Festival Planning Meeting

Buddhist Festival Planning

Sunday, February 5, 2012

2 pm

Oregon Buddhist Temple

3720 SE 34th Ave

Portland, Oregon

2011 Photos

Find photos by Jan Van Raay here.

Photos by Prajwal Vajracharya and various photographers using his camera here.

Ellen Kobe with the Oregonian wrote a nice little article about the day: Portland Buddhist Festival Engages Children.

Sharing the Dharma

Schedule

Main Pavilion

• 11:00 am: Tabling by participating groups throughout the day.
• 12 noon: Opening Bells and Incense offering
• Workshop: Simple Tea Ceremony
• 1:00 pm: Panel for Discussion: Teresa Keishi SotodeRomán, Oregon Buddhist Temple; Heidi Enji Hoogstra, Portland BPF, Dharma Rain Zen Center; Dr. Dan Rubin, Maitripa College, Portland Shambhala
• 2:15 pm: All Beings Blessings Ceremony (includes blessings for people and pets)
• 3:00 pm: Keynote speaker: Rev. Jundo Gregory Gibbs, Oregon Buddhist Temple
• 3:40 pm: Free prize drawing
• 3:45 pm: Dance Mandal with Prajwal Vajracharya
• 4:30 pm: Closing

• Workshop 12:05 pm: Mindfulness in Daily Life by Peggy Lindquist, Portland Community of Mindful Living, Joyful Refuge Sangha.

Three workshops will be occurring from 12:05 pm to 1:00 pm.  Each is designed to allow people to drop in, so all can attend all three.


Children's Pavilion

• 11:00 am: Scavenger Hunt with prizes, coloring, and simple craft projects available throughout the day
• 12:05 pm: Workshop: Chanting with drumming: "Namu Myoho Renge Kyo" offered by Jason Litts of Vancouver Nichiren Sangha
• 1:00 pm: Storytime with Jody Shintai Dungay, Dharma Rain Zen Center 
• 2:15 pm: All Beings Blessings Ceremony (includes blessings for people and pets)
• 3:00 pm: Storytime with Heidi Enji Hoogstra, Dharma Rain Zen Center
• 3:40 pm: Free prize drawing
• 4:00 pm: Dance Mandal with Prajwal Vajracharya

Participating Groups

• Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Portland (main sponsor)
• Oregon Buddhist Temple
• Vancouver Nichiren Sangha
• Dharma Rain Zen Center
• Zen Community of Oregon
• TibetanPrayerFlag (Tibet A Gift)
• Maitripa College
• Dance Mandal 
• Buu Hung Buddhist Monastery
• Kagyu Changchub Chuling (KCC) 
• Portland Community of Mindful Living
• Touching Earth Sangha 
• Portland Shambhala  
• Tergar Meditation Group of Portland
• Portland Insight Meditation Community 
• Zen Center of Portland 

2011 Flyers and Forms

Half Sheet Flyers

Full Sheet Flyer

Form for tabling registration

Handbill flyer

Donations and Expenses

Planning meetings

Planning meetings are at the Oregon Buddhist Temple.  

Sunday, April 10, 2 pm

Tuesday, April 26, 7 pm (in the annex)

Sunday, May 29, 2 pm

Finances

You can view expected expenses for the festival here.

If you would like to support the Buddhist Festival in the Park, please click on the donate button in the sidebar.

Thank You

Photos of the festival are here, thanks to Sibelia for taking them, and Enji for editing.

Thanks go to our keynote speaker and discussion panel participants, and to the many volunteers who made this happen.

In addition to BPF Portland, we thank those individuals and groups who gave money to cover costs:

• Oregon Cultural Trust, and the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition
• Mumon, a blogger at Notes in Samsara, donated part of his advertising proceeds from his blog's earnings
• Vancouver Nichiren Sangha
  
• Dharma Rain Zen Center
• Diamond Way
• Zen Center of Portland
  
• Our vendors Vegi Dog, Golden Wind Raku, and Parami Press
• Cynthia Wong
  

Schedule

• 11 am: Tabling by participating groups, food vendors, Buddhist goods vendors: available through the day. In lieu of workshops, visit various tables to learn a chant used in their traditions.
  
