Sat, 06 Sep 2008
Asian Arts Festival
I spent the day manning a table at the Asian Arts Festival promoting our Buddhist group. We shared the table with the Susquehanna Yoga Studio, which gives our group the space to practice. It was a bad day weather-wise. The remnants of Hurrican Hannah passed through, dumping rain as were unloading our stuff. The storm passed through quickly though, and was gone when we packed up. Despite the bad weather, people showed up for the festival We had tankas to sell and pamphlets to give out. We didn't sell any tankas, as the price was too steep for the festival attendees, who mostly seemed interested in having an enjoyable day. We did hand out some pamphlets, and so did our small part to spread the dharma. The local NKT center was there, and in a better location with more traffic. I took a break from the table and listened to a Balinese music group, which was nice. We spoke to a woman from the Shambhala center, who looked at our tankas and while I was at the concert Pete said we were visited by a Tibetan nun.
