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Vaikathashtami at the Vaikom Mahadeva Temple in Kerala
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Sriman Abhilash; kindly do add some article on Ettumanoor Shiva Temple, please.
kimvadan - November 6, 2009 at 5:02 PM
hi all........ I am from Vaikom. Near Vaikom Mahadeva temple. My Name is Baby and My hus name is Bhasi and my daughter is Achu. We are now settled in Delhi. Ashtami festibval is a large festival. I wish all the devotees a happy festival days...................
Vaikathappa Mahadeva - November 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Vaikathappa Mahadeva.........
Happy Ashtami Festival to all
Baby, Bhasi & achu from vaikom - November 18, 2010 at 3:51 PM
- Ramesh R Krishnan said...
Hi All,
i was just searching in Net whether the word "Vaikathashtami" came in any news media of Google. And in web search i reached here. Sad to see none of reported the event. I was at the event and it was a stunner of all sorts. Although i couldnt turn up for the "Rishabhavahana Ezhuannallippu" ,i was there till early morning of "Vaikathashtami" .
ramesh - December 1, 2010 at 8:59 PM
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Tish Monaghan Costume Designer for "New Moon" talks about dressing Robert Pattinson
You have to immediately like a costume designer who'll admit that she's wearing sweatpants while chatting with you from her Vancouver home. We phoned Tish Monaghan, who took over styling duties for The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Eclipse, to talk about how Edward ended up in a suit, why Jacob's muscles are bulging through his shirt (when he actually wears one), what department mandated that the wolf pack's jean shorts be extra tight, and more.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Anyone who's listened to the Twilight DVD commentary knows that Robert Pattinson wasn't a fan of Edward's pea coat.
TISH MONAGHAN: He wasn't a fan of the pea coat. He wore it in virtually every scene, and I think maybe he just got tired of it. I'm guessing. [Laughs] He just wanted a more mature look. That was part of Edward's Grade 11 year, and now he's getting into his graduation year, he's in a relationship. He had worn hoodies and jeans and sneakers, and Robert, the director [Chris Weitz], and I all wanted to portray him more as a gentleman, more elegant and classic. With our vampire characters, I always went back to the time period in which they were turned to see if there's any element I could try to simulate in contemporary clothing. He came out of the Edwardian period, around 1910. Of course, most of the gentleman from that time would be wearing suits, coats, hats, etc. We had to pick something that was iconic for the character that would suffice to be used throughout the whole film. At the very beginning of the film, he has one school outfit, and then there's Bella's birthday party and disaster strikes. So Edward ends up in that same costume for the remainder of the film. I was thinking of just putting him in a dress shirt and a pair of pants, but Robert wanted to be in a suit.
So I found a modern contemporary look that would be appealing to him and to the massive fan base, a very slim cut, and a fabric that to me was a bit Old World — this beautiful tweed fabric that we got out of England. It had the gray base, which is kind of essential for the Cullen characters in their cool tones, but also had little interesting flecks of blue, which is also Cullen, and a tiny little bit of rust, which I liked because Bella wears earth tones and that kinda linked her into the picture. The general texture of the suit would hold up well no matter what setting he was in: Inside the house for the party, or in the forest, or in the Volturi chamber. We had to show wear on the suit, and it's much easier to rough up something that has texture to it than just a flat piece of wool. His pants are worn at the knees, they're rumpled.
I don't know if anyone's looking at his pants when he removes his shirt in Italy.
(Kate: {blush} Emmmm...... no comment {blush})
The fans were very excited to see that, I don't know if Robert was particularly excited to perform that in front of 1,500 people. I think it was quite hard for him to do. We originally tested Edward in a plain white shirt, as a forlorn-looking option. That is also what Robert wanted — he wanted something that would wash him out. But you need to have a color that makes you pop, and so we actually dyed the fabric this beautiful ink blue ourselves. It highlighted his vampire white skin really well. I think it's a great moment when we see him in these clothes that he's worn from September to May. When he goes to sacrifice himself, he's in disrepair. Robert and Chris wanted his shirt to have a rip across the chest, so that's what we gave him. It's really kind of tragic to watch him take off his shirt, because he really is sacrificing himself. It looks like he's just giving up. He's exposing himself and he's completely vulnerable, and he just takes his shirt off and he drops it at his feet with his eyes downcast. Then he gets attacked by Bella, who shoves him inside the doors. [Laughs] I don't find it like a beefcake moment. It really is a moving moment, and I think Robert did a really amazing job for that scene.
