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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  • Paris in May is COLD and Rainy

    We arrived in Paris and the uncertainty of the past days was simply not there anymore. My achy body stopped aching and I had more…

  • Vacation 2014

    No passport, no flight. So began our vacation. No Reykjavik, no Paris. Air tran, E train, Metro North Connecticut, not Europe Shaken, sad, angry, a…

  • Meditation with friends

    Long Island railroad, subway full of bikes and babes. Day of mindfulness. I experience stillness in body, stillness in mind

  • Morning

    Bright morning, cool air. My day is about to start when I hear the scream of a creature caught in death. A bird sings the…

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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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