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Interbeing Sangha of Kingston - Weekly Electronic Bulletin Issue #10 - August 24th, 2017

Interbeing Sangha
of Kingston

Weekly Meeting

Please join us for our next weekly gathering, taking place this Sunday, August 27th, for meditation and dharma sharing, 6:30pm at Unitarian Place (Kingston Unitarian Fellowship), 206 Concession Street. Linda Tucker will be bell minding.

Silence

"When you’ve been able to still all the noise inside of you, when you’ve been able to establish silence, a thundering silence, in you, you begin to hear the deepest kind of calling from within yourself. Your heart is calling out to you. Your heart is trying to tell you something, but you haven’t yet been able to hear it, because your mind has been full of noise."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh, Silence

This Sunday

Summer Day of Mindfulness

Registration is still available for our Summer Day of Mindfulness this Sunday, August 27th, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm. As our location is outdoors at a private residence, participants are asked to register in advance. Please follow this link to participate, including sign up for the car pool being organized. You can also download a poster for the event to share. We hope to see you and enjoy a mindful day together.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Union Medal

Thich Nhat Hanh will be awarded with the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York's Union Medal on September 6th, 2017. Previous medalists include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Vice President Al Gore, and Judith and Bill Moyers. Thay received a Masters of Arts in Religion from Union in 1963. The ceremony will be live-streamed at: https://utsnyc.edu/2017-union-medal-live/

Documentary Film

Walk With Me

Walk With Me, the documentary film narrated by actor Benedict Cumberbatch about the Plum Village tradition featuring insights from Thich Nhat Hanh’s early journals, premiered this past week in New York at The Rubin Museum of Art. Directed by Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh and filmed over three years at Plum Village monastery, the film has not yet been released in Canada. Our sangha has been keeping in touch with the producers and Wendy Huot from the Screening Room, about bringing the film to Kingston. Stay tuned for updates.

Community Announcement

Collaborative Mural

Sangha members Susan Douthwaite and Wendy Luella Perkins (Soulful Singing, KUF Affiliated Community Minister) with their friend Melanie Reay, have been working on a large mural called "Turtles Down by the Shore" for the ON THE WALL! arts event, this Saturday, August 26th from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm, Douglas R. Fluhrer Park in Kingston. All are invited to help Susan, Wendy Luella and Melanie paint the back of their 12 foot turtle on Saturday! For details, follow this link to our new "Community Announcements" page.

The Happiness of Non-self

"As you progress on the path of insight into non-self, the happiness brought to you by love will increase. When people love each other, the distinction, the limits, the frontier between them begins to dissolve, and they become one with the person they love. There’s no longer any jealousy or anger, because if they are angry at the other person, they are angry at themselves. That is why non-self is not a theory, a doctrine, or an ideology, but a realization that can bring about a lot of happiness."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh, from "This Is The Buddha's Love" Melvin McLeod interviews Thich Nhat Hanh Lion's Roar

Our sangha has two teams helping to share leadership and facilitation of our meetings. Our Bell Minders Team are mindful facilitators for our weekly gatherings, as well as retreats, taking beautiful care of our friends in the practice including the bell. Our Sangha Care Team facilitates sangha care meetings, plans retreats, minds our library and resources, and coordinates outreach. If you are interested in helping with either or both, contact interbeingkingston@gmail.com for more information.

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