• 12 noon: Opening Ceremony
• 12:15: Community presentations (all Buddhist communities present are invited to take a few minutes to introduce themselves to the audience)
  
• 1:30 pm: Keynote speaker: Gyokuko Carlson, Dharma Rain Zen Center
• 2:15 pm: Unity and Diversity Candle Ceremony
• 2:45 pm: Panel Discussion: Rev. Jundo Gregory Gibbs, Oregon Buddhist Temple; Domyo Burk, Dharma Rain Zen Center; Gregory Satir, Portland Friends of the Dhamma; Dr. James Blumenthal, Maitripa College.
  
• 4:00 pm: Closing Dedication
• Free prize drawing
  
• Japanese Fan Dance to Ifu Dodo: Youth Division, with youth band and jazz band from SGI Portland

Children's Pavilion Schedule

• 12:15 pm: Storytime with Craft by Cynthia Pietrak Wong
• 1:15 pm: Scavenger Hunt and Cooperative Games
• 2:15 pm: Unity and Diversity Candle Ceremony
• 3:15 pm: Storytime with Craft by Heidi Enji Hoogstra
• 4:00 pm: Closing
  

2010 Participating groups

(most of these groups will have tables at the festival)

• Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Portland (main sponsor)
• Portland Yeshe Nyingpo
• Oregon Buddhist Temple
• Dharma Rain Zen Center
• Vancouver Nichiren Sangha
• Samden Ling
• Zen Community of Oregon
• Kagyu Changchub Chuling (KCC)
• TibetanPrayerFlag.com (Tibet A Gift)
• Mahasiddha Buddhist Center
• Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Portland
• Zen Center of Portland
  
• Portland Friends of the Dhamma
• Westside Zen Sangha
• NW Portland Ministries
• Tergar Meditation Group of Portland
• Maitripa College
• Soka Gakkai International USA Oregon Area
• NW Vipassana Association
• Portland Insight Meditation Community
• Portland Community of Mindful Living
• Dance Mandal
  

Vendors

Tibet A Gift Tibetan Buddhist imports
Paul Gerhards, Parami Press books
Mahasiddha Buddhist Center books, etc.
BPF Portland festival mementos including metal water bottles
Dharma Rain Zen Center books, etc.
Golden Wind Raku Artist Anita Feng will showcase her ceramic raku Buddhas and other pieces.


Food Vendors

Vegi Dog: all vegan hot dogs and sausages made by Turtle Island Foods (Hood River) with local and organic fixin's
Sol Pops original fruit juice pops

Unity and Diversity: About the Theme

During divisive and hard times people seek peace and tranquility through practical spiritual means. Buddhism teaches tolerance and acceptance. It offers time-tested methods to foster equanimity, compassion, and kindness.

Unique in America and the Pacific Northwest, Buddhists interact and support each other across various denominations. Our traditions are diverse, yet we are united in our reverence for the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Join this family-friendly event to find out more, and connect with our many communities.

In the face of anger, greed, and willful ignorance, we seek healing, mending, wholeness, tolerance, acceptance, peace. Buddhism offers an opportunity for relief, and for skillful response.

It is possible to be united and diverse. We are one, and we are many. We are different, and we are of the same human race.

Bid on eBay auction fund-raisers

Funds raised will go to the Portland Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship to support the Buddhist Festival in the Park.

Bid on Peeking Baby Jizo, signed by Jan Chozen Bays, 2003.





SOLD Bid on Infant Jizo, signed by Jan Chozen Bays, 1996.

If you are attending the festival and you win an item, you can pick it up there and get reimbursed the shipping cost.

Help Us Spread the Word!

