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Tibet House US- Celebrating Pride Month: 30-minute compassion meditation to honor how our queer ancestors have immeasurably contributed to our collective liberation, followed by an optional sharing circle with Tony Pham (Butterfly)
June 2, 2023 6:30pm

Celebrating Pride Month: 30-minute compassion meditation to honor how our queer ancestors have immeasurably contributed to our collective liberation, followed by an optional sharing circle with Tony Pham (Butterfly)

Tony Pham (Butterfly)

$5.00 – $25.00

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Friday, June 2, 2023

 6:30pm – 7:30pm ET

Donation Based | Hybrid

*Zoom Link will be emailed to all a few hours before 6:30pm*

On June 2, 2023, you’re invited to join Tibet House US’ donation based offering to celebrate LGBT Pride Month. The queer ancestors and activists who have come before us have contributed to the causes and conditions that allow us to walk the path of liberation. Sit in community for a guided compassion meditation, which will provide an opportunity to offer gratitude and well wishes from the heart. This event is open to all.

 

Tony Pham (Butterfly) will guide a 30-minute meditation before facilitating a safer space during which participants are welcome to share appreciations for the past and hopes for the future.

 

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$5, $15, $25

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Tony Pham (Butterfly)

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Tony Pham (Butterfly) (he/they) is a heritage Buddhist, facilitator, and healer that occupies the intersection of queer and BIPOC identities. Tony is certified in Compassion Cultivation Training © (co-created by Thupten Jinpa at Stanford), teaching compassion and meditation at Tibet House US. He is a 2nd generation Vietnamese American whose parents arrived in the United States as refugees from war. Tony goes by Butterfly in spiritual spaces where they steward practices rooted in compassion, indigeneity, and sacred lineages. He is a student of Lama Rod Owens (Vajrayana/Tibetan Buddhism). They are also an alumnus of the East Bay Meditation Center’s year-long trauma informed mindfulness program for social justice activists. Butterfly offered a dharma talk and guided meditation on compassion at the 2023 Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit.   They previously received a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Viet Nam. Butterfly has also completed death doula and non-violent communication training. Butterfly is honored to serve on the national board of directors for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). They now reside in Brooklyn (occupied Canarsie/Munsee Lenape land). For more information, please visit tonyopham.com.  

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