Community of Mindfulness New York Metro: May 2023

Community of Mindfulness/New York Metro

Inspired by the Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh

and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism

Dear Friends,

This is the CMNY@CMNYMetro.groups.io email group, of the Community of Mindfulness New York Metro. Zoom and In-Person Sangha Meetings for May 2023 are listed below this section.

Each Sangha Meeting also has its own list, and links to subscribe are below: individual Sangha lists may post information about resuming in-person meetings, Study Groups and other special events for that Sangha Meeting.

See also these Plum Village Sanghas: (1) for Trauma Informed Mindfulness: https://www.embracesangha.org/. (2) Earth Holder Community: https://earthholder.training/.

(3) ARISE Sangha: https://arisesangha.org/ [Awakening Through Race, Intersectionality and Social Equity.]

More Links to Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Buddha are at the end of the email. We can offer financial support to our Monastic Community, and the Plum Village Community, at https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ .

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Sunday June 4th Labyrinth Walking Meditation@2:30 in Battery Park

PLEASE RSVP to waysofpeace.org@gmail.com BY SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD to confirm your participation, receive any last-minute updates, and get directions.

The gathering lasts about an hour and a half with an introduction / orientation, walking into the labyrinth, reflections at the center, walking out of the labyrinth, and brief closing. We will bear continued witness to local and worldwide violence. Step by step, we will support each other as we renew our commitments to healing, justice and peace. 9/11 Commemorative Labyrinth

In-Person Sangha Meetings

In-Person Queens MorningStar Sangha Meeting: 10:00-Noon-2nd and 4th Sunday of the Month

Next Meeting June 11, 2023.

At 35-30 81st street, Jackson Heights, 11372 #1H [Arrive on time between 9:50-10:00am]

Wake Up New York: Fridays: In-Person 7:30pm-9:30pm

In-person at the Still Mind Zendo, 37 W. 17th Street, 6W [arrive no later than 7.45pm]

[Wake Up is a 'Young Adult' Sangha-age range 18-35] [See Below for Zoom Link.]

Saturdays 9-10:30am: Stony Brook Sangha In-Person [Hybrid Meeting-Zoom link below]

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Rd in East Setauket NY

Rock Blossom Sangha In-Person Meetings: first and 3rd Sunday of each month: 6:30-8:30pm

Church of Gethsemane, 1012 8th Ave, Brooklyn. Please plan to arrive by 6:15/6:20 to settle in for our start time at 6:30.

This Meeting has Covid ‘policies’ ---join email list to receive the announcements:

RockBlossom+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io

Zoom Sangha Meetings

Study/Practice Group on Meditation

For Details See: https://cmnymetro.groups.io/g/CMNY/topics?p=recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,2,0,97071995

2nd and 4th Mondays of the month: next meeting May 22: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81448751365?pwd=KytYa3kyWHhXK1dGM3llTlRqa1kyUT09 Meeting ID: 814 4875 1365 Passcode: 301895 , One tap mobile +16469313860

Queens MorningStar Sangha Zoom Meeting-Sundays 10:00-11:30am

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82432379616?pwd=NWtwbTdVbGNqVWduMEZQY3IrcDNrdz09

Meeting ID: 824 3237 9616 Passcode: 758620 Dial-In: 16465588656

Green Island Sangha Zoom Sangha

Sundays: 10-11:30am: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86311909843?pwd=K1BsUC8rNktJaTR5UnJXKzdvaUMvZz09

Meeting ID: 863 1190 9843 Passcode: 910499 Dial-In: 1 929 205 6099

[https://green-island-sangha.mailchimpsites.com/ to receive email announcements]

Sundays: 6:30-8:30pm, Zoom Rock Blossom Sangha. Enter beginning 6:15pm

[This Zoom Happens weekly including when there is also a separate in-person meeting]

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89917569015?pwd=TVJGZ1BDS1EralpBRXlRVTJDUFUrdz09

Meeting ID: 899 1756 9015 Passcode: 241354 Dial-In: +16465588656

Stonybrook Zoom Sangha: Mornings Monday through Friday: 7:30-8:00am

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/154822492?pwd=RDE5R3l6L1pNSktUcXFKTTVCUkUydz09

Meeting ID: 154 822 492 Passcode: 074791, Dial-In: 646-558-8656

Chrysanthemum Sangha’s 1rst and 3rd Monday LGBTQIA+ and Allies @8:00-9:30pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87649209787?pwd=OGJGRGhqTHRaUXJUS083UmZrVHlCQT09

Meeting ID: 876 4920 9787 Password: peace

Dial-in: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York), Passcode: 622089[for dial-in]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChrysanthemumSangha

Tuesday Zoom Riverside Sangha: 7:00-9:00 pm

[Pre-Covid met at Riverside Church]

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88619055393?pwd=djRKRFV5aWdPV0g0SFNHQ1BrM01YQT09

