OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS EVERY THURSDAY From JANUARY 15TH - APRIL 23RD

5:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS EVERY THURSDAY From JANUARY 15TH - APRIL 23RD

5:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.

This spring we are going to hold a weekly meditation group each Thursday during the semester, starting Jan. 15, 5:30-6:15 at CAPS, room 217 Page Bldg. Margaret Maytan, one of the instructors for our Intro. Course will be facilitating.

The class is open to all Duke students. If you've taken one of the intro. meditation classes at CAPS or elsewhere, this will be a great place for you to develop your skills further and get yourself back in the habit of regular meditation practice. If you've never meditated before and are just curious to see what it's about before enrolling in the intro. class, drop in and check it out. You do not have to register; just show-up any Thursday at 5:30!  If you have any questions, contact Margaret W Maytan <mayta001@mc.duke.edu>

Come help The Nature Conservancy restore the Crowley/Bowling preserve.  This will create new habitat for the creatures and plants of the longleaf pine ecosystem.  The "Bigger Picture" in this restoration is the connecting of Fort Bragg and the the Game Lands in Hoffman.  Crowley/Bowling sits in "The Corridor" which is between these two very large protected areas.  This planting will help close this gap and allow wild life to travel back and forth between the two areas thus Strengthing their genetic make-up by increasing their available gene pool.

*Plant a tree, help Slow Global Warming! *
** ** *The Dates*

*Wednesday, February 25th*
*Saturday, February 28th*
*Wednesday, March 4th*
*Saturday, March 7th*
** ** Come help The Nature Conservancy restore the Crowley/Bowling preserve.  This will create new habitat for the creatures and plants of the longleaf pine ecosystem.  The "Bigger Picture" in this restoration is the connecting of Fort Bragg and the the Game Lands in Hoffman.  Crowley/Bowling sits in "The Corridor" which is between these two very large protected areas.  This planting will help close this gap and allow wild life to travel back and forth between the two areas thus Strengthing their genetic make-up by increasing their available gene pool.
You will get to meet some of the staff and other volunteers of like mind and values.  All you will need is a lunch and drink, gloves and a water bottle.  We have plenty of trees and special shovels.  The saplings are small and easy to plant and hopefully we will have some nice weather.

*DIRECTIONS: *
**               *From the North*

  *            *Coming South on Hwy 1 or 15/501 You will come into
  Aberdeen (just south of Southern Pines).  Just south of Aberdeen,
  look for signs for Hwy 15/501 and Hwy 211 turning left off Hwy 1,
  turn left here and then left again in about 200 yards after you go
  over a railroad bridge.  Follow Hwy 211 several miles south.  You
  will come to Kolcraft (a large building on your right) and the Hoke
  Co. line.  Go straight a short distance farther, Crowley/Bowling
  will be on your left.  A TNC vehicle will be parked at he entrance.
  **   *From the South*
  **                   Coming North on Hwy 211 from Raeford or Fayetteville
  you will pass Mc Cain prison on your right, Approximately 4.5 miles
  further on you will see a TNC vehicle parked on the right at the
  entrance to Crowley/Bowing.  If you see a sign for Moore County, you
  have gone too far.

Please let me know what days you think you might be able to help and also give me your phone number in case something should come up at the last minute.  We will meet about 10:00am and work till mid afternoon.  If you have any trouble in route please give one of us a call.  Jim (910) 315-8729, Mike Norris (910) 322-0754,Ryan Elting (919) 949-1442 or John Cannon (304) 261-7612.

Admission Free! About Ravenna—Ravenna Michalsen is one of the few full-time American Buddhist musicians with ambitions to start an “American Buddhist music movement.” She has successfully released two albums, Bloom and Dharmasong, both essentially devotional albums: sadness, joy and anger are combined with utter openness and acceptance.  Many feature prominent figures from Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, including Yeshe Tsogyal, Machig Labdrön, and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

Admission Free!

About Ravenna — Ravenna Michalsen is one of the few full time American Buddhist musicians with ambitions to start an “American Buddhist music movement.” Ravenna trained as a classical cellist for 14 years, and turned to voice and song writing in college. It wasn’t until a retreat with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in 2002 that the combination of dharma and music occurred. As of 2009, Ravenna has successfully released two albums, Bloom and Dharmasong, both essentially devotional albums: sadness, joy and anger are combined with utter openness and acceptance. Many feature prominent figures from Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, including Yeshe Tsogyal, Machig Labdrön, and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

What is Dharma Music? –- Dharma is a Sanskrit word meaning "the teachings of the Buddha", "the way things are" or simply: "that which holds us back". The Tibetan word for dharma is "chö", which can be translated as: "to heal", "to restore" or "to repair". Dharma music then is music that turns the mind toward the teachings of the Buddha or that which holds us back from harmful action.