OBS Newsletter – May 2018

by Colleen Glass | May 24, 2018 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats, Social Events

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OBS Newsletter – April 2018

by Colleen Glass | May 23, 2018 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats, Social Events

Good full moon evening friends and members of the OBS, Tomorrow we welcome back the Sangha from Tisarana Monastery and the Bhikkhuni’s at Sati Saraniya Hermitage as they emerge from their three month winter retreats. The OBS invitations for teaching were...

OBS Newsletter – December 2016

by Colleen Glass | Dec 11, 2016 | Annual General Meeting, DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Social Events

Dear Friends and Members of the OBS, In his memoir Fire Beneath The Snow, Ven. Palden Gyatso reflects on his time imprisoned by Chinese forces for his support of Tibetan Independence. In 1992, after 33 years of captivity, he was released. Since this time he has lived...

OBS Newsletter – October 7, 2016

by Colleen Glass | Oct 7, 2016 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Social Events, Study Group

Good morning Friends and Members of the OBS, Our last newsletter explored how the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence (anicca) can manifest itself in day-to-day life. The transitory nature of our existence can cast a pall of uncertainty over our lives. This uncertainty...

OBS Newsletter – September 2016

by Colleen Glass | Sep 2, 2016 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats, Social Events, Uncategorized

Good evening friends and members of the OBS, A key Buddhist teaching is that change occurs constantly, and that any sense of permanence is an illusion: Impermanent are all component things, They arise and cease, that is their nature: They come into being and pass...

OBS Newsletter – May 8, 2016

by Colleen Glass | May 8, 2016 | Biographies, Buddhist Sites, Community, DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats, Social Events, Soup Kitchen

OBS Newsletter – May 8, 2016 Good evening friends and members of the OBS, As the tulips begin to bloom (and the Ottawa Tulip Festival tourists begin to congregate!), we are grateful for the changing seasons and this time of warmth, growth, and creativity. This month,...