The tear across the chest was to symbolize that his heart was torn out when he thought he lost Bella?
Maybe. [Laughs] They just said, "Rip it across the chest." I said, "Are you sure? No shirt's gonna rip like this." And they said, "Yes." So I did it.
Why couldn't he remain shirtless for the indoor fight scene? Why put on the robe? Originally, the guards who grab him were supposed to be coming from the outside — that's why they give him the robe. But the setting was changed, and they grab him on the inside. So why do they hand him this robe? Because, quite honestly, it looks very cool fighting with this long, flowing garment, and it does hide pads, protect him.
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39 comments:
- RPlover said...
dammit, I was hoping she would say something about the wonky mipple! ;)
very interesting how she analyzes every speck of color in the fabric! I still think she seriously needs to give us a reason for those shoes, though. I'd like to know what she was thinking!! =P - November 28, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- sprtzmom1721 said...
Enjoyed this interview a lot. She gives us insight into the costuming process as well as Rob's feelings about the process (love thinking about how Rob says the word process, too).
- November 28, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- ROB PATTINSON for Dummies said...
can she be replaced? thats my question....
the cloths in the book for the cullens, where designer, the cloths in new moon are 'rack'...
the alice in wonderland cloths on rob and kris in the 'futute scene',
are from the mind of a person really overpaid for her art... - November 28, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Emma said...
Although she really seems to put a lot of thought into her job, I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive her the red bathrobe.
- November 28, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- Ana73 said...
ok, i didn't like that he covered himself with the robe but i think she is right it did look pretty cool in the fight scene more of the "vampire"look.
and i agree... what was she thinking of with that dress in the future scene, she could have changed their clothing and the scene would have been so much better. i thought what was kristen thinking when she put that on, she should spoke up. - November 28, 2009 at 1:11 PM
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- Miss A said...
"You have to immediately like a costume designer who'll admit that she's wearing sweatpants while chatting with you from her Vancouver home." - Perhaps the error is right there. Real fashion isn't what you wear when everybody's watching. Its what you wear at home, someone once said.
I hope that she wasn't the one dressing them up i eclipce. I wanna see the fasionistas the book claim them to be! :) - November 28, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
This interview explains a lot, I guess... But those ugly brown shoes were the worst.
- November 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- phosphorus said...
@ rpattzgirl: Those shoes irritated me since the day the first pics of this shooting turned up.
- November 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Miss A said...
.. Alltough, I did look at his pants. As the naked upperbody leads a perfect way towards the holiness, the pants got in my eyesight. The pants are not that bad, but as rpatzgirl says, those shoes are!
- November 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- gracefulgrace said...
Kristen said in the twilight commentary that Bella's clothes "are going to go through a bit of a transformation" and Catherine said "I think her stylist is going to give her a slight upgrade"
I don't think that happened her or Rob's clothes. Although I did like the outfit she ware to the movies with Jacob and Mike and I loved Edward's school clothes best of all his clothes ever.
I hated the tweed suit and the vision sequence clothes. Rob's idea of a suit was ok, but I think he would have looked so much better in a more modern style like the pleated prom suit in twilight. That was hot. Grandpa tweed Chic wasn't how I imagine Edward.
Also to say she wanted Edward to look more mature is wrong. Rob already looks older so I feel they needed to help him to look more like seventeen that a mature man.
Rrrreally love the School outfit *thud!* Would have been nicer with black shoes. - November 28, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- Haystackhair said...
Well I think I'm like Bella in the book. I never notice what he's wearing, ever. LOL. I'm too dazzled by the face. Now when he takes OFF what he's wearing, yeah, that I notice. hehehe
- November 28, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- Krystle said...
