The Remaining Gems from the Upaya Benef i t f or Shinzan

Winter Combustion; January 8, was a great success in terms of fun, funds raised for Shinzan, and a rich experience of community. A few items remain, so we’re offering one “last chance” to bid, should you want to help out. Bidding will close on Midnight, 1-30-10. Submit your bid to janajahner@gmail.com. Make sure we have all your contact information, we’ll contact you if you’re the successful bidder, or if you’ve been out-bid.

Item 01: Ottmar Liebert Private Home Concert

Winning bid hosts a private home concert performed by 2008 Grammy award nominee Ottmar Liebert. The concert of up to nine people needs to work around his schedule, and be to be in or very near Santa Fe. No tickets can be sold to the concert.

Contact janajahner@gmail.com for more information

Minimumbid:$250value:$2,000

minimumbid:$1,000.value30,000.

Item 02: Charcoal of Chanting Monk, Mary Veronica Sweeney

MaryVeronicaSweeneyisanoutstandingartistandeducator,basedinNYC,whoissoughtoutforherlandscapepaintingsdepictingtheuniquecharacterofwinerylandscapes.ThislovelycharcoalofaTibetanchantingmonkisonFabrianopaper,andis31”by42”,completedin2008.Minimumbidis400.00Value:2,500.00

Item 03: “Emptiness” The Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche

Donated by Sioga Geoghegan

The Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche created this calligraphy in 1999 at Boulder Colorado. The symbol in calligraphy represents emptiness which is a key principle in Mahayana Buddhism. This image first appeared publicly on the cover of Bodhi magazine, Volume 4, No. 2 that was published in 2001.This calligraphy was reprinted in April 2002 as part of a limited series. The ink and paper used for these prints is acid free and of archival quality.

Minimumbid:$250Value$600

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Item 04: Monotype “Stone Woman Koan” by Mary Ann Bennett

Mary Ann Bennett is a well know Santa Fe artist, oil painter, portraitist, and Sangha member. She is contributing two pieces of her work.

min. bid 90.00 Gallery Value: 350.00

Item 05: Photography by Jack Kotz

Jack Kotz is a widely published Santa Fe Photographer Jack has been involved in photography on a professional level since 1983. He started out in the Washington D.C. area, and subsequently moved to Santa Fe, NM in 1991. His commercial photography has been architectural work, but also has had a considerable amount of experience with editorial portraits and photographing people for advertising. is latest personal work and book is Ms. Booth's Garden, a project that spans twenty years of work in a small community in Mississippi.

Minimumbid:$200GalleryValue:$1,500

Item 06: Charming one-bedroom cottage on the water in Provincetown, Massachusetts (Cape Cod) for the week of October 2-9, 2010

Offered by Laurie Leitch,

Provincetown is a vibrant, eccentric Portugese fishing village filled with art galleries and excellent restaurants. It also is located at the very tip of Cape Cod with easy access to the bike paths along the national seashore, the ocean and all its splendor, and the various pleasures that include whale watches, audobon trips, kayaking, and lots of entertainment. Fall is a lovely time to be on the Cape.

The cottage rents for $1525 per week. Minimum bid $800. Photos attached.

Item 07, Stunning silver jewelry by New York Designer John Hardy donated by Lisl Dennis.

Minimumbid:1,000.00Value:5,000

Item 08 A Space in the 31/2 day “The Experience” Workshop with Honey Ward

Lead by Honey Ward, you'll discover more about yourself, and how you relate to the world around you. You'll be able to create more of what you want from life—

• authentic personal relationships, effective

leadership skills, more success in business,

• greater financial freedom, deeper spiritual

development,

• stronger sense of physical and mental well-being,

improved positive self-image and identity

As a public speaker, seminar leader, corporate trainer, and program

facilitator throughout the United States, Honey’s lead literally hundreds of

events, and offers a spot in an upcoming training that is valued at 475.00 at

a min. bid of 75.00.

Item 09. Tony Joaquim Reis; Healing Therapies for the 21st

Century

tonyreishealer@gmail.com

101MarcyStreet,Suite207SantaFe,NM87501

505.690.0810505.983.6173

TonyReisisa4thgenerationSpiritualHealer,a“curandero”whohasbeenpracticingandhelpingpeopleforover40years.Hecombineshisancestralspiritualhealingabilitieswith21stcenturytherapiesincludingBioeneregitcsandEnergyTherapy/Medicinealongwithhisownknowledge,understandinganddirectexperienceofmanyyearsinpractice.TonyisacertifiedTransformationalTeacherwithclientsandstudentsintheU.S.andabroad.

Minimumbid:60.00for3sessionsValue$240.00