Meeting ID: 886 1905 5393 Passcode: 959151 Dial-in 646-558-8656

Thursdays: Zoom St Mark's Sangha: 8:00am-9:30 am

[Pre-Covid: met at St. Mark's Church Manhattan]

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82160839379?pwd=YWxOZFcxNFgrQlJPZldiVGtiOHFCQT09

Meeting ID: 821 6083 9379 Passcode: 505070 Dial-in 646-558-8656

Thursdays 6:30-8:00pm: Zoom Rock Blossom Sangha: [Enter beginning 6:15pm]

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89917569015?pwd=TVJGZ1BDS1EralpBRXlRVTJDUFUrdz09

Meeting ID: 899 1756 9015 Passcode: 241354 Dial-in 646-558-8656

Thursdays 8:00-10:00pm: Chrysanthemum Sangha: an LQGBTIA+ Sangha

in the Plum Village tradition! Open to all practitioners who identify as LGBTQIA+

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87649209787?pwd=OGJGRGhqTHRaUXJUS083UmZrVHlCQT09 Meeting ID: 876 4920 9787 Password: peace

Dial-in: +1 929 205 6099 US Passcode: 622089 [for dial-in]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChrysanthemumSangha

Wake Up New York: Zoom on the First Friday of the Month:@7:30-9:30pm

[Wake Up is a 'Young Adult' Sangha-age range 18-35]

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/778749815 Meeting ID: 778749815 Passcode: breathe

WUNY Dharma Hall

This is a 24/7 virtual Dharma hall that WUNY members may use at any time. Join anytime and see who else is online, or invite others to sit with you on Zoom outside of the Friday night practice. Meeting ID: 747 524 725 Passcode: wakeup

Saturdays 9-10:30am: Stony Brook Sangha

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/683720024?pwd=ZXM2dU1mTFFSdlcvNVQ3bnZXUi9EQT09

Meeting ID: 683 720 024 Passcode: 051883 One tap mobile: 646-558-8656

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Sangha Email Groups: The CMNY group is the 'Parent' group that all of us belong to. The individual Sangha email groups post events and information specific to those Sangha Meetings. To subscribe to Individual Sangha Email Groups see list below.

CMNY+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io [This is the 'Parent' Email Group that all are subscribed to.]

DharmaTalkVideos+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io [For those interested in viewing Dharma Talks by Thay then having a zoom Dharma Sharing .]

RiversideSangha+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io

RockBlossom+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io

StMarksSangha+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io

QueensMorningStarSangha+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io

WakeUpNewYork+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io [Young Adult Sangha]

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https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ [Donations to support our Monastic Communities, and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism, may be made here.]

Subscribe to the Mindfulness Bell: https://www.mindfulnessbell.org/subscribe

https://www.bluecliffmonastery.org/ [Monastery in Pine Bush, NY]

www.plumvillage.org

More Teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village and the Buddha

This Silence is Called Great Joy: A Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh https://www.lionsroar.com/this-silence-is-called-great-joy-a-teaching-by-thich-nhat-hanh/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20classic%20Buddhist,silence%20is%20called%20great%20joy .

To Be Is to Inter-be | Thich Nhat Hanh | Plum Village #Shorts

Walking Meditation: https://deerparkmonastery.org/video/introduction-to-walking-meditation/

Female Buddhas: A Revolution for Nuns in the Plum Village Tradition, https://plumvillage.org/articles/female-buddhas-a-revolution-for-nuns-in-the-plum-village-tradition/

The Spirit of Plum Village https://www.lionsroar.com/the-spirit-of-plum-village/

Love is the Answer https://plumvillage.org/podcast/love-is-the-answer-an-interview-with-zen-master-thich-nhat-hanh-episode-47/

Valerie Brown, 'The Heart of Sangha: Thich Nhat Hanh's Teachings on Building Beloved Community,' https://open.spotify.com/episode/2riOGxVsCFmevsQ6vBz5eP

"I Do Not Have Enemies," Thich Nhat Hanh-- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UTWU4qGAIrE

The Taste of Insight: https://plumvillage.org/articles/the-taste-of-the-insight/

Thich Nhat Hanh: 'Where do We Go,' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvcTgmF4Xug

Befriending Our Habits; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDKfnBmL9xE&list=PLHB1Zqu9mBt9HNGw87amjLZM2OTHV01uh&index=46

On Dying, Pain and Being Alone: https://plumvillage.org/articles/on-dying-pain-and-being-alone/

Discourse on the Teachings to be Given to the Sick: https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-teachings-to-be-given-to-the-sick/

Sutra on Transforming Violence and Fear: https://www.parallax.org/mindfulnessbell/article/sutra-on-transforming-violence-and-fear/

Freedom From Thinking, Sr. Anabel: https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/taking-care-of-the-mind-with-right-thinking/

What is Mindfulness?: https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/mindfulness-practice/

How Can I Fall Asleep Quickly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGEbu8NEus

America’s Racial Karma https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/americas-racial-karma

Now We Have A Path: Plum Village Dharma Seals: Sister Annabel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWpZsG88K4M&t=2194s