride and a cat-free place to stay for some of the time.
Email her at errism@hotmail.com

Thank you!
Erris

9/24/11

A Letter from Troy Davis

To All:

I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith. It is because of all of you that I am alive today, as I look at my sister Martina I am marveled by the love she has for me and of course I worry about her and her health, but as she tells me she is the eldest and she
will not back down from this fight to save my life and prove to the world that I am innocent of this terrible crime.

As I look at my mail from across the globe, from places I have never ever dreamed I would know about and people speaking languages and expressing cultures and religions I could only hope to one day see first hand. I am humbled by the emotion that fills my heart with overwhelming, overflowing Joy. I can't even explain the insurgence of emotion I feel when I try to express the strength
I draw from you all, it compounds my faith and it shows me yet again that this is not a case about the death penalty, this is not a case about Troy Davis, this is a case about Justice and the Human Spirit to see Justice prevail.

I cannot answer all of your letters but I do read them all, I cannot see you all but I can imagine your faces, I cannot hear you speak but your letters take me to the far reaches of the world, I cannot touch you physically but I feel your warmth everyday I exist.

So Thank you and remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis'. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country.

I can't wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing,

"I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!"

Never Stop Fighting for Justice and We will Win!

Troy Davis

8/11/11

Dear Sangha,

Just wanted to pass on this beautiful picture of Ruth from her birthday party last evening. It was a great turn out and Ruth said this was the best party she has ever had. She has really missed the sangha and was so happy to have her closest dear friends with her last night. Leah and I would like to thank all of you that came out for the festivities. It was nice to make memories for her at Manor Care so last night was very special to her. (Her actual birthday is on the 27th of August)

Ruth hopes that you could stop in and see her some time. She loves company!!

If you have any questions about visiting her, feel free to email me or Leah, leah.regulinski@gmail.com.

Thanks again for coming last night.

Love to you,

Deana & Leah

8/1/11

Hepatitis B at Namdroling Monastery: Help Needed

Dear Sangha and Friends of the Buddha Dharma,

Namdroling Monastery, in Mysore, India, is the seat of the Palyul Nyingma monastic lineage and counts among the foremost monasteries and shedras (universities) of the Nyingma tradition. It is home to the late Holiness Penor Rinpoche’s 4,000 monks and 1,000 nuns, of whom 1,300 are school children.

Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, founder and heard of Ngagyur Nyingma shedra at Namdroling, is seeking our assistance in addressing a serious health problem that has emerged at Namdroling: Hepatitis B, a sometimes chronic or fatal form of hepatitis. Hepatitis B (‘Hep B’), has already claimed the life of Khenpo Namdrol’s brother, Kunzang Lama Rinpoche; and Khenpo Dorje, another important teacher and close friend.

Recently, with the generous support of Rigpa Shedra, all monks and nuns received blood tests to screen for Hep B. 148 mostly young monks and nuns were identified as hepatitis B positive. Sadly, if these renunciates are not given proper medical treatment, many unnecessary deaths will occur.

5/29/11

Michaela Haas Article

2,500 Years After the Buddha, Tibetan Buddhists Acknowledge Women

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michaela-haas/buddhism-women_b_862798.html

4/7/11

Not Good News Regarding Drilling in the Baca

Things are not looking good regarding drilling in the Baca. Soon we may have to write some letters to our state representatives. The more people who can respond the better.
Thanks million,
Elizabeth

Hi Folks:

HB 1223 which is designed to alter the make up of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to be pro industry.
We will need all of you to:
1) when the time comes, contact our state representatives and tell them to vote no--(so far they are with us, but they need to know we are watching)
2) get this information out to other contacts you have on your e-mail lists that may be residing in other places in Colorado.
Thanks, I'll be sending more information as it becomes available. Christine

Hi all,

Despite great testimony by Mike Freeman, the bill was amended and approved yesterday in the House Ag Committee. It now calls for adding two more commissioners with industry experience and dropping the votes of the CDPHE and DNR ex officio members. The result would be a commission with nine voting members, five of them from industry. So the amended bill is worse than what we anticipated going into the hearing.

The bill's next stop is appropriations. It will likely get through easily and then move quickly to the House floor. Timing is uncertain. Appropriations is backed up, which would suggest some delay, but the committee chair can make things happen quickly if House leadership makes that call.