Totally agree with liking the suit concept but wish it would have been something more modern looking like the prom suit too!! That was the hottest Robward look thus far!!! They better get the wedding dress and tux right!!! *prays* - November 28, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- solas said...
Guess you all would not take me shopping with you! ;-) I loved the suit and loved the shoes! And I have my own fashon sense==meaning, no fashion sense in the sense of what others like--I wear what I like (jeans, trainers or hikers, shirts--usually plaid, hooded sweatshirts, jumpers) when I am in a position to do so, and design and make my own dresses and outfits when, as in most cases, I cannot stand what the fashion world dictates. So maybe it makes sense that I loved the suit and the shoes! ;-)
- November 28, 2009 at 6:05 PM
- puddle said...
Nothing she says will justify putting him in an old man suit and fugly shoes. Totally ruined the sexy, dangerous teen vampire vibe.
- November 28, 2009 at 6:39 PM
- solas said...
ahh, Puddle, maybe you just answered why I love the suit and shoes--I am just an old soul. :-D
- November 28, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- puddle said...
LOL Solas!
Can't figure out exactly how old my soul is... - November 28, 2009 at 8:09 PM
- retrobabe47 said...
i don't understand why everyone is freaking out about this. the shoes are exactly what edward would have been wearing. he's from the edwardian period. and his outfit in alice's vision is also fitting to that time period. bella's dress isn't so great, i'll admit, but it isn't all the costume designer's fault. chris most likely advised her on what to do. and as far as the suit and the robe, they work. the suit fits edward and the robe is needed for effect.
don't be so harsh.
rob looks good in anything anyways :) - November 28, 2009 at 8:23 PM
- retrobabe47 said...
he's not supposed to look dangerous. he's a vampire but he isn't a motorcycle riding bad boy. he's supposed to look classy. like a gentleman.
- November 28, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- barbielicius said...
I dont like how they dress Rob at all in these movie..Arent they supposed to hide their secret? I dont thin the boys from Forks are wearing suits all the time!! I speally hate the thing he wear at the very last scence..uhh..
- November 28, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- puddle said...
Thank you, barbielicius. Well said.
Yes, the Cullens try their best to blend in with the community. Wearing tweedy old man suits to high school in a small town is not blending in.
Also, Edward is supposed to look astonishingly beautiful and a tad dangerous or unsettling. No, I'm not saying he needs a leather jacket or pierced eye brows, but he does need to lose the grandpa wardrobe. How he was dressed in Twilight was fine, even if he didn't like the peacoat! - November 28, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- gracefulgrace said...
OMG! The wedding dress. Lets hope she's not the costume disigner for that. I think Edward in twilight looked 17. In the new Moon school outfit a mature 17, in the tweed grandpa fansy dress. He does look beautiful in anything. But defo not 17 in that. - November 28, 2009 at 9:59 PM
- gracefulgrace said...
Designer! God what's wrong with my typo's today. I have a cold :(
- November 28, 2009 at 10:04 PM
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- November 28, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- Sarah said...
If Tish Monaghan is listening she really gotta look at Claire Pettibone for the wedding dress. (romantic, lacey yet, modern) Edward... D&G suit all the way!
- November 28, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- xoRobxo said...
Actually Edward did not wear the suit to high school. He wore it to Bella's birhtday party. I get it... he was dressing up for her. I think it was all fine. I think in the Alice vison they were going off the fact that Bella likes to read all those period type books (weathering heights, etc.). At least thats what I'm telling myself to excuse those clothes...LOL
- November 28, 2009 at 10:55 PM
- femroc said...
Rob looks good in whatever he wears or doesn't wear!!!! That last scene where he opens his shirt and drops it........I thought was going to be so much bigger and more exciting.......but it wasn't.
- November 28, 2009 at 11:00 PM
- skorpia said...
It makes sense to me that Edward would want to wear a suit at Bellas birthday party. In 1910 they dressed up for a dinner party. Great move Rob! I think he looks fantastic in a suit in general. Makes his shoulders wider.
- November 29, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- solas said...
Skorpia :-) yes. :-)
- November 29, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- skorpia said...
