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April 18 - 20 | Oakland Street Retreat: Bearing Witness to Homelessness | |
Date | Friday April 18 |
Time | 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM |
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Location Details | |
the Streets of Oakland | |
Event Type | Other |
Organizer/Author | Marie Morohoshi |
marie [at] urbanpeace.com | |
Phone | 510 549 3733, ext 1 |
Address | 2584 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley, CA |
Oakland Street Retreat:
Bearing Witness to Homelessness Hosted by New Dharma Community with Sensei Grover Genro Gauntt, Sensei Paco Genkoji Lugoviña & Rev. angel Kyodo williams Friday - Sunday, April 18-20, 2008 The practice of the street retreat is a "plunge" - the intentional placement of participants into a completely groundless situation in which anything could happen, while anchored by spiritual practice. It is a way of bearing witness to the unknown and to the wholeness of life. It is a way of erasing our separation from the homeless living on the streets. It is a way of facing fears and asking questions of ourselves and others that shift our assumptions and habitual ways of thinking. It's a major opportunity for self-inquiry and discovery. Participants will live on the streets without money, bedding, change of clothing,books or watches. We eat in soup kitchens and beg for money or food at times when soup kitchens are not open. We do not say we are homeless; rather we are relying on the generosity of the streets to take care of us for a few days. From this, we intimately and vividly come to see how our cocoons of basic security have insulated us from our groundlessness. We will meet twice a day for meditation practice and share in Council, giving us the opportunity to see ourselves as Other, to recognize our commonality, and to let go of habitual concepts that foster aversion, rejection and separation. Street Retreats have been held in many countries across Europe, and in various U.S. cities like New York, L.A., Seattle, Denver, D.C. and San Francisco. Please join in with members of the New Dharma Community as we undertake this practice to help deepen our commitment to transformative social change. People of all spiritual traditions, practices and beliefs are welcome. Fee: An essential aspect of street retreats is the practice of begging to raise your participation fee amongst family & friends. You may not use your own funds, except to reserve a place. Proceeds go to service providers and the New Dharma Scholarship Fund. Please call for full details. Donate: If you feel moved to donate for others to be able to participate in the Street Retreat please click here. Full Participation & Registration REQUIRED 14 participants only | 866.PEACE2008 Register Early Sensei Grover Genro Gauntt, is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and a dharma successor of Roshi Bernie Glassman. He started studying with Maezumi Roshi at the Zen Center of Los Angeles in 1971 and served as Board Chairman there from 1987 to 1997. After the passing of Maezumi Roshi in 1995, he worked closely with Bernie and started serving full time as Executive Director of the Peacemaker Community in early 1997. He studied at the University of Southern California, at the Wharton school of the University of Pennsylvania and has an MBA in finance. Feeling that his path was to unfold from a lay perspective, he pursued a professional career in real estate and finance forming Western Property Research, a real estate consulting firm in Los Angeles. He has two sons, John and Parker. He was baptized as a Congregationalist and raised as a Presbyterian. He continues to study in diverse religious traditions with a current emphasis in Native American ways, specifically Oglala Lakota. He sees life as an ever-unfolding adventure. Please join in. Francisco Lugoviña is an ordained Buddhist priest in the Soto Zen lineage and in the Zen Peacemaker Order; is a member of the Zen Peacemaker Circles and Peacemaker International; and is the founder of the Hudson River Peacemaker Center-House of One People in Yonkers, New York where he has a fledgling sangha. He works with gang members and other youth groups in Council Circle format and meditation practice. Mr. Lugoviña has participated in pilgrimages to Tibet, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and in the streets of New York City. He has an admirable history as a community organizer and civil rights activist spanning his college and professional careers. Additionally, Paco has been active in community and political affairs in New York City for most of his adult life. Center for Urban Peace transformative programs & practices for agents of social change. 2584 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Berkeley, CA 94704 p: 510.549.FREE (3733) http://www.newdharma.com “...changing the WAY change is done.” ![]()
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