Sanctuary~Two Year Training for Activists

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD>  <TITLE>Content</TITLE>  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">  <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../stylesmanzanita.css"> </HEAD> <BODY><A NAME="Return_to_top"></A> <TABLE WIDTH="95%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="center">   <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" ROWSPAN="1" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="5"> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="25%"></TD> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><DIV CLASS=content-titles>Sanctuary</DIV></TD> <TD ALIGN="left" WIDTH="25%"> <A HREF="../index.php" TARGET="_top" CLASS="topright">Manzanita Village Homepage</A> <BR> <A HREF="../sitemap.html" TARGET="_top" CLASS="topright">Site Map</A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div align="right"><a href="#Quick_Links_1">Contact Us</a></div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><strong>A Two Year Training for Activists and Organizers </strong></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div align="center"> <h5>Next Program Begins March 2007 </h5> </div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="170" BORDER="0"> <TR VALIGN="middle"> <TD valign="top"><BLOCKQUOTE STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Caitríona Reed and Michele Benzamin-Miki with guest teachers <p>This is a two-year program. We will meet for a number of three-day sessions and a seven day session each June, spread over two years. Meetings will be held at Manzanita Village.</p> <p>Most participants have already attended retreats at Manzanita Village . However, if you are interested in participating in the next two-year program please contact us for an application form: manzanita@ordinarydharma.org</p> <p>The Sanctuary program includes elements to support activists. Our meetings include meditation but are not intended to be meditation retreats in the usual sense. The program also involves experiential work of different kinds, assignments for practice and study throughout the two year period. The work is a collaborative and participatory process, which to some degree defines it's own direction over the two year period, meeting the needs of the group as they arise.</p> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> <blockquote style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> <p ALIGN="left" STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #666666;">  </p> </blockquote> </BLOCKQUOTE></TD> <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="middle"><img src="images/standing_stone.jpg" width="300" height="225"></td> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR>      <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><blockquote> <p> Some of our objectives for the program are: </p> <p> * to develop tools for personal sustainability for activists<br> * to deepen perspectives around personal responsibility and the interconnectedness of all our actions and thoughts<br> * to provide tools for expressing the sacred, sustaining the sacred in our lives<br> * to provide tools for community building and healing<br> * to give a context for activism work that references and honors our ancestors as well as future generations<br> * to apply aspects of Buddhist teaching to revolutionary theory and practice<br> * to give a basic grounding for participants in basic Buddhist practices<br> * to provide a foundation for those who may themselves become teachers in the realm of socially-engaged spirituality and Buddhist practice</p> <p> Oppression takes many forms, internal and external, individual and collective. The relationship between the two has influenced our lives in many ways. When we begin to explore the subtle effects of the many kinds of oppression we face in our lives, we are already on the road towards liberation.</p> <p> Liberation is neither entirely collective, not entirely individual. The interplay between the two is varied and subtle. The exploration of that interplay is revealing, a discipline, and a self-liberating process in itself.</p> <p> Meditation practice is an ideal compliment to other cognitive ways of exploring oppression. This will be our starting point</p> <p> Please contact us if you wish to discuss this program in more detail.</p> </blockquote></TD> </TR>                            <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" ALIGN=RIGHT><A NAME="Quick_Links_1" id="Quick_Links_1"></A><A HREF="#Return_to_top">Return To Top</A></TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#cccccc" ALIGN=CENTER><B>Contact Us</B></TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><blockquote style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Ordinary Dharma, <br> PO Box 67, <br> Warner Springs, <br> CA 92086 <br> <br> 760-782-9223 Manzanita Village <br> 760-782-0655 Fax <br> <br> <a href="mailtto:manzanita@ordinarydharma.org%20">manzanita@ordinarydharma.org </a></blockquote></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" ALIGN=RIGHT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#cccccc"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN=CENTER CLASS="update_size"> </TD> </TR>  </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>