Im guessing what Bellas dress designer would be? Ok gals whats your pick. It has to be comfortable and simple-flowy. Monique luillar?? -hope i spelled it right.
- November 29, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- skorpia said...
aaaah- so thats why they gave him the robe!! and the rip was explained. I was bi!chn about that. Im like -what the hell?? Thanks for the post!! I love tidbits like this!
- November 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- solas said...
I hope they just look at Anne of Green Gables dvds and base her wedding dress on that! No modern make-a-name-for-yourself-no-matter-how-weird- designers. :-D I'd be glad to design it myself if anyone asks; an original SoLaS based on Ewardian beauty. :-)
- November 29, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- crazy vamp said...
Well, I have to say (about his clothes) that I DO LOVE THE LOW PANTS!! I do, I do,... I do, I do, I do!!!!!
- November 29, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- phosphorus said...
retrobabe: It's the colour of his shoes in combination with the rest of his clothes that just looks wrong to me.
- November 29, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- solas said...
Phosphorus--I think if they were black, the shoes would just blend in and not be noticed; as they are, they stand out as a beautifully crafted classic pair of shoes.
- November 29, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- skywaitress said...
I liked the beautiful suit, it was perfect for the b-day scene. However, it was all wrong for the back from Italy bedroom scene. He should have been dressed more casual and should have been lying down on the bed beside Bella, waking her up with a cool finger to her forehead! I actually liked the gray trousers with the brown shoes in the archway...at least for the few seconds I was looking at his clothes! I so hope the wedding dress in BD is a cross between old fashioned and classic. I hope the bottom of it is just as the book... an upside down calla lily, ah.. perfection!
- November 29, 2009 at 5:33 PM
- mary said...
I think she really had to also take into consideration the suggestions of the director and the actor that will be wearing them himself.
I think Rob has his own understanding of what Edward should look like just like how he understands his character, but I guess he never saw that he would look much older in those suits he wanted.
In the book he was supposed to be wearing something white that's already taken off and on the floor (and he looked peaceful and beautiful)I guess they emphasized on the misery and exhaustion of Edward, although in Rob's case he doesn't need any of those effect to show how perfectly he can portray Edward's tortured condition. - November 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
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- November 29, 2009 at 10:30 PM
- jlsentangledweb said...
Now I know I have no fashion sense! I liked the suit. It was for Bella's party, after all; it wasn't for school. And the tweed probably fit in with Edward's social background in the 1900s. As for the shoes, when he started his walk, I wasn't looking down! lol
- November 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM

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Myozen Joan Amaral
Myozen Joan Amaral began Zen practice in 1998, received priest ordination from Darlene Cohen in 2004, and was head student at San Francisco Zen Center with Zenkei Blanche Hartman in 2009. Her interest in zazen grew out of a background in dance and she continues to be interested in the ways that movement and the cultivation of energy can support the practice of stillness.
Dainin Marsha Angus
Dainin Marsha Angus received Jukai in 1979, was shuso at City Center in 2007 and was given Lay Entrustment by Dairyu Michael Wenger in 2010. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Mill Valley since 1975. She leads three meditation groups in the Bay Area.
Keith Baker
Keith Baker has been practicing Zen for 17 years, and began practice at Zen Center 10 years ago. Ordained by Ryushin Paul Haller, he has practiced at Tassajara and City Center and held various temple positions. He is currently working in the Reservations Finance Department and is serving as the fall 2013 shuso at City Center. Keith crossed over from hard of hearing to profoundly deaf in 2009, and is exploring the integration of Deafness, Deaf culture, and Zen practice.
Jennifer Block
Jennifer Block is an Interfaith minister and Buddhist chaplain who has practiced Zen, Insight Meditation, and Yoga since 1988. Her life's work is providing spiritual care to people in crisis, mentoring caregivers, and teaching people how to access their innate capacity for caring and healing.
