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<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><strong><img alt="" src="https://aryaloka.org/sites/default/files/images/events/greater%20mandal…; style="width:800px;height:800px;" />We are hybrid on Tuesday evenings, meaning you can come in person or join on Zoom! </strong>This is a great opportunity to stay connected and find some inspiration. Led meditation, Dharma talks, and engaged discussion. All are welcome, even if you have zero experience! By donation, $5-$15 suggested (you can donate online <a href="https://aryaloka.org/give">here</a>).</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><span style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">To join us on Zoom,</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82621511969" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span>Click here</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Our Current Series:</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">The Greater Mandala</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">A course in going beyond self and other</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#1a1918;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Meditation, Dharma, Community — Every Tuesday 6:45-8:45pm ET in-person or on Zoom. All are welcome and by donation! No need to register. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">There is an inherent tension in walking the Buddhist path. On the one hand, it involves cultivating a deep sense of ease, relaxation, and contentment, in which reality effortlessly opens up to us. On the other hand, we develop a profound love and compassion for other beings, in which we feel that their welfare is as important as our own, motivating ourselves to help them in any way that we can.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">On this course, we will explore how ultimately the two dimensions are resolved in the realization that the duality of self and other is a misperception of our experience.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">July </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">8 Cafe evening (a social evening with multiple ‘topic stations’)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">15 </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">(Online Only)</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> Greater Mandala Week One: Moving from Words to the Wordless</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">22 Greater Mandala Week Two: Moving from Utility to Aesthetic Appreciation</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">29 Historical Talk: Bringing the Dharma to Prisons</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Aug</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">5 Greater Mandala Week Three: The Mandala of our Lives</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">12 Greater Mandala Week Four: The Greater Mandala of Uselessness </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">19 Greater Mandala Week Five: The Bi-tendential Value of Being</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">26</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:700;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> (Online Only) </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Special Guest Speaker</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Image detail: Mandala of the Two Realms (Kongokai), Senkoji, Tonami, Toyama, Japan</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">This course is part of the </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://sikkha.online/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Sikkha Project</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> which is funded by </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.futuredharma.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Future Dharma</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">All are welcome to our weekly gathering which includes led meditation, a short talk and discussion. These supportive and friendly community evenings are perfect for getting started with meditation and Buddhism, or for going deeper in your practice. This is a wonderful way to make friends and to explore deeper meaning in one’s life.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#1a1918;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">If you'd like to make a donation for the evening <a href="https://aryaloka.org/give">click here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<p style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">How are we coming together safely?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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