Open Forum for the Dalai Lama's Talk on the Global Impact of Climate Change

When: Wednesday, April 18th
Time #1: 1-3PM
Place #1: Red Shoe Room in the Sun God Lounge next door to Shogun in Price Center West

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Time #2: 8PM
Place #2: Thich Nhat Hanh Room in the Old Student Center, above the General Store, and next door to the DJ & Vinyl-philes Club (DVC)

What: We're inviting everyone and anyone to join us for a discussion after the Dalai Lama's talk on "The Global Impact of Climate Change: Balance Through Universal Responsibility, Compassion and Human Consciousness" at UCSD's RIMAC. All are welcome to come whether you are attending the talk earlier in the day or not. Join us anytime for either of the times between 1-3PM in the Red Shoe Room in the Sun God Lounge, or at 8PM in the Thich Nhat Hanh Room in the Old Student Center.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has taught the importance of compassionate thought, ethics, and universal responsibility in motivating our relations with our neighbors and our relationship to the natural environment. How can each one of us incorporate these principles or values into our lives and actions to prevent suffering and ensure the sustainability of our planet and its natural resources?

- Dalai Lama: San Diego website (dalailamasandiego.org)

Spring General Body Meeting #1 - Recap

For our first General Body Meeting, Alex and Jared made a little presentation about Tibetan Buddhism and His Holiness the Dalai Lama in honor of his coming to UCSD on April 18th.

We also had a few announcements about our upcoming events:

• We're visiting the Hsi Fang Temple on Sunday, April 15th. 
• The Buddhism class starts at 2:30pm but we'll be meeting at Peterson Hall for rides at 1:45pm. 
• It ends at 3:30, but we'll be staying for meditation until 4:30. 
• We're going to UCLA to join their UBA at the Vesak Celebration on Sunday, April 22nd. 
• We'll be meeting at Peterson Hall at 8:00am for rides. 
• There is more information about the event on their Facebook Event page. 
• The Deer Park Monastery in Escondido will be holding a Meditation and Education retreat. 
• The retreat will take place from Friday, April 27th to Sunday, April 29th. 
• There's more information on the Facebook Event page
• It's a paid retreat, so you must individually register here.

Winter 2012 GBM #3 Re-Cap

On Wednesday, March 7, we had our last general body meeting of this quarter. We invited Dr. Art Rosengarten, a psychologist and researcher of meditation (also cabinet member Alex Rosengarten's dad), to teach us about meditation. We all sat down crossed-legged on the floor and Dr. Rosengarten let us practice some different methods of meditation. One of his favorite methods was to slowly breathe in while repeating the words "clear mind" in your head, and to slowly breathe out reciting the words "I don't know" in your head so that you can quickly relieve your thoughts.

Dr. Rosengarten shared with us the table below to quickly remind us about some of the Buddhist principles. Click on it to zoom in.

A Buddhism "Cheat Sheet"