UpComing Special Events:
Tuesday April 18: COMPASSION IN ACTION: SISTER CHAN KHONG And Plum Village Monastics
In-Person and Online- at Union Theological Seminary
https://utsnyc.edu/event/
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Community of Mindfulness/New York Metro
Inspired by the Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism
Invites You to a Day of Mindfulness:
Wonderfully Together: Practicing To Be One Body
With Dharma Teachers Dennis Bohn and David Flint
Sunday May 7 11:30-5:00pm @ Still Mind Zendo
“Let the sangha breathe as one body, chant as one body and listen as one body overcoming the
inferiority, superiority and equality complexes….
Whenever we hear the bell we automatically stop thinking. It has become a habit. We begin to give
our attention to our breath. We breathe in gently and become aware of our in-breath. We breathe
out gently and become aware of our out-breath. This is something very simple and easy to do,
but it is also very important that we know how to do it. If everybody in the meditation hall stops thinking
and breathes in and out mindfully, something will happen. What happens is that we no longer
experience ourself as an individual, but as a collective, the sangha body….and then a
new energy arises, much more powerful than the energy when we sit and breathe or walk alone.
That is the collective energy that has the ability to heal everyone present.
[Thich Nhat Hanh]
During This In-Person Day of Mindfulness, we will practice ‘Breathing Wonderfully Together’ in our Sitting and Walking Meditations, Mindful Eating, Total Relaxation, Dharma Sharing and more. “In Vietnam there is the saying: “As a meal needs soup,
so the practice needs friends.” With friends in the sangha we can let go of our individual self…
and create a powerful collective energy that is able to heal and lead to insight.”
Where: Still Mind Zendo: 37 W 17th St # 6W, New York, NY 10011
When: 11:45-5:00 pm. Arrive beginning at 11:20. Attend for the whole Day or part of the Day.
Lunch: Bring a Vegetarian/Vegan Lunch. We will eat together in mindfulness around 2:00pm.
What Else to Bring; Chairs are available. Bring your own cushion or bench.
RSVP to davidrflint@gmail.com [Helpful for planning, but not required.]
Masks-optional [not required.]
