This Sunday, August 4th

We have the privilege of offering a Shining Light Ceremony for Marge, a founding member of the Open Heart Sangha and a core part of our community since inception. She has diligently worked to model her life according to the 14 Mindfulness Trainings and is formally requesting ordination into the Order of Interbeing when Thich Nhat Hanh visits Deer Park this year.

This Sunday, July 28th

Pete will lead us in reciting the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

This Sunday, July 21st

Loretta will share Week 3 of the Ten Gates: What are the Two?

This Sunday, July 14th

Dear Friends,

 

At a recent meeting at Deer Park Brother Phap Ho suggested the Sangha address how it can serve the community, in addition to the sangha and its members. I’d like for us to address how we respond to the greatest need of our time, the need for a transformation in how humankind relates to the earth. How do we as individuals and as a sangha come together around the need to heal the human earth community? We’re at a critical juncture in the evolution of the earth. Science makes it clear that what we do over the next few years will determine the quality of life on earth for the next 10 million years, and perhaps forever. How do we contribute as best we can to a spiritual transformation of ourselves and humanity, and practical transformations of human activity, such that a thriving, just and beautiful planet is here for all species for all time?

 

This will be our theme for this week's Sangha.

 

I look forward to our transformation together.

 

Smiling,

 

Keith

Universal Emptiness of the Heart

This Sunday, July 7th

Dear Friends,

This Sunday, Heather will share a dharma talk given by Phap Hai, Week 2 of the Ten Gates.