Monday, December 25, 2023

Sangha Meetings Dec-January 2o23-24

                                               Community of Mindfulness/New York Metro   

Inspired by the Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh 

  and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism 

 

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   This is the CMNY@CMNYMetro.groups.io email group, of the Community of Mindfulness New York Metro. Zoom and In-Person Sangha Meetings for December 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 person meetings, Study Groups and other special events for that Sangha Meeting. 

      
“Our true enemy is hatred, ignorance, fear and the seed of violence deep in our consciousness.”https://plumvillage.org/articles/an-invitation-to-sit-together-for-peace        
       See also these Plum Village Sanghas:  for Trauma Informed Mindfulness: https://www.embracesangha.org/ ,  Earth Holder Community: https://earthholder.training/.
    ARISE Sangha: https://arisesangha.org/ [Awakening Through Race, Intersectionality and Social Equity.]
       
We can offer financial support to our Monastic Community, and the Plum Village Community, at https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ .  
    More Links to Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Buddha are at the end of the email.
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The Rock Blossom Sangha will have a New Years' eve gathering on Dec. 31 from 4:30 till 6:30 PM 

at Gethsemane Church, 1021 8th Avenue, Brooklyn. 

We will nourish our stability with sitting and walking meditation, followed by some of Thay's teachings on Beginning Anew. We'll then be invited to practice Beginning Anew in our own hearts for the New Year. As you may know, Beginning Anew can be used between two people who may have differences, or within oneself practicing with another person in mind. For this evening, we'll practice Beginning Anew in our hearts, with ourselves as we move into a new year. After our gathering, those who wish can join for dinner at a local restaurant.

It would be useful to know how large a gathering to expect. If you are interested in attending, please respond  happysangha@pipeline.com.

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Deep Looking, Deep Listening Zoom Circle  in relation to what is happening in Gaza and Israel 
Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism: Hosted by the Mindful Peacebuilding Institute--Co-facilitated byDharma Teacher Lyn Fine and others
Tuesdays: 10-noon  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84844763082?pwd=VS9RemNwU0dydVVyT0p5MjdNeXV4UT09  PW: listen  Meeting ID 848 4476 3082
 
In-Person Sangha Meetings
                Queens MorningStar Sangha Meeting:  10:00-Noon-2nd and 4th Sunday of the Month [No Meeting December 24th]
Next Meeting January 14, 2024.
At 35-30 81st street, Jackson Heights, 11372  #1H [Arrive on time between 9:50-10:00am]

Rock Blossom Sangha In-Person Meetings: first and 3rd Sunday of each month: 6:30-8:30pm 
[Please see above for information about New Years Eve December 31 Sangha 4:30-6:30]
                                                  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.
                                                    [RSVP required for attending in-person meetings: rsvp to whoever sends out the email announcement-so please subscribe to Rock Blossom Email list--see below.]
 
2nd and 3rd Thursday of the Month: St Marks's Sangha at St. Mark's Church [131 E. 10th Street]
2nd and 3rd Thursday of the Month: 8-9:30am [hybrid meeting: zoom and in-person together; see next section for Zoom Meetings]
 
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

Poughkeepsie:Mindfulness And Meditation.: Mondays 6:15 p.m.- 7:15 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church 20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie, NY SunriseSanghaNY@gmail.com
 
                                                               Mid-Hudson Valley: Budding Flower Sangha:  https://buddingflowersangha.blogspot.com/

 

Zoom Sangha Meetings

Study/Practice Group on Meditation---2nd and 4th Mondays of the month: 6:30 pm

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

                                                                                Sangha Parents Group on Zoom: email for details to: jaysilverman314@gmail.com

                                                                              Sundays: 10-11:30am: Green Island Sangha 
                               https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82033666263?pwd=ZnNqbU5lb3ZRWk8yQnRHa0h1alowUT09 Meeting ID: 820 3366 6263 Passcode: 677467 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]
Meeting ID: 899 1756 9015  Passcode: 241354    Dial-In: +16465588656             

                         Stonybrook Zoom Sangha: Mornings Monday through Friday: 7:30-8:00am                                    
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
Meeting ID: 876 4920 9787     Password:  peace      Dial-in:  +1 929 205 6099 US (New York), Passcode: 622089[for dial-in]

Tuesday Zoom Riverside Sangha: 7:00-9:00 pm
[Pre-Covid met at Riverside Church]
Meeting ID: 886 1905 5393  Passcode: 959151   Dial-in 646-558-8656

 

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

                                                  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]

 

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  
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 the list below.

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RockBlossom+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io

StMarksSangha+subscribe@CMNYMetro.groups.io

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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

 

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

Deepen Your Practice: Mindfulness of Feelings: https://deerparkmonastery.org/dharma/deepen-your-practice-mindfulness-of-feelings/?mc_cid=5f5d998406&mc_eid=b001ad9f26
A Mindful Christmas – Part 1: Difficult Relationships:  https://plumvillage.org/articles/a-mindful-christmas-part-1-difficult-relationships

An Invitation to Sit Together for Peace: https://plumvillage.org/articles/an-invitation-to-sit-together-for-peace    
Recommendation, Thich Nhat Hanh  https://plumvillage.org/library/songs/recommendation-alone-again-poem-song
     Questions & Answers Session | Thich Nhat Hanh | Day 5 of the Israeli Palestinian Retreat (2003)      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-54X5U9rCsg
     Please Call Me By My True Names, Thich Nhat Hanh:  https://plumvillage.org/articles/please-call-me-by-my-true-names-song-poem
 
 

Stopping/Calming/Looking Deeply with Mindful Breathing: https://www.parallax.org/mindfulnessbell/article/rebuilding-health/?mc_cid=4b50273cc8&mc_eid=b001ad9f26

Expanding the Spectrum of Love, Brother Bao Tang: https://plumvillage.org/articles/expanding-the-spectrum-of-love

Mindfulness of Sexual Desire: https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/mindfulness-of-sexual-desire-dharma-talk-by-br-phap-luu-2018-11-11/

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

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

Four Mantras for Relationships and Meditations for the Sick and Dying, Thich Nhat Hanh   https://plumvillage.org/transcriptions/meditations-for-the-sick-and-dying

My Face Before My Mother was Born: https://plumvillage.org/articles/my-face-before-my-mother-was-born

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

Mahanama Sutta: Being a Lay Buddhist https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.025.kuma.html

Unborn and Indestructible [song]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ct0L0cZLk

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

Cultivating the Five Powers, Sister D: https://www.lionsroar.com/cultivating-5-powers/?utm_source=Lion%27s+Roar+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f

Suffering Can Teach Us, Thich Nhat Hanh https://plumvillage.org/transcriptions/suffering-can-teach-us

Store of Precious Virtues Discourse: https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/store-of-precious-virtues-discourse-practice-of-the-highest-understanding/

Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity http://arisesangha.org/resources/gatha-for-healing/http://arisesangha.org/resources/gatha-for-healing/

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

 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/

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

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

 Thich Nhat Hanh on Meditation:

Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing - Meditation Teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh  

First two tetrads: https://youtu.be/HLi6ZuRpsvo?t=3129  

Tetrads three and four: https://youtu.be/lY6MfxIbtKw?t=1834           


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