Unexpected Gifts

with Lennie Kronisch

Sunday, Nov 10: 10:30am-12pm

We’ve all heard the old saying, “The best gifts come in small packages”. From a spiritual point of view however, sometimes they come in unexpected and even unwelcome packages. Buddhist philosophy explains universal truths about the wisdom that comes from transforming challenging situations and hard times, which can then inform and enrich every aspect of our lives for all time.
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This is part of our Taste of Buddhism program. Join us for a short talk, meditation, and taste treats on Sunday mornings. Each week features a new topic. Open to all levels. 

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Lennie Kronisch is a Registered Nurse with a Master’s degree in Psychology. Her career has spanned birth to death; she has been an obstetrical nurse and childbirth educator, a psychiatric nurse, and was co-founder of the Holistic Health Institute in San Francisco. The last years of her career were with Hospice of Santa Cruz County, serving as a Case Manager and then as Coordinator of Volunteers. Lennie was Lama Yeshe’s nurse for the last few weeks of his life.

After her retirement in 1998, she co-founded Tara Home, a hospice house located at Land of Medicine Buddha, with Petra McWilliam (now Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi ), and has devoted herself to its’ development ever since.She also led Buddhist meditations and talks for Road Scholar groups at LMB for many years.

Lennie has been a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism since 1975, when she met Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and was personally honored by H.H. Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion for founding Tara Home . She has three children and four grandchildren and lives in Scotts Valley.

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