Dear PIs,
Greetings from Atlanta where it is cool but nicely sunny. I am getting ready to give a Mudra program this weekend at the Shambhala Center which everyone says is lovely.
On the plane yesterday I was thinking about us PIs and wanted to send along my thoughts as we prepare for the year to come. One in which there will no doubt be many wonderful events! Our teacher has placed a tremendous amount of responsibility and confidence in us PIs and I hope that I and all of us can work to share all the tools and support we need to do our job well. Whether we are a new PI, one who was once a meditation instructor for another sangha, or have been a PI with Nalandabodhi for some time, our mission is the same: attend to the practice needs of our sangha.
With this in mind I encourage those of you who feel that you could do more but have no students of your own to email Sandra Roscoe and let her know of your availability. She is in charge of NB students who live away from the major centers and have no direct access to Practice Instructors. There may also be centers who have no PI as yet. When Chance LeMeur goes to Karme Choling this spring, for example, Louisville KY will not have a Nalandabodhi PI, yet there are a number of folks there who want to continue to study and practice with Nalandabodhi. It is not easy to have an on-line practice relationship but it is also better than not having one. Sometimes it may even be a really valuable thing to communicate in this way.
The more I travel around the more I see that we need to keep a big mind and open heart for Nalandabodhi world wide and share our skills and questions with each other in a global way. I am hoping that at sangha retreat we will have, for the first time, a dedicated Practice Instruction Room so that PI's can see students in a quiet and appropriate space. Especially for those on-line relationships, it will make a big difference to have some time to be face to face.
I hope your preparations for Losar are progressing well and joyously.
Best wishes,
Lee
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