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Shambhala Social Flashcards

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Katherine

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Aaron Hagen’s wife
Works summer at a preschool, & at a paired adult & kid school.
Was sad to leave Philippines.

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Mags

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Short for Margaret.
She is Scottish.
Married.

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What is Luke’s career background?

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Computer software engineer

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Lan

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Acupuncture guy
From Sacramento

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Aaron helped refurbish cabinets at Katherine’s school

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Aaron’s classes 24-25

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Env Sci
IB Bio 2
Bio 9th

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Jon

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Was married in his early twenties.
He worked on electronics of elevators.
Double Ding Down.

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Pat Grishop
Her husband is…

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Jim who studied Central American native languages like Nahuatl

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Xena

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Marathoner

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Gail

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Her husband taught Conceptual Physics near Palo Alto

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Rachel’s husband

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Craig

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Rachel & Craig after retiring

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Traveling around the world living in places

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Aaron Hagen - what is his degree? What has he taught?

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Degree in Forestry from UC Berkeley.
Taught everything except US History

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Manny & Pat Medeiros careers

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Manny lawyer
Pat taught 3rd grade in Davis

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15
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Mike Ratener’s dog

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Dodger

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Mike Ratener’s brother’s job was

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Teacher. He’s retired.

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Mike Ratener grew up in

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Brooklyn and Long Island.

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Mike Ratener went to college where?

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Wisconsin

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Mike Ratener went to medical school and residency where?

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medical school and residency in San Francisco

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Where did Mike Ratener know Pema a lot?

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knew Pema a lot when Pema was at SF Dharmadatu.

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21
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Mike Ratener’s wife used to do what job?

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Technical writing

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Difference between Chenresig and Vajrayana

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Chenresig as a Mahayana practice where you just visualize the deity in front of you (above your head in front of you) as opposed to vajrayana practice where you visualize that you are the deity.

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23
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Mike Ratener & Kalapa Assemblies

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He got to go to them.

24
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Is Mike Ratener a student of the Sakyong?

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He is not a student of the Sakyong because the Sakyong didn’t want any other teachers to teach at the Shambhala Center

25
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Chen Resig is also which Buddha?

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Avalokiteśvara (often associated with Amitabha Buddha)

26
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Mike Ratener once told me that one of the things that’s so great about Chögyam Trungpa is

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genuine heart of sadness

27
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Best thing about meditation according to Mike Ratener

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meditation for me is just noticing the breath, the mind’s quietness of the breath, lack of discursiveness of the breath. That noticing produces a feeling that’s a good feeling. And that even if you meditate for an hour and you have the experience just once of stopping discursiveness by noticing the breath… having had that experience just once is worth spending an hour.

28
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Who organized Thanksgiving in 2023?

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Brooke

29
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Who on YouTube tells how to do the practice of Chenreszig combined with Tonglen
Love on Every Breath

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Llama Palden on YouTube

30
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Megan Murphy

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  • long-time Chogyam Trungpa student with authentic presence who led the book club when Mike wasn’t there
31
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Fran Koehler

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Joins Shambhala Thursday book club from Zoom from Seattle. Likes nature & insects in nature.

32
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Jeanie Kerins

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Long time meditator - leader of our small group on Summer 2024 Pema Zoom class

33
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Rachel childhood

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Abused as a child

34
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Ash

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Probably was 12 step?
His sister is in a physically abusive relationship. He feels retributional about it

35
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Rachel’s jobs

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She used to be a chaplain.
And she used to work for the state in education department.

36
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Jeremy at morning sit

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Going for English Lit PhD. Much more grounded in person.

37
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Marcus

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Brooke’s husband

38
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Name of Aaron & Katherine’s son

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Jack

39
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People following Sakyong but not with Shambhala Davis center anymore:

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Marshall
Laura Livingston
Junko
Zenna

40
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People not with Sakyong anymore:

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Joel
Sarah
Patti

41
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People doing both Davis Shambhala & Sakyong:

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Elvia
Lyle
Henry
Helen
Gene

42
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People doing Davis center and Pema but not Sakyong:

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Bill Fell
Patti Larson

43
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A lot of people join a weekly zoom call with the Sakyong from where at 5:30am each week

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Nepal

44
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Why did they rename it Drala Mountain Center.

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The board voted that the Sakyong cannot visit Shambhala Mountain Center. He said OK, but you’ll have to change the name.

45
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Mark

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Tall guy who is often umze, has atrial fibrillation. Very athletically active on his bike.

46
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Lois has a PhD in

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Physical Therapy

47
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How long has Gail lived in Davis?

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Since 1998, about 25 years.
She lives near Pat Grishop and Jim.

48
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Jon can answer questions about what?

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iPhones if Chandra or I call him or text him

49
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Who pioneered / set up the technology for COVID zoom calls for M-F morning sits, and was Umze for 2 years during that time?

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Jon

50
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Sarah Mandel’s kids

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2 daughters - 1 from Berkeley and one from Chicago.
One of them is an artist and got something published on front page of NY Times

51
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Name of Indian woman sometimes at Shambhala

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Sandia

52
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Gail used to live where?

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St Louis, Missouri ??

53
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Mags went to museums on vacation where?

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Washington DC

54
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Gail’s last name

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Kennedy

55
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Where is Jan Banjee from?

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New Zealand

56
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What is Mark’s last name?

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Bilowitz (sp?)

57
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Mark B hearing loss?

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High noises, and sometimes has tinnitus

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