David Bullard, PhD
David has had a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco with individuals and couples for over 35 years, and enjoys writing and providing workshops about couples and intimacy for other therapists and health professionals. He is grateful for having had the opportunity of learning about Tibetan Buddhism from Robert Thurman , and about the poetry of life from David Whyte. He is clinical professor in medicine and medical psychology (psychiatry) at UCSF.
Zenshin Florence Caplow
Zenshin Florence Caplow is an itinerant Soto Zen priest, vipassana practitioner, editor and writer. Her most recent book is
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Beata Chapman
Beata Chapman has practiced Zen with chronic nerve pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for 23 years. She studied with Katherine Thanas at Santa Cruz Zen Center and with Darlene Cohen until her untimely death, and received Dharma transmission from Tony Patchell in 2013. Beata continues the Suffering & Delight groups for people with chronic pain that Darlene founded nearly 20 years ago, and teaches an online S&D group she began for people not able to attend in person. [
Junsei Jana Drakka
Junsei Jana Drakka is a disciple of Zenkei Blanche Hartman. She became a priest in 2001, was Head Student in 2005, and became a practice leader in 2007. Jana ministers to low-income and homeless people and is on the board of Religious Witness with Homeless People. She received Dharma Transmission from Zenkei Blanche Hartman in May 2009.
Zoketsu Norman Fischer (Senior Dharma Teacher)
Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as Co-abbot from 1995-2000. He is presently a Senior Dharma Teacher there as well as the founder and spiritual director of the
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Ryuge Gil Fronsdal, PhD, was ordained as a Zen priest at SFZC and received Dharma Transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. He has a doctorate in Buddhist Studies from Stanford University. He is a guiding teacher at the
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Issho Fujita
Issho Fujita was born in Japan in 1954. He studied developmental/clinical psychology at Tokyo University. When he was a PhD student, at the age of 27, he attended a week-long Zen sesshin at Enkaku-ji, a traditional Rinzai monastery in Kamakura. Eventually he dropped out of graduate school to study Zen full time and entered Antai-ji, a Soto Zen monastery. In 2010, he was assigned to be Director of Soto Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco. Issho is interested in inventing new and fun ways to articulate the depth of the simple practice of
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Jody Greene
Jody Greene has been a zen practitioner since 2001, practicing in both lay and monastic settings. She teaches Vinyasa Flow yoga and meditation at Yoga Tree in San Francisco.
Lisa Hoffman
Lisa Hoffman studied with and received Zen priest ordination from Darlene Surei Kenpo Cohen in the Shunryu Suzuki Roshi lineage at Russian River Zendo and San Francisco Zen Center. Lisa integrates compassion and awareness practices as she teaches mindfulness and meditation to groups and offers spiritual guidance to individuals. Lisa's passion is to offer classic teachings in ways that are relevant and helpful to the complexities and challenges of 21st century life, from navigating complicated relationships with ourselves and others, to handling 24/7 communications and information overload. Lisa also brings 25 years of experience and enthusiasm to nonprofit fund and board development, facilitation, and coaching.
Rik Isensee
Rik Isensee, LCSW, is the author of three self-help books for gay men. He also wrote
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which looks at the intersection between mindfulness and personal growth. Rik was initially exposed to mindfulness in a workshop with Joseph Goldstein during Naropa's first summer institute in 1974. Rik practices psychotherapy in San Francisco.
Ryotan Cynthia Kear
Ryotan Cynthia Kear has been practicing Soto Zen Buddhism for over twenty years. She received Dharma Transmission from Darlene Cohen in 2010. In 2004, she founded the Wild Geese Sangha, which explores daily practice in the non-monastic world. She leads the Upstairs Sangha, a group which meets bi-monthly to sit and study, and she co-leads a sangha for meditation and recovery.
Rev. Jiko Jane Lazar, SEP
Rev. Jiko Jane Lazar, SEP*, was ordained as a Zen Priest in 2005 by Tenshin Reb Anderson and has trained residentially at Green Gulch Farm and Tassajara for eleven years. She served as
with Abbot Steve Stücky in the Fall of 2009. Having discovered her own unresolved trauma through zazen, she found Somatic Experiencing® (SE) to be of profound help and a strong complement to Zen practice. Now a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner*, she sees her work as helping others to develop the capacity to face difficult karma with presence and compassion. Jane was a certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication between 1995 and 2000.
