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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  • Early Spring Funeral

    Pushed up piles of ice gather at the water’s edge Seemingly random Like the leavings of glaciers greeting the coming of spring

  • After cancer surgery

    Here is a guest blog from Margie Allen. One Saturday morning after Linda had recovered enough from her double mastectomy surgery to try some outings,…

  • Equanimity

    Equanimity: Balance During the Buddha’s lifetime, more than 2500 years ago, Hindus prayed that after death they would go to heaven to dwell eternally with…

  • Adventures on the Ferry

    Adventures on the ferry Venturing beyond the Port Jefferson ferry, I drove to Orient Point to take that crossing of the sound. I figured it…

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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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