We're going to need a lot of people and groups weighing in to defeat this bill on the House floor. And if it gets through the House, we'll need the same strong statements to get the bill killed in the Senate, which won't be a slam dunk. So please continue to recruit opponents of this bill. I'll send around a second email on specific actions later today or early tomorrow.

Thanks!

Charlie

____________________________
Charlie Montgomery
Energy Program Organizer
Colorado Environmental Coalition
303.405.6707 office
720.363.5873 cell
Christine Canaly
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council
P.O. Box 223
Alamosa, CO 81101
(719) 256-4758

2/20/11

Message from Elizabeth- This may be a chance to express concern about drilling in the Baca.

Mark Udall's Newsletter Updates:
Colorado Capital Conference

Dear Fellow Coloradan,
Coloradans have a long tradition of independent thinking, civic engagement, and speaking their minds. Government is a two-way street; your thoughts matter as I shape my own decisions on policy, and it's important to me to provide ways you can connect with your federal government.

That's why I'm pleased to co-sponsor the Colorado Capital Conference with Mesa State College. This conference is an opportunity for citizens from around Colorado to meet the decision-makers in Washington, and give them a taste of the Western perspective. Participants will travel to Washington, D.C., June 15-17 to learn how they can influence the important decisions facing our country.

I'm inviting Coloradans from all political viewpoints and backgrounds to attend. Click here to learn more about the conference and submit your application. <http://ct.symplicity.com/t/muv/7477ab3ff0c17b6455fe9f3cca8b6526/97677589/realurl=http://markudall.senate.gov/?p=form&id=21>

From,

Mark Udall

11/28/10
New Therapy Offered by Naomi Mattis

Naomi Mattis has begun a new kind of therapy called 'dharma therapy' which both Kongtrul Rinpoche and Gyaltrul Rinpoche support as a unique way of bringing a practitioner's approach to therapy. Read more at www.dharma-therapy.com.

11/28/10
A Thank ou from Kristin
Dear Sangha,
Thank you so much for the support you offered my family after the fire. I don't really have the words to express my appreciation or much about the experience at all...so, I will have to keep it simple...thank you, thank you, thank you.
Love,
Kristin

9/25/10
A Note of Thanks from Bob Cone
I wanted to send a note to say, "Thank You" to everyone in the Sangha. For your thoughts, prayers, emails, calls and the very generous check... it's all been so appreciated. I think I've sometimes seen more pain in the hearts of those who have reached out to me than I've felt myself. It's sometimes easier to be the wounded than the one who cares for the wounded. You've all been so valiant and open.

In losing my house, I've certainly had cause to reflect a bit. We so often think, "Tonight I'll turn my begging bowl upside down before I go to sleep. I may not wake." It's a good practice. It's personally one of my favorites. But usually we wake up the next morning and reach for that bowl, and we turn that bowl back over.

I don't think I ever really practiced waking in the morning, reaching for the bowl, and not finding it... That's a little bit different.

One of my favorite, pith teachings goes to the effect of, "All you know and love in this life will be lost to you." Although I love nothing more than sharing the teachings I've had the good fortune to hear, that's one I'm a bit careful of sharing. Without the keen insight we've been given by Rinpoche on the luminosity which remains... that teaching could leave someone scared and unsure of this life rather than encouraged and confident. Seeing emptiness as negating rather than all encompassing. And even believing in that luminosity and exploring that luminosity... I too am sometimes left just a tad shaken by that teaching.

Well, I've certainly not "lost all that I know and love." But having lost so much that I know and love, having reached for the bowl not finding it, nor the table underneath the bowl, nor the rug underneath that... I've had less clutter to distract me from that luminosity we speak of. And every time that sense of luminosity seems to be slipping, someone calls or someone offers and I'm reminded.

Above all else it's that reminder of what remains, what is never lost, that I thank you for. May your bowls always be full... even when turned over... even when not there. Thank you again.

