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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD>  <TITLE>Content</TITLE> <style type="text/css">  </style> <style type="text/css">  </style>  <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%" colspan="2" 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>How to Support Us </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 colspan="2" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"><div align="left"> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"><div align="left"> <blockquote> <p><a href="#Quick_Links_1">Why Help Support Manzanita Village?<br> </a><a href="#Quick_Links_2">How Can I support Manzanita Village</a> <br> <a href="#Quick_Links_3">Dana</a><br> <a href="#Quick_Links_4">Membership</a> <br> <a href="#Quick_Links_5">Thoughts towards a statement of Intention </a></p> </blockquote> </div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"><div align="right"><A NAME="Quick_Links_1"></A><A HREF="#Return_to_top">Return To Top</A></div></TD> </TR>    <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC"><div align="center"><strong>WHY Help? </strong></div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" ALIGN=RIGHT><div align="left"> <ul> <li><strong>Manzanita Village</strong> is a Sanctuary, a Retreat Center, offering retreats and workshops of different kinds, open to all levels of experience. <br> In addition, we offer retreats for Social Activists, People of Color, and Trans and Queer folks. <br> We charge only the minimum required to sustain the center, and always give scholarships when needed. We never turn anyone away solely due to lack of money.<br> The two year invitation training for activists is conducted at no charge (dana only). </li> </ul> </div></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" ALIGN=RIGHT><div align="center"> <blockquote> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/dharma_talk.jpg" width="215" height="176"></p> </blockquote> </div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><div align="left"> <ul> <li>In addition, we offer the opportunity to practic <strong><em>dana</em></strong>, to support an endeavor which is not based on the personal profit or aggrandizement of anyone or any particular point of view. </li> <li>We offer Buddhist teaching and practice but are in no way attached to a particular sectarian point of view and follow the example of the Buddha, who encouraged people to investigate and question for themselves.. <br> Manzanita Village depends entirely on donations from people like yourself to sustain its work.<br> <br> If you have not visited us, we encourage you to come to a retreat here soon. </li> </ul> </div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><A NAME="Quick_Links_2"></A><A HREF="#Return_to_top">Return To Top</A></TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#cccccc"><B> HOW You Can Support Manzanita Village. </B></TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <ul> <li>Give a one-time donation by check or through paypal <a href="http://www.manzanitavillage.org///resources/content_registration.html">CLICK HERE</a></li> <li> Membership. A regular monthly, or quarterly, donation <a href="#Quick_Links_4">CLICK FOR MEMEBERSHIP BENFITS</a></li> <li> Setting up a bank draft or recurring payment to Ordinary Dharma through your Bank or Credit Card company <br> (contact your bank or credit card company for details on how to set it up) </li> <li>If you have practical skills: construction (plumbing. electrical, carpentry, painting etc), or landscaping skills, we can always use your help to maintain and improve the facilities and land. We also always need cooks (with experience of cooking for meditation retreats). </li> </ul></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>   <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><A NAME="Quick_Links_3"></A><A HREF="#Return_to_top">Return To Top</A></TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#cccccc"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; font-weight: bold;">Dana</P> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><blockquote style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0">The dharma is priceless and the teacher is a gift. The dana I give comes from knowing that I cannot transform my mind on my own, that I need the teachings and someone who has worked on themselves enough to share the clarity and beauty of the Buddha's words. When I give from my true self I experience a peace of mind and deeper sense of gratitude for this practice and all of my teachers who have guided me back to the path countless times.<em> Kathleen Hoag</em></p> <p><a href="../articles/dana_haog.html">CLICK HERE to read the whole article by Kathleen Hoag </a><br> <br> <a href="../articles/dana.html">CLICK HERE for more on Dana </a></p> </blockquote></TD> </TR>   <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><A NAME="Quick_Links_4" id="Quick_Links_4"></A><A HREF="#Return_to_top">Return To Top</A></TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#cccccc"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B>Membership</B></P> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><blockquote> <p>Membership is a way tithing to support Manzanita Village, the teachings, and the teachers on a regular, ongoing basis. </p> <p>We encourage you to give on a regular monthly basis to support the work we do, and the people who come, and will come in the future, to practice here. </p> <p>Suggested membership is between $50 (minimum) and $150 a month, more if you are able. If you cannot support us financially then six days of work (60 hours) a year also qualifies you for membership and helps us with the upkeep of the center. </p> <p>Membership gives you: </p> <ul> <li>20% reduction of registration fee for retreats and workshops, <br> or if you pay full registration amount you can upgrade to a private room (if available) at no extra cost. </li> <li>Interview/spiritual counseling with teacher/s — as available. </li> <li>Reduced rates for stays at Manzanita Village during non-retreat times. </li> <li>A means for you to practice Dana Paramita, the perfection of generosity, recognizing that all things are interconnected, and that there are time-honored models of mutual support beyond those presented within the dominant culture. </li> </ul> <p>A suggested guideline for how much is appropriate for you to give as membership is to tally the equivalent of what you earn in an hour each week (e.g. if you earn $15 an hour, membership would be $60 a month.) </p> </blockquote></TD> </TR>   <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><A NAME="Quick_Links_5" id="Quick_Links_5"></A><A HREF="#Return_to_top">Return To Top</A></TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#cccccc"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B>Towards a Statement of Purpose </B></P> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><ul> <ul> <li>Our work is to teach and practice the Dharma in a way that is relevant to a society/culture/planet in crisis</li> <li>To learn from the great teachers of the past, and to adapt as appropriately and skillfully as we can.</li> <li>To avoid the pitfalls of fundamentalist thinking which proposes singular views and a singular <em>'truth'</em></li> <li>To explore the contradictions implicit in undertaking spiritual practice in a secular age; and to question the abuse of power that is apparently intrinsic to most religious institutions, including Buddhist ones. </li> <li>To look at the <em>Shadow</em>, within and outside ourselves, in whatever form it takes. To examine the unexamined. </li> <li>To explore how various forms of cultural anxiety have left certain questions unasked or unanswered.</li> <li>To affirm that Buddhism as a discipline of Spiritual transformation need not be trivialized or reduced to mere cultural appropriation.</li> <li>To include and welcome whoever may come. To be open to the possibility of learning from difficult situations and people.</li> <li>To unlearn racism, homophobia, sexism, classism, ableism, and elitism of all kinds, and to encourage others to do the same no matter how difficult.<br> <span class="style1 style2">We are, so far as we know, the only Buddhist Retreat Center that is 100% queer and trans positive! </span></li> <li>To celebrate life and to see the creative process as inseparable from Spiritual Practice.</li> <li>To honor the ways of our ancestors, and to learn to live wisdom and the actions that can safeguard human and natural resources for the generations to come.</li> </ul> </ul></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><blockquote> <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> </blockquote></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><ul> <li></li> </ul> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>    <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#cccccc"> </TD> </TR>  <TR> <TD colspan="2" VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><div align="right"><A HREF="#Return_to_top">Return To Top</A></div></TD> </TR>    <TR> <TD colspan="2" ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> </TD> </TR>          </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>