Yard Sale Donations Needed Now

 
 
 

Annual Yard Sale & On-line Sale Fundraiser!

 

Yard Sale: June 24th & 25th
Online Sale: June 4th - 25th

Buddha Eye Temple’s Annual Yard Sale and Online Sale are just around the corner! The Sale is our biggest fundraising event, and this year we have a goal of raising $18,000. We need your help to make it there! Please look through your closets, garages, and storage units for high quality items to donate, and ask your friends, family, and neighbors to do the same. 

Please read over this post carefully for details on how to donate items, as well as for important information on the many fun and different ways you can volunteer to help us out.

 

Online Sale
The Online Sale begins June 4th and runs through June 25th. If you would like to make a donation to the Online Sale, we are looking for higher price point items of at least $100. If you have items you think might be a good fit (quality crafts, furniture, rugs, appliances, tools, outdoor gear, exercise equipment, musical instruments, and vehicles) please let us know by sending our team an email at yardsale@buddhaeye.org. Include a description and a photo of the item if possible! We will begin accepting items for the Online Sale on Sunday, June 4th.

 

Yard Sale
The Yard Sale takes place at the Temple on the weekend of June 24th & 25th. We need donations of all kinds of items to make the Yard Sale a success. Please ensure that all donated items are clean and in good working order. For clothing, please limit your donation to 20 gently used items per-household. Additionally, please refrain from donating downhill ski equipment and outdated electronics as they are generally difficult to sell. We will begin accepting items for the Yard Sale on Sunday, June 11th.    

Drop-off times (in the backyard at the temple, under the tent)

Sundays after the morning program: June 11th and June 18th

Weekdays from 1:30pm to 7:00pm: Monday to Friday, June 12th June 21st

 

Volunteer Opportunities
The temple needs a lot of volunteer support to make the Sale a success. From helping price donated items, organizing and setting up the event, and staffing the sale, there are lots of ways you can help support this important fundraiser. If you are interested in volunteering, please use this link to sign up for a 2 – 3 hour shift, or sign up in person at the temple. Working together is fun and it builds community. No prior experience necessary! 

Guest Speaker Ben Connelly, Coming May 16!

 
 
 

Join Us at Buddha Eye for Guest speaker
Ben Connelly!

 

Author and Soto Zen teacher Ben Connelly will be visiting Buddha Eye to speak about his new book, Vasubandhu’s “Three Natures,” May 16, 2023.

Tuesday 5/16
6:30pm: Zazen
7:10pm Talk

Imagination, Interdependence, and Liberation.

Practicing Yogacara Buddhism with Vasubandhu’s "Three Natures"

Dive into this empowering approach to freedom from suffering and from harmful personal and social patterns—and find peace and joyfulness in the present.

In his new book, Vasubandhu’s “Three Natures,” a plain-English commentary, Ben Connelly shows the power of integrating early Buddhist psychology with the Mahāyāna emphasis on collective liberation. You’ll discover how wisdom from fourth-century India can be harnessed to heal and transform systems of harm within ourselves and our communities.


You can find the book here:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vasubandhus-Three-Natures/Ben-Connelly/9781614297536

Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multifaith groups focused on intersectional liberation, racial justice, and climate justice. Ben serves the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, travels to teach across the United States, has written for Tricycle and Lion’s Roar magazines, and is author of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, Vasubandhu's "Three Natures", and Mindfulness and Intimacy.

Endorsements:

"A remarkable book . . . powerful and lucid."

-Roshi Joan Halifax,  founding abbot, Upaya Zen Center

"Inspiring…opens many doors to personal and social transformation, sorely needed."

-Dr. Larry Ward, author of America’s Racial Karma

“Connelly’s insightful and often moving commentary displays the profound relevance of Vasubandhu’s Yogācāra philosophy both to personal practice and to the wider social world.”

-Jonathan Gold, Professor of Religion, Princeton University

“...shows us how to understand and embody the mystery of Vasubandhu’s teachings without getting lost in esoterica and spiritual bypassing.” 

-Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Th.D. Co-editor, Black and Buddhist

 “Beautifully written, it fuses lucid explanations of often difficult Yogacara ideas with attention to everyday concerns in a way that can help all of us apply Buddhist wisdom to the lives we live in the twenty-first century. ”

-Roger R. Jackson, author of Mind Seeing Mind and Rebirth

“...a rare and welcome combination of scholarship and insight born of deep study and practice. The goal of human flourishing and freedom from suffering is at the center of his exposition of every verse.”  

-Anantanand Rambachan Author of A Hindu Theology of Liberation