Yours in the Dharma and just good ol everyday love,

Bob Cone



Member Home Community Announcements Bulletin Board Phüntsok Chöling Calendar Prayer Requests Service Donations Online Study & Practice	Bulletin Board Please contact the MSB Secretary if you have any postings for this page. For transportation/accommodations requests, contact MSB Events. 1/24/12 Hiring Immediately Seeking a warm, professional individual with a keen eye for details to handle busy scheduling and some billing in an office coordinating caregivers for elderly clients. Must be an articulate, warm and grounded person. The right candidate needs to be available (M-F/12-5), have some flexibility in their schedule, and be able to be on call occasional weekday evenings, and occasional weekends. Please share with friends who would be a good fit or email me your cover letter and resume for further consideration. Thank you!! Maya SAHC Staff Office: 720.434.5242 \| Fax: 303.665.2657 Safe at Home Care, LLC 533 Indian Peaks Trail West Lafayette, CO 80026 1/17/12 Drupcho Ride Needed Erris McCullough will be in town for Drupcho arriving on Feb 6th. She needs a ride and a cat-free place to stay for some of the time. Email her at errism@hotmail.com Thank you! Erris 9/24/11 A Letter from Troy Davis To All: I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith. It is because of all of you that I am alive today, as I look at my sister Martina I am marveled by the love she has for me and of course I worry about her and her health, but as she tells me she is the eldest and she will not back down from this fight to save my life and prove to the world that I am innocent of this terrible crime. As I look at my mail from across the globe, from places I have never ever dreamed I would know about and people speaking languages and expressing cultures and religions I could only hope to one day see first hand. I am humbled by the emotion that fills my heart with overwhelming, overflowing Joy. I can't even explain the insurgence of emotion I feel when I try to express the strength I draw from you all, it compounds my faith and it shows me yet again that this is not a case about the death penalty, this is not a case about Troy Davis, this is a case about Justice and the Human Spirit to see Justice prevail. I cannot answer all of your letters but I do read them all, I cannot see you all but I can imagine your faces, I cannot hear you speak but your letters take me to the far reaches of the world, I cannot touch you physically but I feel your warmth everyday I exist. So Thank you and remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis'. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country. I can't wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing, "I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!" Never Stop Fighting for Justice and We will Win! Troy Davis 8/11/11 Dear Sangha, Just wanted to pass on this beautiful picture of Ruth from her birthday party last evening. It was a great turn out and Ruth said this was the best party she has ever had. She has really missed the sangha and was so happy to have her closest dear friends with her last night. Leah and I would like to thank all of you that came out for the festivities. It was nice to make memories for her at Manor Care so last night was very special to her. (Her actual birthday is on the 27th of August) Ruth hopes that you could stop in and see her some time. She loves company!! If you have any questions about visiting her, feel free to email me or Leah, leah.regulinski@gmail.com. Thanks again for coming last night. Love to you, Deana & Leah 8/1/11 Hepatitis B at Namdroling Monastery: Help Needed Dear Sangha and Friends of the Buddha Dharma, Namdroling Monastery, in Mysore, India, is the seat of the Palyul Nyingma monastic lineage and counts among the foremost monasteries and shedras (universities) of the Nyingma tradition. It is home to the late Holiness Penor Rinpoche’s 4,000 monks and 1,000 nuns, of whom 1,300 are school children. Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, founder and heard of Ngagyur Nyingma shedra at Namdroling, is seeking our assistance in addressing a serious health problem that has emerged at Namdroling: Hepatitis B, a sometimes chronic or fatal form of hepatitis. Hepatitis B (‘Hep B’), has already claimed the life of Khenpo Namdrol’s brother, Kunzang Lama Rinpoche; and Khenpo Dorje, another important teacher and close friend. Recently, with the generous support of Rigpa Shedra, all monks and nuns received blood tests to screen for Hep B. 148 mostly young monks and nuns were identified as hepatitis B positive. Sadly, if these renunciates are not given proper medical treatment, many unnecessary deaths will occur. Read more... 5/29/11 Michaela Haas Article 2,500 Years After the Buddha, Tibetan Buddhists Acknowledge Women http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michaela-haas/buddhism-women_b_862798.html 4/7/11 Not Good News Regarding Drilling in the Baca Things are not looking good regarding drilling in the Baca. Soon we may have to write some letters to our state representatives. The more people who can respond the better. Thanks million, Elizabeth Hi Folks: HB 1223 which is designed to alter the make up of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to be pro industry. We will need all of you to: 1) when the time comes, contact our state representatives and tell them to vote no--(so far they are with us, but they