Tuesday, May 1 at DBT

Tree will share about “If I die tomorrow.” In her book “Learning True Love,” Sister Chan Khong wrote about her response to a question that Thich Nhat Hahn asked her back in 1981. As she was wrapping parcels for hungry children in Vietnam, Thay asked her “If you were to die tonight, are you prepared?” This question has great relevance for all of us in our own lives and can be used for reflection in our meditation and to ask ourselves how we can die peacefully.
...'If you were to die tonight, are you prepared?' He said that we must live our lives so that even if we die suddenly, we will have nothing to regret. 'Chan Khong, you have to learn how to live as freely as the clouds or the rain. If you die tonight, you should not feel any fear or regret. You will become something else, as wonderful as you are now. But if you regret losing your present form, you are not liberated. To be liberated means to realize that nothing can hinder you, even while crossing the ocean of birth and death.'

Sunday, April 29 at UU

Please join us for the Recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings, facilitated by Marge.

Tuesday, April 24 at DBT

Heather will share about cultivating a fresh, enjoyable sitting practice.

Here is some guidance from Deer Park Monastery.

Sunday, April 22 at UU

Dear Sangha,

I’ll be coming directly from a 4 day facilitator retreat at Deer Park Monastery and it will be Earth Day when we meet this Sunday. For a topic I think I will see what unfolds at the retreat and share my inspiration.

I look forward to being with you,

Keith

Tuesday, April 17 at DBT

Anita will share about Interbeing.

Sunday, April 15 at UU

The Five Skandhas (also know as The Five Aggregates, which are form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness) are the components that come together to make an individual. Everything that is thought of as “I” is a function of the Skandhas. The Buddha wove his explanation of the skandhas into many of his teachings. The are not you or I, they are temporary. 

Clinging to the idea this is you/I is an illusion. When we realize these are temporary we can begin to correct our thinking by questioning our perceptions, and then we are on our way to freedom and the path of enlightenment.
Perhaps we can begin to practice this week by questioning our perceptions and thinking, especially in situations that are stressful or when we are sure we are right; by asking ourselves; Am I sure? Is it true?
I look forward to our time together.
Smiling,
Tree

Dharma talks related to the Five Skandas

New Heart Sutra translation by Thich Nhat Hanh

Tuesday, April 10 at DBT

Marge will share about "How do you make your practice a part of your life?"


Sunday, April 8 at UU

Sabina will share on “coming home”



Thich Nhat Hanh offers a guided meditation to return to the here and now.

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