White Cloud Blue Sky Sangha*
Mindfulness Practice and Gathering
In the Tradition of Zen** Master Thich Nhat Hanh
In Columbia, Missouri
When: Third TUESDAYS, 7-9 pm
Thich Nhat Hanh Film Series
Interviews, Public Talks, and Dharma Talks
When: Second TUESDAYS, 7 pm
Where: COLUMBIA INTERFAITH CENTER
4006 West Broadway, Columbia
For more information or to be added to e-mail notification list:
Win@GraceFamilyMusic.com * (573) 443-2819
Information about this practice tradition: www.PlumVillage.org
Donations: Donations will be graciously accepted for room rental and expenses.
Both meditation cushions and chairs are available for sitting meditation.
Activities on mindfulness practice night: Sitting meditation, walking meditation, readings from Thich Nhat Hanh, readings, mindfulness practice songs, tea ceremony, mindful eating, inviting the bell, pebble meditation, mindful movements, dharma discussion, tea and cookies, Five Mindfulness Trainings, total relaxation, touching the earth.
Film Night: We will mainly be viewing the film. There will be no tea and cookies this night, so feel free to bring your own refreshments.
Sangha* means community.
Zen** This Zen tradition is happy, laughing Zen.
"We lead extremely busy lives. Even though we do not have to do as much manual labor as people in former times, we never seem to have enough time for ourselves. I know people who say they do not even have enough time to eat or breathe, and it appears to me to be true! What can we do about this? Can we take hold of time with both hands and slow it down?
First, let us light the torch of our awareness and learn again how to drink tea, eat, wash dishes, walk, sit, drive and work in awareness. We do not have to be swept along by circumstances. We are not just a leaf or a log in a rushing river. With awareness, each of our daily acts takes on a new meaning, and we discover that we are more than machines, that our activities are not just mindless repetitions. We find that life is a miracle, the universe is a miracle, and we too are a miracle.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
