Holiday Party

Vegetarian Potluck, Raffle, and Movie

Saturday, December 12, 2015
5:00pm - 9:00pm

Potluck
Let's celebrate!  Meet old friends, make new friends, and have fun!

• ​Bring a vegetarian main dish, side dish, or dessert to share. Beverages and eating utensils, etc. will be provided.
• We ask that you do not bring food that must be prepared at the Center; there are no cooking facilities and we have a “fragile” electrical system which will allow only a very few plug-ins. If food must be warmed in our microwave, please bring a microwave safe dish.
• Bring a non-perishable food item for our ongoing food drive to help those less fortunate in our extended community.

Raffle / Fundraiser
Everyone wins something RAFFLE:

• 100% of the raffle proceeds will support the monks at Sera Jey Monastery in India to recite the Tengyur four times before February 2016 in order to pacify earthquakes in California, Nepal, and worldwide.
• Tier 1: $25/raffle ticket
  > Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka
  > 2 nights at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek
  > and more ...
• Tier 2: $10/raffle ticket
  > "got compassion?" T-shirt
  > Protection amulets
  > and more ...

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Purchasing Raffle Tickets

In person

• Come on by the center and pick some up at the front desk.

Remotely

• Email [email protected] with the number of tickets, and we will hold them for you.
• Mail a check to the center with the desired number of tickets.

Discounts

• Buy 3, get 1 free
• Buy 5, get 2 free
• Buy 7, get 3 free

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Movie

​Travellers and Magicians is a 2003 Bhutanese film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu, a reincarnate lama of Tibetan Buddhism, who is also known as Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. The movie is the first feature film shot entirely in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The majority of the cast are not professional actors; Dendup, a well-known Bhutanese radio actor and producer, is the exception. This movie is among the first to take a Himalayan Buddhist perspective.

Young government official Dondup dreams of escaping to America while stuck in a ravishingly beautiful but isolated village. When the first chance arrives, he immediately heads for town and an awaiting visa, but things don't go quite as planned. Missing the bus, he hitchhikes with an elderly apple seller, a sage young monk, and an old man travelling with his beautiful daughter Sonam.

Along the way, the perceptive yet mischievous monk tells Dondup a story of another young man who sought a land far away: a tale of lust, jealousy and murder that holds up a mirror to the restless Dondup and his blossoming attraction to the innocent Sonam.

Rating:
​Genre:
​Directed By:
​Runtime:

Unrated
Documentary, Drama
Khyentse Norbu
1 hr. 48 min.

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