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Interbeing Sangha of Kingston - Weekly Electronic Bulletin Issue #20 - November 4th, 2017

Interbeing Sangha
of Kingston

Weekly Meeting

Our next weekly gathering takes place Sunday, November 5th, for meditation and dharma sharing, 6:30pm at Unitarian Place (Kingston Unitarian Fellowship), 206 Concession Street. Keith Gawronski-McNinch will be bell minding.

Understanding is Love

"Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice deep looking directed toward the person you love. Because if you do not understand this person, you cannot love properly. Understanding is the essence of love. If you cannot understand, you cannot love. That is the message of the Buddha. Without understanding, love is an impossible thing."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

This Week

Five Mindfulness Trainings

This week, during our dharma reading and sharing, we will recite and reflect upon The Five Mindfulness Trainings. These powerful statements are the Buddhist precepts for lay people, translated by Thich Nhat Hanh for modern times. Practicing them helps us be more calm and concentrated, and brings insight.

Engaged Buddhism

Diversity Trainings

Larry Yang is is a dharma teacher with a special interest in access for diverse, multicultural communities. His article, “Directing the Mind Towards Practices in Diversity” was included in Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities, by Thich Nhat Hanh. Many sanghas now incorporate the Eight Diversity Trainings into their practice. Larry was honored for his work in equity and inclusion as Grand Marshal in the 2016 San Francisco LGBTIQ Pride Parade, whose theme was “For Racial and Economic Justice.”

Registration Open

Day of Mindfulness

Registration is still available for the upcoming Day of Mindfulness hosted by Ottawa Pagoda Sangha at Old Town Hall Community Centre in Ottawa, 9:30am-3pm on Sunday, November 19th led by Sister Ocean from Blue Cliff Monastery. Registration is free, and available on the sangha's website. The day will include sitting and walking meditation, and a dharma talk from Sister Ocean on" Deep Listening." The full schedule is on the registration page.

Meeting Date

Sangha Care

Our next Sangha Care Meeting will take place next week, on Sunday, November 12th at 5:00 pm. All of our sangha family are welcome and encoruaged to attend, to participate in important discussions and decisions.

Community Announcement

Evening for Peace

Tickets are still available for An Evening for Peace, Saturday, November 11th, 2017 at 7:30 pm. Several members of our sangha will be attending and participating. The evening features the Cantabile Youth Choir, Digging Roots, ISKA Youth, Janice Hill, Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre, and many others. For more information and to purchase tickets,visit the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts website.

Sunday at KUF

Chemistry for
Greener Living

Dr. Phillip Jessop, Canada Research Chair of Green Chemistry at Queen's, will be the guest speaker this Sunday, November 5th at 10:30 am. Our decisions control the impact we have on the environment. When faced with several options, how can one determine the greenest choice? Dr. Jessop will describe how scientists make that determination and then give suggestions for consumers to lessen their envionmental impact.

Love Now

“The past is no longer here, the future is not here yet; there is only one moment in which life is available and that is the present moment.”

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

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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