Genine Lentine
Genine Lentine is the author of the chapbooks
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Poses: An Essay Drawn from the Model
and co-author, with Stanley Kunitz, of
The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
. She received an M.S. in Theoretical Linguistics from Georgetown University and an M.F.A. in Poetry from New York University. She will be a 2012 Lucas Literary Arts Fellow at Montalvo Arts Center.
Marcia Lieberman
Marcia Leiberman is a lay-ordained practitioner who has been affiliated with SFZC since 1989. A staff gardener at Green Gulch Farm, she is currently head gardener at City Center where she oversees the Gardening at the Urban Temple project, is environmental steward, and beekeeper of rooftop hives. She works with landscape architects documenting public spaces and is an aesthetic pruner (anything under six feet tall). Her career as a photographer has included academic positions at University of California, Berkeley, and California College of Art teaching about time and space.
Dr. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Dr. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, author, visual artist, drummer, and Zen Buddhist priest, lives in Oakland, CA where she teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and leads a small practice group in her home. She was ordained by Blanche Hartman and her priest training is being guided by Abbess Kiku Christina Lehnherr. Zenju was shuso/head student for the Fall 2012 Practice Period at City Center, led by the Abbess.
Melinda Miller
Melinda Miller is a mother, culinary consultant and Zen student. Her work specializes in globally inspired healthy home cooking, with a particular emphasis in vegetarian cuisine. Melinda has worked with food since 1988. A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, she currently consults for Zen Center, teaching culinary arts and creating a recipe database for Tassajara.
Reigetsu Susan Moon
Susan Moon is a Soto Zen lay teacher and is the author of four books, including This Is Getting Old. Her most recent book is Record of the Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.
Samantha Ostergaard
Samantha Ostergaard is a Zen student and yoga teacher who has used yoga to support her zazen practice for almost fifteen years. Her teaching of yoga is deeply influenced by Zen Buddhism, and in her retreats she teaches yoga as a meditative practice of paying close attention to the body, the breath, and the mental and emotional processes. Samantha lived and practiced at Tassajara for three years, receiving lay ordination from Zoketsu Norman Fischer in 2000.
Gib Robinson
Gib Robinson is a retired professor of Renaissance English Literature who came to San Francisco Zen Center in 1976. He is a founding director of Vimala Sangha in Mill Valley, where Lew Richmond is the founding teacher.
Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum, PhD
Robert Rosenbaum, PhD, Meikyo Onza (Clear Mirror Calm Sitting), began Zen practice in 1971 and received lay entrustment from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 2008. Bob is also authorized as a senior teacher of Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong by Master Hui Liu. He is the author of
Walking the Way: 81 Zen Encounters with the Tao Te Ching
Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy
. Bob has been a Fulbright professor at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in India, and director of the doctoral training program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He spends several months a year hiking in the Sierras and leads meditation and Qigong treks in the Himalayas of India and Nepal.
Ed Sattizahn
After meeting Suzuki Roshi in 1970, Ed Sattizahn lived at Tassajara and later served as Zen Center's Vice President, President, and Board Chair. From 1983 to 2000 Ed held various executive positions in the microcomputer software industry. In 2003, he was Shuso at Green Gulch Farm and in the same year co-founded Vimala Sangha in Mill Valley with Lew Richmond. Now an ordained priest with Dharma Transmission (from Lew Richmond), he is the guiding teacher at Vimala Sangha Mill Valley.
Laurie Schley Senauke
Laurie Schley Senauke, Ekai Uji (Cherishing Ocean Being Time), started formal Zen practice in 1980 at San Francisco Zen Center; she worked at Greens restaurant back in the day, and lived at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for three years.
Kazuaki Tanahashi
Kazuaki Tanahashi, born and trained in Japan, is an artist, writer and peace worker. As a painter and calligrapher, Kaz has had solo exhibitions of his brushwork, and he has performed and taught, worldwide. He has created a genre of one-stroke paintings and multi-color Zen circles. As a calligrapher in the East Asian style, he creates works of large single ideographs.
