09/18/2021
We love our furry families, right? We think pets are the best and love ours immensely!
Why not bring your pet to celebrate National Pet Day to be blessed by Lama Karma Chötso, the Tibetan Buddhist Nun at the Open Awareness Buddhist Center that will offer this special Sunday experience.
Meet Sengay, the beloved doggie who is Lama's companion and pictured here.
Enter the sacred Stupa Garden of Merit and walk the Kora path (which means to circumambulate with intention). This walking practice in Tibetan Buddhism is viewed as meditative movement often as part of pilgrimage, celebration, ceremony or ritual. You will note the ten Buddhist directions of the stupas built by Lama and the sangha here, representing North, South, East, West, northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest, as well as the Earth and Sky, all dwelling spaces of the Buddha nature everywhere.
All living beings are precious to us, as the Buddha reminded us:
"There is nothing more precious to a creature than its very life".
Walk the Circle, meet Lama with your pet and receive your blessing.
We encourage a $20 donation as we are also experiencing the impacts of being closed during Covid. No one will be turned away if these times are also a challenge for you. We are in the same storm, friends.
Bring your furry friend in a proper cage or leashed, please. Register here so we can plan how many of you are coming. Be masked and practice physical distance. Wear comfy clothes as the space is an outdoor garden. Park on our circle drive or grass and mindfully park on our neighbors open lawn at the West side of the Center. Enter the backyard at the West side gate to find the Garden of Merit.
