[Chicago] Fwd: March 7 Charike Marasinghe event

[dean kaufer]

Dear friends,

Please see attached.  This is an important event hosted by the Zen 
Community of Oak Park. The Chicago Chapter of the BPF has been asked to 
co-sponsor this event .  We are pleased and are looking forward to this 
upcoming event.  I encourage you to share this with your sangha and 
friends.

Thank you for your support.

Peace,

Dean

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Robert Althouse <althouse at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: February 22, 2008 4:03:07 PM CST
> To: Taigen Dan Leighton <taigendan at earthlink.net>
> Cc: deankaufer at mac.com
> Subject: Re: March 7 Charike Marasinghew important Sarvodaya is as a 
> paradigm for development in the third world and what they have 
> accomplished in the face of enormous obstacles, such as a civil war 
> and a devastating tsunami earthquake in 2004.
> chi
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> On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Taigen Dan Leighton wrote:
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>> Joshin,
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>> Thank you for your response.  If it is not too much trouble, I am  
>> sure that Chicago Buddhist Peace Fellowship would like to be listed  
>> as co-sponsors.  However, if this is at all inconvenient I am sure it  
>> is also okay to omit it.
>> Of course I completely understand about the Nepali nuns request being  
>> way too late, and too much to add in.
>> I am forwarding this and flyers also to Dean Kaufer, and I'm sure BPF  
>> will try to notify our mailing list of your events.  [Dean, would you  
>> please circulate Joshin's documents and flyers as most effective.  
>> Thanks,]
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>> with gassho,
>> Taigen
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>>> Dear Taigen:
>>>
>>> I had to take care of the press releases this morning. I ran out of  
>>> time. The nature of deadlines and my weekend schedule gave me a  
>>> narrow window to get this all done, and I had to do it this morning.  
>>> As it was, it took the whole morning. I was unable on such short  
>>> notice to secure a larger venue, so I opted for doing it at our Zen  
>>> Community. We have two events, one on Friday night with Dr.  
>>> Marasinge, and a Dharma Talk by Sensei Hoeberichts who is also  
>>> receiving the award, on Sunday morning.
>>>
>>> I'm sure the nuns from Napali are compelling, but it's too much to  
>>> add them to the mix at this point. I've already sent out all the  
>>> press releases and made up fliers.
>>>
>>> I could still change the fliers to ad BPF's co-sponsorship if you  
>>> would like. I'm sorry if I have caused you or BPF any inconvenience.  
>>> I would still like to work together with you, and could still ad the  
>>> co-sponsorship of BPF to the fliers. Let me know if you'd like me to  
>>> do that.
>>>
>>> Here are the fliers and the press releases.
>>>
>>> I enjoyed being with you the other night.
>>>
>>> warmly,
>>> Joshin
>>>
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>>> On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Taigen Dan Leighton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Joshin,
>>>>
>>>> Following up, both the Buddhist Council of the Midwest and Chicago  
>>>> BPF are officially happy to lend their names as co-sponsors to any  
>>>> event you arrange March 7 with Charike Marasinghe.
>>>>
>>>> Further, from the meetings the past two nights, at the Buddhist  
>>>> Council of the Midwest they had already understood that your event  
>>>> was an auxiliary part of the Buddhist Women's Conference where Dr.  
>>>> Marasinghe is receiving her reward.
>>>> The BPF also said last night that we would be happy to share info  
>>>> about the event (once you have venue and times, etc.) with our  
>>>> mailing list.  Contact Dean Kaufer <deankaufer at mac.com>.
>>>> There was also an inquiry from some of the BPF folks.  We had  
>>>> received a request from some Nepali nuns, who had received the  
>>>> reward at Women's Buddhist Conference two years ago, if BPF could  
>>>> arrange an event for them.  We aren't able to do anything at this  
>>>> short notice, and will suggest they instead contact Buddhist  
>>>> Council of the Midwest and the Buddhist Women's Conference.  But  
>>>> some people wondered if it might be workable and appropriate for  
>>>> you to incorporate these nuns in your event for Dr. Marasinghe.  I  
>>>> was dubious myself, but said I would pass along the inquiry.   
>>>> Information about them is at <www.dhammamoli.org>.  Their work is  
>>>> certainly very worthy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Again, I look forward to working with you in the future, including  
>>>> on Welcoming Veterans work.  I will let you know as soon as I have  
>>>> material about the Richmond slave witness event April 19.
>>>> with deep bows,
>>>> Taigen
>>>>
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>>>> **********
>>>> Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton, Ph.D.
>>>> 1822 W. Henderson Street, #2
>>>> Chicago, IL 60657
>>>>       (773) 598-5542
>>>>    e-mail: taigendan at earthlink.net
>>>>        tleighton at luc.edu
>>>>
>>>> Dharma Teacher,
>>>> Ancient Dragon Zen Gate, Chicago
>>>> <Ancientdragon.org>
>>>> Faculty,
>>>> Loyola University, Chicago
>>>> Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary, Chicago
>>>> Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
>>>> **********
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