Country's first Buddhist fraternity sits at SDSU

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http://www.10news.com/news/countrys-first-buddhist-fraternity-sits-at-sdsu

Country's first Buddhist fraternity sits at SDSU
Robert Santos
Posted: 6:55 PM, Jan 13, 2017
Updated: 11:10 AM, Jan 15, 2017

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For Walsh, meditating started out as a class assignment to visit a nearby Buddhist meditation class. But it grew into a way of life.

"It just really made sense to me. Something kept me coming back,” Walsh said.

Soon, more students came. That's when Jeff Zlotnik, co-founder of the Dharma Bum Temple, which leads the weekly meditation, thought why not start a fraternity at San Diego State - Delta Beta Tau.

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When they're not meditating or studying, they're spreading random acts of kindness in the community. And they're helping the Dharma Bum Temple raise a half million dollar down payment to buy the 1920s Swedenborg church in University Heights and save it from development.

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As for the Dharma Bum Temple, it has until Valentine's Day to raise the entire $490,000 down payment to buy the church. It has already raised about $327,000 in two and a half months.

“We are currently in escrow and intend to close on February 14th," Zlotnik said. “And we will have our first loving kindness meditation that same night.”

To make a donation, visit http://www.dbtnewhome.com.

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1. TY for this wonderful post. Makes me even prouder to be a San Diegan.

Especially refreshing that it's a fraternity at SDSU. The Sigma Chi frat boy cabal from SDSU (from Doug Manchester to Kevin Faulconeer) has run and milked our city for a long long time. There's a lovely beauty to this "opposite world" fraternity dedicated to peace, kindness coming out of SDSU instead.