Dear friends,
Once again, we have a wonderful opportunity to begin the year by taking refuge in the Mindfulness Trainings and most especially in the Sangha, our dear Community of Practice.
On Dec 31, Mountain Rain Zen Community and friends from other sanghas will be offering the annual New Year’s Eve retreat “ to cultivate peace in our hearts, our families, our communities, and in our world”. Beginning at 8 pm, each hour will consist of 50 min. sitting meditation, ten min. walking meditation and 10 min. chanting – ending with bells at midnight.
Waves and Water Sangha has been participating in these evenings for many years. Each year, we offer our tradition’s version of Metta Sutta — Discourse on Love chanted by Sister The Nghiem. Please join us (by Zoom or in-person) to welcome the New Year with the practice of loving kindness and peace. You need not stay for the entire evening. There will be an opening to enter and exit at the end of each hour.
Visit Mountain Rain Community website to register for the evening, either via Zoom or in person. By donation.
During the holiday season, several of the monastic centres in the Plum Village tradition are also offering live streaming of Dharma talks, chanting , sitting and the Ceremony to Welcome the New Year. Please consult the schedule here. . Some of these events will be recorded and available later on the Plum Village Youtube Channel.
Our regular Sunday Zoom gathering will resume on Sunday Jan 8. We will have the Ceremony and the Recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings preceded by a period of sitting and movement meditation. In the coming months, we will continue to practice with our basic format. Week 1 : Recitation of the Mindfulness Trainings. Week 2 : streamed Dharma talks. Week 3 : Sutra study and recitation/guided meditation. Week 4 : Engaged Buddhist practice / Readings (engaging with the world without and within.)
For the month of January, we will be practicing with Beginning Anew and our aspirations for the coming year.
All are welcome. We look forward to practicing with you.
Please consult Waves and Water Sangha website for more information about our practice.
