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Interbeing Sangha of Kingston - Electronic Bulletin Vol. 2, Issue #27 - 1 March 2019

Interbeing Sangha

Weekly Meeting

Please join us for our next weekly gathering, taking place Sunday, March 3rd for meditation and dharma sharing, 6:30pm at Unitarian Place (Kingston Unitarian Fellowship), 206 Concession Street.

The Raft and the Shore

"The teaching is like a raft that carries you to the other shore. The raft is needed, but the raft is not the other shore. An intelligent person
would not carry the raft around on his head after making it across to the other shore. Bhikkhus, my teaching is the raft which can help you
cross to the other shore beyond birth and death. Use the raft to cross to the other shore, but don’t hang onto it as your property. Do not
become caught in the teaching. You must be able to let it go."

― Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds

Launch Announcement

Retreat Website

A beautiful website for our upcoming retreat, Peace is Every Step, May 9th-12th in Kingston, is now live, designed by Retreat Planning Team Co-Chair Cat London. You can check out the website and learn more about the retreat at: peaceiseverystepkingston.weebly.com/. Registration will open the second week of March. Please help promote the retreat by sharing the website widely with anyone who may be interested.

Sangha-led Service

Kingston Unitarian

Our sangha will be leading the Sunday morning service at Kingston Unitarian Fellowship on Sunday, April 7th at 10:30 am. As with the service we led in 2018, we will share Thay's teachings and our practice with an emphasis on the common ground between us, merging our traditional evening meeting with Sunday morning as a format for the service.

We are seeking volunteers from the sangha to share as many parts of the service as possible, including:

service leader
candle lighting
opening reading from Thay
time for all ages (children's story)
guided meditation (metta "lovingkindness" meditation)
reflection(s) on the topic of "Wholeness" (source: Thay's teachings)
closing reading from Thay
passing the basket for the collection
greeters at the door

We hope to have as many of our sangha family participate as possible... especially non-KUF members. If you are interested in taking an active role in the service, please contact interbeingkingston@gmail.com

Returning to our Roots

“People are stable and happy only when they are firmly rooted in their own tradition and culture. To uproot them would make them suffer. There are already enough people uprooted from their tradition today, and they suffer greatly, wandering around like hungry ghosts, looking for something to fill their spiritual needs. We must help them return to their tradition. Each tradition must establish dialogue with its own people first, especially with those young people who are lost and alienated.”

-- Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

Newsletter Editor: Keith Gawronski-McNinch
Newsletter Assistant Editor: Susan Howlett
Social Media Editor: Cat London

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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