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  • You are invited to join the Heartland Community of Mindful Living for evenings of mindfulness every Monday at Unity Temple on the Plaza's Temple Buddhist Center, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, MO. Our gatherings are open to the public. Newcomers welcome!

    Silent Meditation - every Monday, 7 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. in Classroom C. Please enter quietly if you arrive during the meditation period.

    Weekly Gatherings - every Monday, 7:45 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. in Classroom C. Our schedule rotates as follows:

    • First Monday - The Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony followed by a dharma discussion. All are welcome to enjoy this ritual affirming our practice of mindfulness.

    • Second Monday - Thây on Tape: a video or audio presentation by Zen Master Thích Nhât Hanh followed by dharma discussion.

    • Third Monday - An evening of sitting, walking and guided meditation.

    • Fourth Monday - A reading from one of Zen Master Thích Nhât Hanh's many publications followed by dharma discussion.

    • Fifth Monday - Flower watering and hugging meditation.

    Recitation of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings with the Order of Interbeing Sangha - Every other week on Sunday morning. Contact us for details.

    We do not meet on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Independence, Memorial or Labor Day, or Christmas.
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November 28, 2008

Learn to Invite the Bell

Bell of Mindfulness Inviting the bell to sound is a deep practice of mindfulness.  This Monday, December 1st, we will learn the art of inviting the bell.  Please bring a bell or bells if you have one.  Here is the gatha, or mindfulness verse for inviting the bell.


Body, speech and mind in perfect oneness
I send my heart with the sound of the bell
May hearers awaken from forgetfulness
and transcend all anxiety and sorrow.

And a gatha for hearing the bell:

Listen, listen this wonderful sound
Brings me back to my true home!


Please see this lovely article by Sr. Chau Nghiem on teaching children to invite the bell.  It speaks to grown-ups as well.  Also please see the book Present Moment, Wonderful Moment, by Thich Nhat Hanh.

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