Registration for US Festival opens this Tuesday, Feb 11, at noon EST (9am Seattle time). If you want accommodations on-site (aside from camping), plan to be at that page at least a few minutes before then.
The Festival will be Empowerment of Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa and Teachings on How to be a Modern Kadampa by Gen-la Dekyong!
It runs April 25 – 30.
For more info about accommodations, transportation, costs, etc. see particularly The Festival menu at the top of the website.
The closest, best airport is Newark (EWR), NJ.
I am planning to go. If you are thinking about attending and would be flying out of SEA (Sea-Tac), contact me so that we can all try to fly with friends - reliance on Sangha. I will keep a spreadsheet to help everyone coordinate their travels.
Usually I fly in the Thursday before Festival starts, stay at a hotel near the airport (the Wyndham Garden, which is safe, relatively cheap, decent service and has restaurant with a nice breakfast; also a shop crammed with just about any travel supplies you need and a small café in the lobby) to get a good night's sleep, then book the shuttle or take the train (which is a nice option, but note that you need to get a taxi or other ride from Pt Jervis to Glen Spey, which is where the US Temple is; taxi companies are listed on the transportation page).
If you take the train, you have to change at Secaucus Junction, which is easy to navigate. There's a good trip planner on the NJ Transit website, where you can enter Newark Airport Rail Station, Port Jervis Station, the date and time you want you to leave or arrive, and it will give you a list of trains. I think they don't have a schedule yet for April.
I like maps, and you can see a nice one of NJ Transit trains. It's the red or blue line from what's called Newark Liberty Int'l Airport, at the middle of the map just below Newark Penn Station (a terrible name, given New York City's Penn Station), then the change at Secaucus to the yellow Main Line, which you stay on to terminate in Port Jervis.
I am tracking flight costs with an Alert at Kayak.com (which you need to have an account for). I can't think of a reason not to get a non-stop, except if you're booking with miles.
May all obstruction be cleared for those who wish to go, and may many wish to go.
In Eight Steps to Happiness Geshe-la says "'Self' and 'other' are relative terms, rather like 'this mountain' and 'that mountain ... 'This' and 'that' therefore depend upon our point of reference. This is also true of self and other. By climbing down the mountain of self, it is possible to ascend the mountain of other, and thereby cherish others as much as we presently cherish ourself."
Friday, February 7, 2014
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