THE DHARMA BUMS: Dharma Bum Life

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An old "B.C." comic strip holds down one corner of the picture window that looks in on the Dharma Bum temple — a whimsical accent tacked onto an otherwise serene and tasteful tableau:

“Whatcha doing today?” one caveman asks another.

“Nothing.”

“You did that yesterday.”

“I wasn’t finished.”

For Dharma Bum Jeff, who runs the temple’s Sunday-night introductions to Buddhism, it’s an example of Western culture illuminating Eastern wisdom. After the eight souls gathered into the temple’s cozy loft have taken time to settle their minds by sitting and focusing on breathing, Jeff asks, “What did you do to make the mind so still? Nothing. We need to take time to do nothing and just sit. There are causes and conditions to everything that goes on in our day, and you have to slow it down a little bit to recognize what’s in your mind. The stillness...is your own mind’s reaction to what’s happening around you. What we’re working on in meditation is learning to react quietly and peacefully. When you begin to settle the mind, you learn to adapt to whatever condition is around you, and that’s where peace lies.”

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Dharma Bum Life Program Visits Pao Fa Temple

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DHARMA BUM LIFE PROGRAM - Starts June 1, 2009

Program is Full - Please Email if interested in future program...

Dharma Bum History:

In 2004, a couple of Dharma Bums met at Hsi-Fang Temple, a Zen Temple here in San Diego and started their journey into the study and practice of ultimate wisdom and compassion. They were quickly put in the position of entering the Buddhist College as well as responsible for leading the Western Chapter at the Temple. This led to various trips and experiences living at Fo Guang Shan’s Zen Monastery in Taiwan for up to one year throughout 2005.

When returning to San Diego in 2006, the Dharma Bums were approached by Venerable Master Hueiguang who had started his own Zen Temple in Taiwan….The Dharma Bums were asked to open a Dharma Center in the name of the International Bodhisattva Sangha, and so they did in San Diego’s Golden Hills. After 7 months of running the Dharma Center, it was made clear the Venerable Master was unable to come back to San Diego as of yet and so we were lacking funding to continue this project.

To be continued...