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Dec. 1-14, 2009 • Advocating Justice, Building Community • Issue 166

Hope for Chronically Homeless Jimmy Heath House starts with ‘housing first’ By Keara Anita Mullen Contributing Writer

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ver-the-Rhine Community Housing (OTRCH) celebrated the groundbreaking Nov. 12 of Jimmy Heath House, Cincinnati’s first permanent supportivehousing project. Named in honor of the late former editor of Streetvibes, Jimmy Heath House introduces the nationally recognized “Housing First” model as part of OTRCH’s efforts and mission to “build and sustain a diverse neighborhood that values and benefits low-income residents.” About 1,685 chronically homeless people live in Hamilton County, according to 2008 statistics from the Hamilton County Homeless Management Information System. Studies

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The architectural sketch of Jimmy Heath House on Odeon Street in Over-the-Rhine. Jimmy Heath House is set to open in September 2010. Drawing courtesy of Over-the-Rhine Community Housing.

Cincinnati Oracle Appears in India Buddhist guru visits new monastery By Gregory Flannery Editor

cate Shar Gaden Monastery, made up of monks who left the larger monastery in order to continue honoring Dorje uten Lama, head of a Tibetan Shugden. A wall separates the two instiBuddhist monastery in Cincin- tutions. Kuten Lama, abbot of nati and leader Gaden Samdrupling Monof a lineage at odds with the Dalai Lama, last Kuten lama is an oracle, astery in Colerain Townmonth helped inauguship, led a group of about channeling the spirit of a dozen U.S. followers to rate a breakaway monasDorje Shugden, a deity the dedication ceremony. tery in south India. banned by the Dalai Kuten Lama is an ora- Lama. Devotees believe While there he performed cle, channeling the spirit an invocation. Tibetan Dorje Shugden is a of Dorje Shugden, a deBuddhists believe that, “wisdom Buddha” and ity banned by the Dalai protector, while the Dalai during an invocation, Lama. Devotees believe Lama has declared him Dorje Shugden takes over Dorje Shugden is a “wisKuten Lama’s body, using an evil spirit. him to convey enlightened dom Buddha” and proinstruction. tector, while the Dalai Though the practice is ancient, the Lama has declared him an evil spirit. Following the Dalai Lama’s ban, Gaden monks who preserve it are not without Shartse Monastery in Mundgod, India, or- media savvy. Shar Gaden Monastery has dered its monks to sign pledges renounc- a Facebook page and posted a photoing Dorje Shugden. Monks who refused graph of the invocation. During the trance, Kuten Lama wieldwere shunned and denied food and other necessities – a policy enforced in Tibetan ed a sword, symbolizing the “wrathful Buddhist monasteries throughout India. compassion” of Dorje Shugden, severing Last month Kuten Lama helped dedi- ignorance and egoism.

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Kuten Lama performs an invocation in India. Photo by Shar Gaden Monastery.


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