Stony Brook Sangha

Sharing our journey to a slow, intentional life.

We use the blog to share readings and news about upcoming events.

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  • The Five Mindfulness Trainings

    The Five Mindfulness Trainings are based on the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha. In our Sangha we recite them every other month (alternating with the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings). Some practitioners, especially (but not limited to) those who have formally received the trainings, make an effort to recite them more…

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  • Betrayal – Easter 2014

    The Easter story has been called the greatest story ever told. It is being read, sung and talked about on this day by millions of…

  • The season of Regret

    Autumn is a time of regret. Even as the humidity goes away, the temperature drops and we gladly put on those sweaters for chilly mornings,…

  • Doorways

    Doorways Some doorways are for standing in looking toward the future not yet ready to move Some doorways are for opening even finding what we…

  • It’s Good, It’s Bad

    Everything has it’s good and bad sides. Strengths have a shadow side of weakness, weaknesses have the possibility of strengths. What I call the French…

● About US
The face of a stone statue of the Buddha. Visible in the distance behind it are greens of trees and blue sky.

We are a community in the Plum Village tradition. Linda (True Path of Peace) is an ordained Order of Interbeing member. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh on August 15, 2005.

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