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<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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">Regional Parinirvana Evening, Tuesday Feb 15, 6:30-8:30pm ET on Zoom</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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 plan on arriving as early as 6:15 so that we may start promptly at 6:30.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<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; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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 style="text-decoration-skip:none">Parinirvana</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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 evening's events will consist of meditation, puja (devotional chanting), a special talk from Padmadharini (see below) and discussion groups. Please feel free to bring a photo of loved ones that have passed in the last year to be shared in the puja. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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">What Covid is teaching us about</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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">what is important, and how to align our life.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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 process of death in hospitals is often complex, traumatic, and revealing. Even amid the messy process of dying, many patients and family seem to find ease, peace and startling insights. It certainly seems to realign and refocus people to what they most care about. The Buddha’s teachings encourage us to treat every moment as though this could be our last. Together we’ll explore what can be learned by living with a tender awareness of our terminal condition.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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">Padmadharini</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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 a Buddhist Chaplain and mindfulness educator working for a large hospital network in Pennsylvania. She has worked in palliative care, oncology and in the Medical intensive Care Unit, where she supported families and patients facing the sudden reality of an unexpected death or terminal diagnosis. She has been part of a team at the hospital supporting frontline workers caring for dying patients throughout COVID. Her experience has revealed the tremendous grace and openings that can happen during these critical times. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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">There is no need to register for this event and it is by donation. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:18pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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">Just </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82621511969" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:18pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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 style="text-decoration-skip:none">click here</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:18pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; 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"> to join the gathering on Zoom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>