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A friend of DRBY, Gwhyneth Chen, who integrates her spiritual practice and her music is performing at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery this Sunday. In such an small and intimate venue as Berkeley Monastery, the performance should be pretty amazing (as it has been in my previous experience).
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We request the honor of your presence on Sunday Nov. 22nd, 2009 at 3:30 PM, to enjoy the deeply spiritual music of Frederic Chopin, played by a performer who has integrated her Buddhist practice and her musical expression.

DRBY I posted the Freedom Simplified booklet online. Check it out. http://www.drby.net/blog/?p=684
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The freedom simplified booklet is now available as a pdf (~2 megs). It's a intro-level material gathered from retreat. Excerpt: Buddhism has a ver...

DRBY Steve's thoughts on Twheet, fresh off the Saturday event. http://www.drby.net/blog/?p=668
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I went to the Twheet yesterday, which was an event that brought together several Bay Area young adult Buddhist groups in the area. About 100 people attende...

DRBY Upcoming conference on meditation in SF, Turning Wheel Talks. The conference, which will be held this Saturday, 11/14/09, covers topics likely to interest DRBYers and features some very accomplished speakers (including DM Heng Sure) http://www.drby.net/blog/?p=589
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A gathering of Buddhist/Meditative young adult groups will take place on Saturday, November 14th, at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in San Franc...

DRBY We notice some slowdown in the drby website for the main site and the blog. We'll try figure out and fix the problem asap...

DRBY Chan & Tea today in Berkeley! :) http://bit.ly/44gGhq

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Taking One's Life. One buddhist's take.
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A few days ago I met a man in the monastery wondering what he could do for his brother who had just committed suicide. I explained that in Buddhism, peop...

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Great article about the writer's journey to eating less meat, and what that meant. Meat taste good, and comes with cultural memories....
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Changing what we eat and letting tastes fade from memory create a kind of cultural loss, a forgetting.

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Interesting. Wonder how widespread meditation actually is in the US prison population. Saw the documentary, my impression is that they were still a tiny minority. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/09/pris on.meditation/index.html
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In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996.

DRBY Yay, Chan & Tea in Berkeley is about to start. http://bit.ly/44gGhq

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Just heard Jennifer Berezan sing amazing impromptu version of "She carries me" @ Teance Fine Teas, sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDsmhqe5 1A#t=1m09s

DRBY "Living a meaningful life": From the DRBY blog. http://www.drby.net/blog/?p=192 Transcribed from a 10 minute talk, which was super-concise and to the point.
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A talk by Gwo Lei given at the Interfaith Youth Retreat at the Vedanta Society in Olema, California on April 9, 2005. I think Buddhism is actu...

DRBY FYI, the DRBY blog is up. http://blog.drby.net Yay!
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reflections from young adult Buddhists

DRBY A bunch of us are back from the 3 week Surangama Sutra retreat. Dharma, friends old and new, and outdoor toilets. Fun times....






















