True Dharma International

2008-10-05T09:00:00.000-07:00

Buddhist Film Series- Tuesday Nights in Clearwater

True Dharma UU Buddhist Fellowship

UUs of Clearwater

Tuesdays at 7- 9:30 PM

Patio Room, Social Hall

2470 Nursery Rd, Clearwater 33764

(between US 19 & Belcher Rd.)

October 2008 is dedicated Tibetan Buddhist films as preparation

for the Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour to Clearwater 10/31-11/2.

The Heart Shrine Relic Tour is blessed by

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Introduction & short meditation will precede these special films.

Discussion afterwards as time allows.

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*** Oct. 7 Tibetan Book of the Dead: Life & Liberation

*** Oct. 14 Tibetan Buddhist Yoga: Film: Yogis of Tibet

*** Oct. 21 Sacred Sites of the Dalai Lamas Pilgrimage

*** Oct. 28 Tibetan Medicine: Science & Energy Healing

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Dana or free will love donation (~ $5) is gratefully welcome

to cover expenses and Buddhist chaplaincy to the seriously ill,

the dying & their bereaved ones at home, hospitals & in hospice care.

For info: Rev. Dr. Saddharma Frank Tedesco

(727) 512-4805

truedharma108@gmail.com

2008-09-16T11:00:00.000-07:00

Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour

UU Clearwater

Maitreya is the name of the next Buddha who, according to Buddhist scriptures, will embody and teach the path of loving-kindness.

The exceptional Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour is being hosted by the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater, Florida on the weekend of October 31 through November 2, 2008. It is free and open to all visitors. Blessings all day!

Opening Ceremony Friday Night 7 PM

Viewings Saturday November 1 10 AM- 7PM; Sunday November 2 Noon- 7PM
Worship Sunday 10:30 AM- 12 PM

A film about the Maitreya Project in Kushinagar, India and the global Heart Shrine Relic Tour will be shown throughout the weekend. Relic Tour memorabilia will be on sale as well.

Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater
2470 Nursery Road
Clearwater, Florida 33764 (between Belcher and US 19)

For more detailed information about the weekend,

contact Saddharma Frank Tedesco, 727-512-4805 truedharma108@gmail.com

To learn more about UUs in Clearwater, see http://www.uuclearwater.org/

About the Maitreya Project and Heart Shrine Relic Tour, see http://www.maitreyaproject.org/

True Dharma International Buddhist Mission, Inc.

2008-09-15T20:20:00.000-07:00

Extending Compassion to All Beings Everywhere

Greetings and Good Health to All of You, My Friends!

Thanks for coming to this site. I hope you will feel that your time spent here was worthwhile and that you will feel a little better for the effort. Please share your love and wisdom with others for the sake of our world.

To me, the essence of True Dharma (saddharma) is simply returning to our kind heart, our basic goodness, and cherishing others naturally. When we deviate from our essential goodness, our free and enlightened Buddha-nature, we get in trouble and wind up hurting ourselves and others. Do we really want to do that?

Deep down inside, everyone wants to be happy. We want others to be happy, too, whether we know it or not! According to Buddha, the source of our suffering (dukkha) is craving (tanha) for pleasures alone without considering others. By loosening the ties of craving, our clinging to self-interest and worldly values, we can put out (nirodha, nibbana) the flames of desire and achieve freedom from samsara, the cycle of birth, sickness, aging and death that comprise our individual and collective misery. By living according to the practical guidelines of right understanding, right action and right mental cultivation that are developed in the Eightfold Path (magga), Buddha taught that we can achieve peace, profound wisdom and ultimate happiness in this very life and help all sentient beings become happier also.

Don't take Buddha's word for it. Check it out for yourself and see if it makes sense. The proof is in the pudding, the results of your actions, not just in your reading, thinking and talk, talk, talk.

Saddharma Frank Tedesco aka Jin Bup Bupsa

Nirodha House
PO Box 1387
Largo, FL 33779-1387
truedharma108@gmail.com
(727) 391-1152

"Out of my experience, I tell my friends wherever I go about the importance of love and compassion. Down deep we must have real affection for each other, a clear realization or recognition of our shared human status." His Holiness the Dalai Lama