Fliers for printing:

Full page color flier

2010 Press Release

Handbill --> this should work one-sided as a quarter-sheet, or two-sided as an eighth sheet.

Half-sheet color flier

Half-sheet BW flier

Registration

Let us know if you want to be involved!

Tabling information and registration found here.

Information for vendors and application found here.

Just want to sell a few things? Use this form.


full accounting of festival expenses found here

Aluminum Bottles For Sale

The bottles feature the image of the Buddha Touching the Earth, created for Portland's Buddhist Festival in the Park by Jason Litts. Below the image, the words:

Buddhist Festival in the Park
Portland, Oregon

Colors

Red Blue Silver

Bottles were purchased from Identity-Links, a family-owned company based in the United States.

Debrief Meeting

If you attended the festival and would like to get involved for next year, please join us for the debrief meeting:

Sunday, July 12, 2009
Oregon Buddhist Temple
3720 SE 34th Ave, Portland

2 pm to 4 pm (or earlier)

We discuss what worked well, what didn't work, and ideas for the future.

Here is the feedback we received at the festival.

Photos by Jan van Raay

Jan took some lovely photos as is her way.

You can find them here.

Touching the Earth
Buddhist Festival in the Park 2009

Saturday, June 13, 2009
11 am to 4:30 pm

Colonel Summers Park
SE 17th and Taylor
Portland, Oregon

Children's Pavilion
spiritual science projects
cooperative contests
stories and drama
community craft project
meditative activities
drinks and snacks

Workshops

chanting

living zen, living green

establishing a daily practice

Teaching Pavilion
keynote speaker
panel discussion

volunteers needed at 8:30 am and throughout the day until 5:30 pm

Schedule

Teaching Pavilion

• 11 am: Tabling by participating groups, food vendors, Buddhist goods vendors: available through the day
  
• 12 noon: Opening Ceremony
• 12:15 pm: Keynote speaker: Michael Conklin, Kagyu Changchub Chuling
  
• 1 pm: Workshops: Establing a Daily Practice, Jeanna Annen Moyer; Living Zen, Living Green, Genko Rainwater; Chanting for daily practice
  
• 2 pm: Singing of Dharma School songs
  
• 2:45 pm: Panel Discussion: Jim Blumenthal, Maitripa Institute; David Kakumyo Lowe, Dharma Rain Zen Center; Brenda Sexton Fugate, Oregon Buddhist Temple; Jason Litts, Nichiren Shu Temple
• 3:45 pm: Raffle drawing
• 4 pm: Yasuko Fields, Koto Player, and friends
• 4:20 pm: Closing Dedication
  

Children's Pavilion

• 12:15 pm to 4:30 pm: Ongoing activities: story times; coloring; community art project
  
• 12 noon: Opening Ceremony
• 12:30 pm: Spiritual Experiments
• 1:00 pm: Dharma-thon
• 1:30 pm: Creating your own spiritual space, meditation instruction
• 2:00 pm: Singing of Dharma School Songs
• 2:45 pm: Relay Races
• 3:15 pm: Jataka Tales: Puppet shows and flannel board story
• 3:45 pm: Raffle drawing
  
• 4:00 pm: Yasuko Fields, Koto Player, and friends
  

Participating Groups:

(most of these groups will have tables at the festival)
Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Portland (main sponsor)
Portland Yeshe Nyingpo
Oregon Buddhist Temple
Maitripa Institute
Dharma Rain Zen Center
Mercy and Wisdom Healing Center
Zen Center of Portland
Portland Insight Meditation Community
Kagyu Changchub Chuling
Nichiren Buddhist Temple of Portland
SGI-USA
Diamond Way, Portland
NW Portland Ministries
NW Vipassana Association as taught by S.N. Goenka
Zen Community of Oregon
In Defense of Animals
Touching Earth Sangha
Portland Community of Mindful Living

