THE MAIIHYA IOI,A! {ROll Is a tool that bell@vert ulo to pull negative energies out of a given space,
such aS their home,
,ii
Some might say a shoppingplaces emphasis on the toat htngs **Be Harmless,:' Ion asserted
mall, even a one with as ni e an oftM r tno "n ted Ltvtng Buddha that the center does not instruct
atmosphere as Hillside Sedans, is Mattmya, medtelne Buddha,people about what to meditate
a trango place to find a medtta. The center sells meditation on, He said those choices can
tiot genter. But maybe its not so sessions fn private room that only come from the person doing
striae at!or all, make of tools hand made by the meditating themselves and
People oral! backgrounds have the Saxtgl or the eornmunlty of that Buddhism isn't the kind at"
found,meditation to be a calming ~.~dent~, ~gording to Ltllrla Ia.rl, reUgion that pushes its doctrine
and even healing way to deal with a Buddlii t monk at the enter, on peop!e2
the stresses life piles on, Somaybe :tho rnoney ltl y. eaive from the
a comer of a shopping mall is an. meditation seJsions and the rystal
ideal place to meditate and take tools they sell funds various
a break from the hectic pace we monastic projects in Ttbeti Nepal
surround ourselves with, India,
The hamhhala center is a The Shamhhltla monks and
Buddhist meditation center that nuns work under the m ifesto,
According to Ani Mary, one of
the center's nuns; the meditations
can only work to heal people if
the)' believe in something,
"You don't trove to be re!igious,
youjt t have to have faith," Mary
said,
&NI a
meditation.
Buddhist nun, wears a Shambhala form around her nook to facilitate healing during
M DITATION TOOUI t alled Varjas surround Buddhltt otatues In The 8hambhala
Center, The barbell- haped tools are often handhold and oontQin repeated forms of
geometriQ shape.= held sacred to people of many different faith (above). Lama Ion
shows a gu.est to the enter ome of the ory tal anti magnet meditation tools the
Buddhist students build and ell to fund various projects (right),
Photos and text by
Michele Bradley/Larson NewsPaPers
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