The Guru
I suppose I am here to wake up.
but I am so tired
             tired
                    tired
of sleeping
and here you are
to remind me that I am dreaming
in a lush highland meadow
with the sun on my face
               in my heart
and the world is calling for me to join in
and I am already awake.
But my eyes are so heavy
                            so
                                heavy
and my body
has sunk into this ground
and I cannot move.
But you are here
and the sun is here
so I suppose now
it is time
             to wake up.

Ashley Farrell  - Poem Offering from Sacred World Assembly 2012 Dechen Choling

The Warriors from Chile Offering

The warriors from Chile kept their promise to offer a video of their Warrior Assembly as a Thank You to All. Please click on the sign on the left of vimeo to watch it in full screen mode.
Enjoy!

Warriors from Chile from The Offering Bowl on Vimeo.

Thank you for the work you do, I appreciated the generosity it has brought to my practice and study.

Counting up other donations I've received separately I see that I've reached my goal ! This has been an amazing experience and I'm so grateful to you for creating this venue for all of us struggling with unemployment, underemployment, etc.

I am terrible at fundraising—at least for myself.  I just wait to see if anyone chooses to help out if they see the Offering Bowl site for whatever reason. I guess that the site just has to be seen by as many people as possible, but I don’t like sending it out to people I know. I just rely on the exposure that the site receives by others.  
Comment : Lane got the requested fund at the program in Vancouver !!!

I had an amazing dharma-filled summer thanks to you and your website among other donations. I hope to return the favor someday. Thanks for all you do!

Magic and generosity is working!
I have 346 canadian dollars from yesterday to now!

Wonderful news: someone emailed to ask me how much more I needed to make my goal, and then mailed a check for that amount to my U.S. bank account! So I'm no longer a petitioner—at least, this year. Thank you so much for making this happen. I wouldn't have been able to attend Scorpion Seal Assembly 2 without The Offering Bowl. Now I'll be going to Dechen Choling in November.
The whole thing will start up again next year, of course, when I must attend SSA 3. Do you have a policy regarding repeat petitioners? May I petition again once I find out what it'll take to get to my 2012 program?
Meanwhile, I'm encouraging a couple of people here in South Africa to become petitioners. It's really a wonderful way to take the edge off the extraordinary expense of getting from here to anywhere programs are being offered.
Thank you once again for all you're doing for the Dharma. My words are empty, but my heart is full.

Thanks so much for creating The Offering Bowl. So much merit! So much benefit! I can't tell you what a difference it made in my little life.

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