Here are a few Goldsworthy-like artworks created by visitors this past week. One is at the Fen Stone Circle and one is at the Dolmen.
Natural artwork at Fen Stone Circle
Natural artwork at Dolmen
Thank you to Kay Kang who was kind enough to let Claudia, Celia, Heidi, Caitlin, Elias, and myself to pick lavender for the Earth Sanctuary Stupa. The beauty of the field, the fragrance, Ahh!
from her incredible field of lavender.
A short clip of the stupa ground blessing ceremony at Earth Sanctuary led by H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya (center). To his right is H.E. Dagmo Kusho Sakya and to his left is H.E. Kathog Rigzin Chenpo. The ceremony was held on July 8, 2010.
Please help! The Tsa Tsa’s need to be touched up, air dried and taken down to the retreat house. Please join Celia who lives very near to Earth Sanctuary this Sunday, August 8, at 1:00 pm. After this we have Juniper and possibly Cedar to cut up and get drying along with many more flowers to collect and dry. But, right now Celia wants to get the Tsa Tsa’s finished up so she can clear the dining room table for the next project! Last time was absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much to all of you who helped.
Please email Celia at celia@earthsanctuary.org if you can help and to get directions to her house. Munchies will be provided.
The building of the Earth Sanctuary Tibetan Buddhist stupa has begun. There is great merit in contributing to the creation of a stupa - please donate items to go inside the stupa.
Here is what we could use: popurri - homemade or commercial; little parasols - like the kind that come in fancy drinks (new only); Juniper;… Any kind of tea; real jewelry - Broken jewelry is fine - no costume jewelry or plastic or glass; Gold, Silver, Copper or Brass Money from different countries; Toy weapons; semi precious stones; cedar; camphor; balsam; garden tools - don’t have to be new; perfumes; postcards of Tibetan Buddhist deities and holy beings (extra deity pictures from empowerments would be great); Dried flowers; set of 7 offering cups.
Mail to Earth Sanctuary, 6144 Wahl Road, Freeland, WA 98249. or call 360-331-6667. Thank you!
The blessing ceremony for the Earth Sanctuary stupa got front page coverage in our local South Whidbey Record news paper. Thank you H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya and all the lamas and monks who participated in the beautiful and inspiring ceremony, as well as all who helped in some way. We circumambulated the future stupa yesterday and it feels like the stupa is already there.
On Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 10:00 am, a blessing ceremony for a Tibetan Buddhist stupa to built at Earth Sanctuary (www.earthsanctuary.org) will be performed by His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, the Head Lama of Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism (www.sakya.org) in Seattle, WA. H.H. J.D. Sakya will be assisted by H.E. Dagmo Kusho Sakya, H.E. Kathog Rigzin Chenpo Rinpoche, Tulku Yeshi, Khenpo Jampa, Venerable Lama Tashi, and Lama Migmar.
The Earth Sanctuary stupa will be located off Emil Road in the new Earth Sanctuary arboretum. A stupa is a holy and sacred space that blesses the land and plants the seed for enlightenment. The main purpose of building a stupa is to help create happiness and peace in the world.
Chuck Pettis will be offering a one-day sacred space workshop at Earth Sanctuary on Saturday, July 17 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Learn about sacred spaces from around the world, how to dowse for ley lines and water lines, and meditate in blessed sacred spaces. Details and registration info at www.earthsanctuary.org/SS.pdf
On Saturday, I swept and cleaned the labyrinth. It looks and feels really good now. Come and walk the Earth Sanctuary labyrinth!
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