Posted in EVENTS on 06/19/2013 05:21 am by Larry Murphy
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
Posted in EVENTS on 06/14/2013 12:54 am by Larry Murphy
$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
Posted in EVENTS on 06/06/2013 09:23 pm by Larry Murphy
$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
Posted in EVENTS on 05/31/2013 02:37 am by Larry Murphy
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
Posted in EVENTS on 05/24/2013 06:36 pm by Larry Murphy
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…
Posted in EVENTS on 05/14/2013 04:05 pm by Larry Murphy
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
Posted in EVENTS on 05/02/2013 09:29 pm by Larry Murphy
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
Posted in EVENTS on 04/26/2013 08:55 pm by Larry Murphy
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.
Posted in EVENTS on 04/26/2013 08:53 pm by Larry Murphy
Fri. 4/26/13 7:00pm
Sat. 4/27/13 2:30pm
Price: Tea Tasting $5
Movie: Mao’s Last Dancer
Posted in EVENTS on 04/18/2013 10:07 pm by Larry Murphy
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
