Tea House Gallery, Seattle, Asian Art, Chinese, Caligraphy

 

Zen Dog hosts Summer Solstice Despacho with Gina Lauvstadt Fri. 6/21/13 7pm

Hello all!

I hope you have been enjoying the beautiful sunny weather Seattle has been blessed with recently. As we make our way into the summer I would like to invite you all to a Summer Solstice Despacho Ceremony this Friday, June 21st at 7:00. Despacho ceremonies are a great way to express our gratitude for the passing of one season and to welcome in the energies of the approaching season. As we say goodbye to spring we express our thankfulness for the elements that have nurtured our seeds of becoming and we place ourselves into balance to receive the bounty of what we have planted. Come join our circle as we weave our luminous threads together and create a gift to give to our sacred Earth Mother to express our gratitude.

The Despacho ceremony has moved from its original venue and East West Bookstore to the Zen Dog Tea House. East West Bookstore was a beautiful venue for our ceremonies but Zen Dog Tea House has proven to be just as beautiful and has the added element of being able to have everyone join us for fire as we burn the despacho. It has been wonderful to have people join us from the beginning to the very end of the despacho ceremony. I hope you will join us to relish in the yummy energies of the evening. Details for the event are listed below.

Thanks and I hope to see you there.

Blessings!

Gina Lauvstad
Salka Healing Center
206-351-7560

Summer Solstice Despacho with Gina Lauvstad

Where: Zen Dog Tea House – 2015 NW 85th Street * Seattle, WA 98117
Zen Dog Studio, Seattle, Tea House Gallery, Chinese Tea, Asian Art
Price: $20 per person

 

Zen Dog hosts Tea Tasting with Movie: CHUNGKING Express Fri. 6/14/13 7:00pm & Sat 6/15/13 2:30pm

$5 tea tasting

movie free

Movie: CHUNGKING Express

Tasty take-out isn’t the only thing served hot at this little fast food place – the lives and loves of its colorful customers also criss-cross over the counter! From a lovesick cop and a mysterious blond to a free-spirited girl pursuing a secret love, spicy romance is the specialty of the house!

Movie: Fri. 6/14/13 7:00 pm
Sat. 6/15/13 2:30 pm

Chocolate Truffles NOW available from Intrigue Chocolate Co.

Zen Dog Bark (moonlight white pu-erh and lavender) $9 Bar
Zen Dog Chai (with black pu-erh) $9 Bar

 

Tea Tasting with movie: Life on a String Fri. 6/17/13 at 7:00pm and Sat 6/8/13 at 2:30pm

$5 tea tasting

movie free

Set against the awesome backdrop of the barren mountains and plains of inner Mongolia LIFE ON A STRING unfurls a profound tale of a master and pupil, old and young, both completely blind, who wonder the sun-scorched earth in an aimless quest for enlightenment. The path before them is laden with new experiences: for the student, a sexual awakening with a peasant girl; for the saint, an ongoing battle with his failing health.
Chen made LIFE ON A STRING “in the hope of a better future, not only for the Chinese, but for the world.”

Movie: Fri. 6/7/13 7:00 pm
Sat. 6/8/13 2:30 pm
Chocolate Truffles NOW available from Intrigue Chocolate Co.

Zen Dog Bark (moonlight white pu-erh and lavender) $9 Bar
Zen Dog Chai (with black pu-erh) $9 Bar

 

Zen Dog hosts Tea Tasting with movie: Weeping Camel 5/31/13 7pm & 6/1/13 2:30pm

Movie: The story of the WEEPING CAMEL.

Springtime in the Gobi Desert. A family of nomads assists in the birth of its camel heard. They face a crisis when one white calf is rejected by its mother…When all hope seems lost, the family sends its two young boys on a journey to a far-off village to fetch a musician capable of performing a magical ceremony.

Movie: Fri. 5/31/13 7:00 pm
Sat. 6/1/13 2:30 pm

 

Zen Dog hosts Tea Tasting and movies Morial Day weekend Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon

Price: $5 tea tasting
Movie: free
Zen Dog Tea House Gallery will host a TEA TASTING with two movies this Memorial Day weekend. CJ and Mike are at Folk Life!

Movie: Fri. 5/24/13 7:00 pm
Sat. 5/25/13 2:30 pm (full Moon)

Movie: AMONGST WHITE CLOUDS

An intimate insider’s look at students and masters living in scattered retreats dotting China’s Zhongnan Mountain range. These Peaks have reputedly been home to recluses since the time of the Yellow Emperor, some five thousand years ago…

Movie: Sun. 5/26/13 7:00 pm
Mon. 5/27/13 2:30 pm

Movie: SPRING, SUMMER, FALL WINTER and SPRING
A tiny Buddhist monastery floats on a raft amidst a breathtaking landscape…
Korean writer/director/editor Kim Ki-duk has crafted a lushly exotic yet universal story about the human spirit and its evolution, from Innocence
to Love. Evil to Enlightenment, and ultimately to
Rebirth…

 

Zen Dog hosts Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche Topic: What Makes A Bodhisattva Fri. 5/17/13 6:30-8:00pm

Zen Dog hosts Lama Tulku Yeshi Fri. 5/17/13

6:30-8:00 pm
$15 donation at the door

Topic:
What Makes A Bodhisattva?
Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche Teaching
As you know, before the Bodhisattavas achieved higher realization, they were ordinary beings just like us, but something happened which changed their lives forever. Since then, they have never given up working for the welfare of all sentient beings, nor will they ever give up in the future. There are countless bodhisattva practices, but all of them are contained
within the Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, a powerful text famous in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche will offer clear explanations of each one of the thirty-seven practices.

Place: Zen Dog Tea House Gallery
2015 NW 85th Street Seattle, WA 98117
(206) 920-0721/zendogteas@gmail.com
Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche phone: (206) 390-6567

 

Tea Tasting & Movie: The Cave of the Yellow Dog

Tea Tasting & movie: “The Cave of the Yellow Dog”

Price: $5 tea tasting – movie free

Movie: “The Cave of the Yellow Dog”
Thought provoking mix of documentary and drama that tells the story of the age-old bond between man and dog, a bond which experiences a new twist through the eternal cycle of reincarnation in Mongolia.

Movie: Fri. 5/3/13 7:00 pm
Sat. 5/4/13 2:30 pm

 

Zen Dog hosts Lunar Gathering Sun. 4/28/13 7:00 – 9:30 pm

Lunar Gathering: Sun. 4/28/13
7:00 – 9:30 pm

Camelia Jade & Mike Antone

A blend of North and South American folk music, with unique acoustic instruments.
This local folk duo can also be heard in the group, “Satellite by Night”
www.reverbnation.com/cameliajademikeantone
www.satellitebynight.com

Special Guest: Laura Martin returns to sing the “Zen Dog Song” at the Lunar Gathering.

 

Zen Dog hosts Tea Tasting & Movie: Mao’s Last Dancer

Fri. 4/26/13 7:00pm
Sat. 4/27/13 2:30pm

Price: Tea Tasting $5
Movie: Mao’s Last Dancer

 

Zen Dog hosts Tea Tasting & movie: “Man Zoe” Beijing to Shanghai

Zen Dog Tea House Gallery will host a TEA TASTING with movie.
Price: Tea Tasting $5 donation

Movie: “Man Zou” Beijing to Shanghai is the story of four American friends and their Chinese guide as they set out with the goal of bicycling more than a thousand miles between China’s two largest cities…capturing an unfiltered look at at China, it’s people and their culture from a vantage point a few feet off the ground.

Movie: Fri. 4/19/13 7:00 pm
Sat. 4/20/13 2:30 pm