need to know we are watching) 2) get this information out to other contacts you have on your e-mail lists that may be residing in other places in Colorado. Thanks, I'll be sending more information as it becomes available. Christine Hi all, Despite great testimony by Mike Freeman, the bill was amended and approved yesterday in the House Ag Committee. It now calls for adding two more commissioners with industry experience and dropping the votes of the CDPHE and DNR ex officio members. The result would be a commission with nine voting members, five of them from industry. So the amended bill is worse than what we anticipated going into the hearing. The bill's next stop is appropriations. It will likely get through easily and then move quickly to the House floor. Timing is uncertain. Appropriations is backed up, which would suggest some delay, but the committee chair can make things happen quickly if House leadership makes that call. We're going to need a lot of people and groups weighing in to defeat this bill on the House floor. And if it gets through the House, we'll need the same strong statements to get the bill killed in the Senate, which won't be a slam dunk. So please continue to recruit opponents of this bill. I'll send around a second email on specific actions later today or early tomorrow. Thanks! Charlie ____________________________ Charlie Montgomery Energy Program Organizer Colorado Environmental Coalition 303.405.6707 office 720.363.5873 cell Christine Canaly San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council P.O. Box 223 Alamosa, CO 81101 (719) 256-4758 2/20/11 Message from Elizabeth- This may be a chance to express concern about drilling in the Baca. Mark Udall's Newsletter Updates: Colorado Capital Conference Dear Fellow Coloradan, Coloradans have a long tradition of independent thinking, civic engagement, and speaking their minds. Government is a two-way street; your thoughts matter as I shape my own decisions on policy, and it's important to me to provide ways you can connect with your federal government. That's why I'm pleased to co-sponsor the Colorado Capital Conference with Mesa State College. This conference is an opportunity for citizens from around Colorado to meet the decision-makers in Washington, and give them a taste of the Western perspective. Participants will travel to Washington, D.C., June 15-17 to learn how they can influence the important decisions facing our country. I'm inviting Coloradans from all political viewpoints and backgrounds to attend. Click here to learn more about the conference and submit your application. <http://ct.symplicity.com/t/muv/7477ab3ff0c17b6455fe9f3cca8b6526/97677589/realurl=http://markudall.senate.gov/?p=form&id=21> From, Mark Udall 11/28/10 New Therapy Offered by Naomi Mattis Naomi Mattis has begun a new kind of therapy called 'dharma therapy' which both Kongtrul Rinpoche and Gyaltrul Rinpoche support as a unique way of bringing a practitioner's approach to therapy. Read more at www.dharma-therapy.com. 11/28/10 A Thank ou from Kristin Dear Sangha, Thank you so much for the support you offered my family after the fire. I don't really have the words to express my appreciation or much about the experience at all...so, I will have to keep it simple...thank you, thank you, thank you. Love, Kristin 9/25/10 A Note of Thanks from Bob Cone I wanted to send a note to say, "Thank You" to everyone in the Sangha. For your thoughts, prayers, emails, calls and the very generous check... it's all been so appreciated. I think I've sometimes seen more pain in the hearts of those who have reached out to me than I've felt myself. It's sometimes easier to be the wounded than the one who cares for the wounded. You've all been so valiant and open. In losing my house, I've certainly had cause to reflect a bit. We so often think, "Tonight I'll turn my begging bowl upside down before I go to sleep. I may not wake." It's a good practice. It's personally one of my favorites. But usually we wake up the next morning and reach for that bowl, and we turn that bowl back over. I don't think I ever really practiced waking in the morning, reaching for the bowl, and not finding it... That's a little bit different. One of my favorite, pith teachings goes to the effect of, "All you know and love in this life will be lost to you." Although I love nothing more than sharing the teachings I've had the good fortune to hear, that's one I'm a bit careful of sharing. Without the keen insight we've been given by Rinpoche on the luminosity which remains... that teaching could leave someone scared and unsure of this life rather than encouraged and confident. Seeing emptiness as negating rather than all encompassing. And even believing in that luminosity and exploring that luminosity... I too am sometimes left just a tad shaken by that teaching. Well, I've certainly not "lost all that I know and love." But having lost so much that I know and love, having reached for the bowl not finding it, nor the table underneath the bowl, nor the rug underneath that... I've had less clutter to distract me from that luminosity we speak of. And every time that sense of luminosity seems to be slipping, someone calls or someone offers and I'm reminded. Above all else it's that reminder of what remains, what is never lost, that I thank you for. May your bowls always be full... even when turned over... even when not there. Thank you again. Yours in the Dharma and just good ol everyday love, Bob Cone