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POTLUCK DINNER and MEDITATION

Blossom new friendships, connections and support for meditation practice by joining in the fun, right before our regular weekly meditation group meeting on Tuesday, February 7th. Meet new people, get to know one another better and generally have a chance to practice the gift of gab - and EAT some delicious food! All are invited and always welcome, always free. If you can't bring a dish, no problem ... there is always plenty of food to go around.

Tuesday, February 7th:
Neighborhood Community Center (Fairview Room), 1845 Park Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA.

Enquiries: oc@dzogchen.org

Space is still available ... register at the door.

Lama Surya Das has two teaching events scheduled in Costa Mesa this weekend:

His topic is "CATCHING YOURSELF BEFORE THINGS CATCH YOU: The Secrets of Tibetan Mindfulness".

For full details, please click on the following links:

Friday January 20th (evening presentation)

and

Saturday January 21st (one day retreat)

Secure online registration for these events is now closed.

Credit cards are only accepted via online registration. Registration on the day by cash or check only.

Students free with ID.
Scholarships available - nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.

We are delighted to announce that the LA weekly meditation group will resume meeting on the West Side on Sunday 15th January 2012. Thanks to the efforts of one of Dzogchen Center Southern California's long-time supporters, the LA group has a new home at the Village Church in Westwood every Sunday evening from 7pm to 9pm.

This location is extremely convenient for the entire West Side, just off the 405 Freeway near the Montana Avenue exit (if coming from the South) or Sunset Boulevard exit (if coming from the North). It is less than a mile from UCLA, and no more than 10 or 15 minutes from Santa Monica.

Meetings will be listed in the Events section of this site.

Greatist.com, a New York City-based website covering health and fitness, has chosen Lama Surya Das as #32 among the 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness for 2011, for services to Happiness.

You can read the article here.

Lama Surya Das has two teaching events scheduled in Orange County, California in the New Year.

His topic is "CATCHING YOURSELF BEFORE THINGS CATCH YOU: The Secrets of Tibetan Mindfulness".

For full details, please click on the following links:

Friday January 20th (evening presentation)

and

Saturday January 21st (one day retreat)

Secure online registration for these events is now live at this link (or follow links on event pages).

Lama Surya Das will offer an evening presentation at the Neighborhood Community Center in Costa Mesa on Friday, January 20th; and a one-day retreat at the same location on Saturday, January 21st.

The topic for both teachings will be
CATCHING YOURSELF BEFORE THINGS CATCH YOU:
The Secrets of Tibetan Mindfulness

Further notice will appear here as soon as online registration and additional details for the event are available.

Regrettably, this Sunday's outdoor meditation practice and group picnic/social has been cancelled and will not take place, due to adverse weather forecast: cloudy, showers and temperatures in the low 50s. We'll re-schedule when the weather warms up again. Meanwhile our regular Tuesday evening meetings will of course continue, as will special events from time to time.

By the way, don't forget that the clocks will fall back tonight, giving everyone that very welcome extra hour of rest!

Lama Surya will teach a Friday evening talk and Saturday one-day retreat on the weekend of January 20th and 21st in Orange County. Please save the dates and watch for detailed annoucements.

Tricycle Magazine's Book Club is hosting a discussion with Lama Surya of his new book, Buddha Standard Time. You can join the discussion here.

Tricycle has also posted a video introduction to this event recorded by Lama Surya.

Lama Surya spoke at Buddhafest in Washington DC the weekend of 9/11.

You can watch part 1 of his talk here on Tricycle.