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<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><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;"><img alt="" src="https://aryaloka.org/sites/default/files/images/events/parinirvana%2020…; style="width:800px;height:800px;" />Parinirvana — A Special Aryaloka 40th Anniversary Event; Feb 1, 12:30-4</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parinirvana" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span>Parinirvana</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><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;"> is the annual observance of the death, or Final Nirvana, of the Buddha, and is one of the major days of reflection on the Buddhist calendar. It's an opportunity to reflect upon the final days of the Buddha, and the great matters of Enlightenment and Death. It is also a time when we remember those we've lost, and reflect upon the impact of impermanence in our own lives and communities. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><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;">The day will begin with a vegetarian pot luck lunch (please bring a vegetarian dish to share if you can) and include meditation, readings, chanting and time to be together. As part of Aryaloka’s 40th anniversary celebrations, there will be a special remembrance of sangha members that have passed, a talk on the history of the stupa, and the installation of an ancestor shrine.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><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;">Feel free to bring a photo of a loved one who has passed in the last year or so, to be placed on the Parinirvana shrine. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">12:30 Vegetarian Potluck lunch</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">1:45 Welcome and Remarks about Parinirvana </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">2:00 The Story of the Aryaloka Stupa </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">2:45 Remembrance of Ancestors and Dedication of Ancestor Shrine </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="white-space:pre;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">3:15 Meditation and Puja </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">4:00 End </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><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;">Please join us for this moving and historic event. If you would like to attend by Zoom, no need to RSVP, just <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83028407015">CLICK HERE</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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