Community Supported Dharma

I was chatting with Ryan M. last night, updating him on Urban Dharma (and he'll be joining us on this blog - soon, I hope!). So at some point the question was raised - how will we finance Urban Dharma? I repeated what some of us have talked about on this and in particular how in the first year or two we will be relying on monthly commitments from a core group of supporters - 30 of such individuals, $50 a pop. And Ryan said, "I like... community supported dharma., a CSD." Indeed! This is what we are doing, growing sangha with Dharma to harvest buddhas for the benefit of all. We'll be subscribers and stakeholders of this CSD, growers and harvesters. We'll all need to find other people who will become fellow members of this CSD. So start going down your list of contacts and friends and families. And before long we will be offering "a box of Dharma" weekly!