Change Your Mind Day

Saturday, April 19 2008

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Philippe Park Safety Harbor
(Shelter #1 - the first shelter next to the bay)

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(click for detailed directions)

RAIN or SHINE

 

Click here for photos of CYMD08

(and more photos)

Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike are invited to share in this day of meditation, movement, poetry, chanting, music and children's activities.

CYMD began in New York's Central Park in 1993 and is now celebrated in many cities (coordinated by Tricyle Magazine). This is the fifth year that the event will be held in the Tampa Bay area.

Teachings will be offered by local Buddhist groups representing a variety of traditions (Mahayana, Theravada, Tibetan and Zen). As in the time of the Buddha, the teachings will be presented out-of-doors in a relaxed, informal environment.

Guided meditations - chanting - talks - movement - music - books - children's activities

Arrive at anytime. If you come early, bring a picnic lunch, and consider bringing a vegetarian dish to share (water and tea provided).

No experience necessary. No charge or obligation. The Buddha taught that each person must discover the truth of his teachings for themselves. Come and see.

The Tampa Bay area has an exceptionally wide variety of Buddhist groups. They include temples that serve a number of Asian-American communities; at least seven Tibetan lineages; and groups that practice styles of meditation such as Mindfulness, Nichiren, Vipassana and Zen. Change Your Mind Day provides an opportunity for members of these many groups to come together, and a chance for interested non-Buddhists to sample many types of practices in a relaxed, informal environment.

Schedule:

9:50 AM Sounding the large bowl 108 times by Clear Water Zen Group to start activities

10:00 AM Opening Pali chanting -- Florida Buddhist Vihara, Bhikkhuni Sudarshana, and other monastics

10:20 AM Tibetan Chanting -- Venerable Tashi

10:30 AM Introduction to Bathing the Baby Buddha -- Frank Tedesco of UU Buddhist Fellowship

10:40 AM Discussion of Heart Shrine Relic Tour by Frank Tedesco

10:50 AM Nichiren Shu Buddhism -- Erin & Patrick Lauer of Nichiren Shu

11:05 AM Tong Len: Sending and Receiving -- Peter Crockett of Karma Thegsum Chöling

11:20 AM Loose yourself and find yourself -- Betsy Bluangtook of Manatee Meditation Group

11:30 AM Offering of alms food for monastics and start of Lunch

 

11:30-12:30 Lunch Time :

Pot-Luck Vegetarian Food,

visiting and discussion

entertainment (including Kerouac poem & Allen Ginsberg song by Rick Ferriss)

 

12:30 PM About the Buddhist Peace Fellowship by Tom, Rick, Erin, and Jim (During Lunch)

12:45 PM Guided meditation and Thich Nhat Hanh poem -- Diane Powell of Dancing Waters Sangha,

1:00 PM Chant of the Heart Sutra -- Michael Plucinski of Tampa Zen Center

1:15 PM Meditation for Children -- Dr. Anika Trancik of Parbawatiya Center (children encouraged to attend; adults welcome to sit in)

1:30 PM Connecting with Basic Goodness -- Paula Bickford of Shambhala Meditation Group of St. Pete

1:45 PM An Introduction to Mindfulness Practice -- Steve Shealy of Flowing Dharma

 

2:00 PM Break time (15 Minutes)

 

2:15 PM Short Sadhana (formal Tibetan) -- Darcy B. Gedersof Dzogchen Buddhist Society, Tampa,

2:30 PM Middle Way Buddhist Association: Introduction and Goals -- Tom Lacey,

2:35 PM Ven. Chuehfan, Guang Ming Temple, Orlando, Buddha's Light International Association

3:00 PM Vajrayana: "Good in the beginning, good in the middle and good in the end" -- Richard Weissman of Ratnashri Sangha of Tampa Bay

3:15 PM Buddhist Renunciation... The foundation for traveling the spiritual path -- Angus Berry

3:30 PM (OPEN 10 Minute slot)

3:40 PM Sutra chanting -- led by Betsy Bluangtook of Manatee Mediation Group and Davy Wood of Clear Water Zen Group

4:00 PM Farewells

4:30 PM Cleanup

Philippe Park is on Philippe Parkway, about 1.3 miles South of State Road 580 in Safety Harbor, in northern Pinellas County.

From Tampa: take Hillsborough Ave West; turn Left on SR 580 in Oldsmar.

From Clearwater or St Pete: head East on SR 580 from US19 or McMullen-Booth.

Join us at Shelter #1: the first shelter by the bay.

(click for detailed directions)

This free event is sponsored by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.

For more information, visit the planning page, call (727) 455-1056 or (813) 850-8168
or email cymd@bpf-tampabay.org

The Buddha taught that we cultivate peace and happiness by
changing our minds from confusion to wisdom

Click here for information about the 2004 CYMD in St Petersburg.
Click here for information about the 2005 CYMD in Tampa.
Click here for information about the 2006 CYMD at Phillipe Park
Click here for information about the 2007 CYMD at Fort DeSoto Park

Click here for a printable flyer in .pdf format

Click here for the Change Your Mind Day planning page at the BPF-TampaBay Google group website

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Tampa Bay, Florida, USA