Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly
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| Buddha under a fiery Bodhi tree as Mara and yakkhas attack (manicksorcar.com) |
Buddhist New Year's celebration with shamans in Far East Russian Buryatia (Sky News)
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| Bye-bye 2012 mudra |
To meditate or ring in the New Year?
Dating a person from Asia, I learned a momentous thing: I was assured
that it is a well known and ancient belief that what one does on New
Year's Day that is what one will be doing for the year. It makes sense.
There is. Los Angeles has three specific opportunities and an uncounted number of US temples that will be visited tonight and tomorrow morning.
We're always trying to be happy. So we try to be happiest on New Year's
eve. But what we think is happy is sometimes nothing more than excess
and avoiding. What if there were a way to meditate-in the New Year?
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| Bangkok (torchrelay.beijing2008.cn) |
SHAMBHALA will hold an open sit from 4:00 pm to midnight. It's not eight hours of straight sitting. There's a celebratory dinner, a video by the "Sakyan" (Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's son and heir), walking, and lots of socializing.
AGAINST THE STREAM is following tradition with its New Year's eve "Intention Setting" ceremony. It begins in Santa Monica, ends early, and is repeated in Hollywood on Melrose, which goes into the New Year. There are helicopters, gunfire, fireworks, and a humorous stream of intentions said aloud as candles are lit and Noah Levine gives an encouraging talk.
SELF REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP also holds its annual welcoming the New Year meditation in Glendale in honor of founder Pramahansa Yogananda, Babajii, and the saints of all religions.
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