Vendors

Tibet A Gift: assortment, Tibetan prayer flags, imports
BPF Portland: assortment, festival keepsake metal water bottles, personalized Ensos by Enji; tickets for raffle prizes
Nakayama Butsudans: Butsudan products such as Prayer Beads, Candles, Kyo Tables, Japanese Bells, Buddhist Gongs, Omamori Cases and much more


Food Vendors

Vegi Dog: all vegan hot dogs and sausages made by Turtle Island Foods (Hood River) with local and organic fixin's
Todbott's Triangles: Rice Balls, vegan and salmon
Sol Pops (find Sol Pops on Facebook)
Nichiren Buddhist Temple: yakisoba noodles




About the Theme: Touching the Earth

The green movement and Buddhist teachings go very well together. It is said when Shakyamuni sat under the Bodhi Tree, and Mara, the great distracter, questioned his right to be there and to find enlightenment, that Shakyamuni touched the earth, and the earth was his witness. For centuries, Buddhist monastics have vowed to live simply on what is given them. Buddhism teaches that we are all connected, and as interconnected beings we wish to take good care of our connection with the earth, water, and sky.

The Greening of Buddhism

The image of the Buddha touching the Earth was created for the festival by Jason Litts, artist and graphic designer, and member of the Nichiren-Shu Temple.

Special thanks go to Oregon Buddhist Temple for hosting our planning meetings, and for having the most, and most consistent, members participating in the planning.

Raffle Prizes

Fill out a survey at the festival and receive 1 free ticket.
Buy 1 ticket for $1, 6 tickets for $5.
enter tickets in drawings for specific prizes
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Bodhidharma Statue
mid-Century ceramic

anonymous donor
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$30 donation to Mercy Corps
in the name of the winner
for
Burma: post-cyclone rubuilding in the Irrawaddy Delta
or
Global Warming: local sustainability initiatives around the world
anonymous donor
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A Segment of a Taoist Sutra
art by Karen Sokyo Swallow
$70 value
donated by Karen Sokyo Swallow
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

$100 Gift Certificate (2)
Massage and Health Consultation
Mercy and Wisdom Healing Center
donated by Mercy and Wisdom Healing Center
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Chinese Pottery Piece
$100 value (cat not included)

donated by Mercy and Wisdom Healing Center

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Women's Spring/Summer Kimono
Size Medium, seems to be rayon/polyester
Hand sewn, large informal sash


anonymous donor
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Women's yukata (cotton summer kimono)
Size Medium, hand sewn. Smaller informal sash


anonymous donor

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1 Hour Relaxing and Therapeutic Massage
with
Leah Hinchcliff, LMT
$60 value
donated by Leah Hinchcliff
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1 Pair Vintage Eyeglass Frames
Grecian Beauty Black
around 40 years old, never used
$25 value

donated by Enji
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1 Pair Vintage Eyeglass Frames
Grecian Beauty Bermuda Sand
around 40 years old, never used
$25 value

donated by Enji
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Buddha Touching the Earth
Community Art Project
created by attendees of the Buddhist Festival in the Park
value: priceless
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

$10 Gift Certificate
The Modern Hippie
Classy Goods from Near and Far
4912 SE Division St.
donated by The Modern Hippie
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

2 tickets for Saturday, June 27, 7:30 showing
of Portland Center Stage's
Crazy Enough
written and performed by Storm Large
directed by Chris Coleman
$58 value
anonymous donor
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

$35 Gift Certificate
Old Wives' Tales Restaurant
multi-ethnic menu of vegetarian, chicken and seafood dishes
1300 E Burnside St.
donated by Old Wives' Tales
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Set of 6 Lacquered Bowls w/ Lids
50+ years old?

anonymous donor
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

26 oz. Keepsake Aluminum Water Bottle
with the Buddha Touching the Earth image
$10 value

Fliers

Click here for:

Simple one-page flier

Full page color flier

Half page color flier

1/8 page double-sided Handbill

2009 Press Release.doc