– Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
Dear POC Sangha Jewel,
We are very grateful for your presence and practice as we continue growing roots and co-creating our community of mindfulness practice together. Thank you for showing up, offering your wholesome energy and cultivating safety, community, peace, healing and joy for ourselves, our families, ancestors and communities. Welcome again to new friends we met today; we hope you were nourished by our time together. Much, much gratitude to Sweetwater Zen Center friends Anne Seisen Saunders, Doshin Woods and Kozan Cummings for being part of the supportive conditions for our Sangha to manifest.
Our next POC Mindfulness Gathering will be coming up soon in two weeks, Sunday, Feb. 2nd, 2014, and we’ll begin meeting regularly every 1st Sunday of the month in 2014. We will be sitting and breathing together in the midst of Super Bowl Sunday!
THANK YOU DEAR SANGHA FOR BEING THERE & FOR BEING MY OTHER SELF. Enjoy this song of gratitude.
Thanks to Br. Hung for being a “solid as a mountain” big brother in the practice as an OI member and our Dharma teacher guide.
Thanks to Maggie for guiding us with walking meditation.
Thanks to Marco, Chris, Christian, Alfonso, Ale, Jon for behind-the-scenes organizing and caretaking work on behalf of the Sangha.
We invite you to share in whatever way you feel inspired. If there’s something you would like to offer, please feel free to email back and let us know. The role of sharing or facilitating a practice can be a wonderful way to explore your practice. We have many resources available to consult as support for facilitating a practice. We look forward to hearing and being led by the diversity of strength, creativity, wisdom, experience and rootedness of our collective Sangha.
We look forward to being in Sangha again with you. Take good care.
A LOTUS FOR YOU _/|\_ A BUDDHA TO BE,
People of Color Mindfulness Community – SD
Supporting the conditions to offer mindfulness practice to our diverse communities
•Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Day at World Beat Center in Balboa Park this Monday, Jan. 20th, starting at 1pm
•Lyrics to Mindfulness Songs you may find yourself singing aloud or humming to! http://joyfulgarden.org/practice/songs-for-the-practice/
•2014 Schedule for Sweetwater Zen Center
•Updated version of The Five Contemplations for mindful eating
• Tet / Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations to take place at Deer Park Monastery starting January 30th, 2014
•Link to the complete Dharma talk we heard as an excerpt today
•Request for support for Marilu, who is a teacher and practitioner in Chiapas, Mexico hoping to raise funds to attend Thay’s teachings in Spain this coming spring!
•Save the date for this summer’s People of Color Retreat at Deer Park Monastery Aug. 6-10, 2014
2014 Calendar
Monthly Mindfulness Gatherings
for People of Color
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1ST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH |
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February 2nd |
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March 2nd |
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April 6th |
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May 4th |
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June 1st |
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July 6th |
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August 3rd Aug. 6th-10th POC Retreat |
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September 7th |
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October 5th |
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November 2nd |
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December 7th
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We practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village.
We gather in community and enjoy practices like sitting & walking meditation, listening to a Dharma talk and Dharma sharing.
Where: Sweetwater Zen Center yurt zendo
When: 1st Sunday of each month from 3 to 5pm
For more information: MindfulnessPOC@gmail.com
Facebook.com/POC.Mindfulness
WordPress.com/MindfulnessPOC
People of Color Mindfulness Community (SD) 