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Robert Thurman, PhD
Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House US, and a popular international lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism. He is translator of many sutras and philosophical treatises, and the author of numerous books, including the national bestseller
Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Real Happiness
, the fifth book on a series of the Seven Deadly Sins, offered by the New York Public Library and the Oxford University Press. His most recent book is
Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit and Be a Lot Happier
(Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman, Hay House international, Oct 2013).
Ko Shin Steven Tierney
Ko Shin Steven Tierney, EdD, CAS, is Professor of Counseling Psychology and Chair of the Community Mental Health Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also a certified addiction specialist. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Educational Officer of the San Francisco Mindfulness Foundation, providing relapse prevention and mindfulness-based services to individuals and families.
Arinna Weisman
Arinna Weisman has studied insight meditation since 1979 and has been teaching since 1989. Her root teacher is Ruth Denison, who was empowered by the great teacher U Bha Khin. She is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley. Her Dharma practice and teaching have been infused with her political and environmental activism.
Sojun Mel Weitsman
Sojun Mel Weitsman is a San Francisco Zen Center senior dharma teacher and Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center. He received priest ordination from Suzuki Roshi in 1969 and in 1984 he received dharma transmission from Suzuki Roshi's son, Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi.
Dairyu Michael Wenger
Dairyu Michael Wenger received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman and is the author of
Forty Nine Fingers,
a collection of modern American koans, and editor of the book
Wind Bell
. He practiced at SF Zen Center from 1972 and is now the guiding teacher at
Dragons Leap in San Francisco
Tim Wicks
Born in Utah and raised in London, Tim Wicks studied fine art at San Francisco State University and received his MFA with distinction from California College of Arts and Crafts. He studied for four years with Spirit Rock teacher Eugene Cash. Impressed with Mahayana Buddhism and the bodhisattva ideal, he studied with Michael Wenger, receiving lay ordination (jukai) in 2006 and priest ordination in 2013. He has worked with Buddhists in recovery at San Francisco Zen Center for over ten years and has led the Friday night recovery meeting at Hartford Street Zen Center for two years.
Liping Julia Zhu
Liping Julia Zhu, LAc, founder of Qi Dragon Healing Center and a gold medalist in the 1996 International Martial Arts Tournament, is a certified Qigong and Taichi instructor from China and teaches Qigong at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.


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Parts of Car Critically Damaged: Bus: Just a slightly dented side panel. Dodge: Front bumper, hood, radiator, various engine parts, rear hatch, rear bumper, exhaust, all over frame. Chevy: Front bumper, radiator grille, radiator, various engine parts, front frame, passenger door.
Estimated Repair Cost and/or Car Totalled: Bus: $450 Dodge: $14,265 (Car worth over $50,000) Chevy: $15,398 (Car worth over $55,000)
Injuries (If Any): Bus (Me): None, Dodge: Shock, Slight Headache, Chevy: Shock, Slight Headache
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This is a discussion on Looks like they are locking us out in 2014, within the Botswana Hunting Reports forums, part of the Hunting Reports & Questions About Outfitters/PHs category; From SCI "As was confirmed by His Excellency the President in his recent State of the Nation Address, Government has ...
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Looks like they are locking us out in 2014,
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"As was confirmed by His Excellency the President in his recent State of the Nation Address, Government has decided to indefinitely suspend commercial hunting of wildlife in public or Controlled Hunting Areas as from the 1st of January 2014. This comes as a realization that the shooting of wild game purely for sport and trophies is no longer seen to be compatible with either our national commitment to conserve and preserve local fauna or the long term growth of the local tourism industry." SCI received this official statement from Botswana's Embassy in Washington, D.C. SCI will continue to work with the Botswana government and other non-government organizations to reverse this policy, and return Botswana to sustainable-use wildlife management and rural economic development. To read the full press release, with contact information for the Botswana Minister of Environment, Wildlife And Tourism, please visit First For HuntersBigun
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Much to the delight however of other surrounding countries who will continue to allow hunting and will reap what were once Botswana hunting dollars.
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