中道佛學社
Change Your Mind Day 2007 -- Saturday April 28 at Fort De Soto Park Shelter #7
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This is the annual event of all the local Buddhist groups sponsored by the Buddhist Peace Fellowship of Tampa Bay. This year was a very fun and peaceful event, with perfect weather, a pleasant breeze. We delighted to excellent Buddhist vegetarian cuisine (without garlic and onions of course). Tom Lacey drew pictures and snapped digital photos of the speakers. He also took notes and learned a lot. This event was attended by Lily, Tom and Mark from Middle Way Buddhist. Shelle would have come too but her email got blocked by meetup.com. (Sorry about technical gliches). Bee and Say also called to say they would have come if they had known about it. Sorry for that too, for not contacting everyone. This was our fault. Even though this event was listed in our newsletter, we should still have sent out emails. Nancy Kao and her husband (below front table) also attended. |
The Middle Way -- Lily Lee
(Lily gave out tee shirts and fans for correct answers to her questions.)
Lily deep in thought as she answers question.
A member of audience answers a question that Lily asks.
Lily Listening to Answer from Audience Member
Tom lacey going over the Schedule for the talk by the
Ven. Jian Hu, July 9 at 7pm
and Next Middle Way meeting May 19, at 9:30 am.
He also announced the Vegetarian cooking class at 12pm.
(events at our location--see top of page).
Loose yourself and find yourself -- Betsy Lagana
Betsy in thought (She is also an artist and makes meditation cushions!)
Discovering Basic Goodness - The Art of Being Human -- Paula Bickford
Music - Frank Sirois and Kim Kobiyashi of Soka Gakkai - Tampa Bay
Music - sing along with Rick Ferriss of BPF-Tampa Bay.
Richard Weissman of Ratnashri Sangha - talking about Om Mane Peme Hung.
Socially Engaged Buddhism -- Frank Tedesco
An Introduction to Mindfulness Practice -- Steve Shealy does sitting meditation.
An Introduction to Mindfulness Practice exercise meditation.
Everyone listened attentively.
Tom Lacey of Middle Way and Nancy Kao (picture by Mark)
Volunteer Mark from Middle Way Buddhist Association
To be an artist and to be a Buddhist!
A truly free and open spirit!
Betsy Lagana
Davy Wood
Heart Sutra chanting -- Betsy and Davy
This was a wonderful experience!
Complete Program of Change Your Mind Day
Change your mind--get it? We need to change our minds every day.