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  • Happy Mothers Day

    Yesterday’s Dharma presentation was, appropriately, an excerpt from Thay’s book A Rose for Your Pocket: An Appreciation of Motherhood. You can read the excerpt Christine shared by clicking here. A happy and healthy Mothers Day to all!

  • Online Sanghas

    For anyone who is interested in additional Sangha meetings, we have added a page of links to online Sanghas in the Plum Village Tradition that are part of the Community of Mindfulness New York-Metro: Please click here to visit that page.

  • Being With Busyness

    This morning’s dhamra presentation was an excperpt from the book Being with Busyness: Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnout by Brother Phap Hu and Jo Confino, the co-hosts of the podcast The Way Out is In. If you’re not already familiary with this podcast, we recommend it highly. You can find all episodes of…

  • Parallel Verses

    Each year Plum Village offers a pair of parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year.  You can download them to print by clicking this link.  To learn more, read this post from the Plum Village website, which was shared today at our Sangha meeting.

  • The Other Shore

    Today’s Dharma presentation was an excerpt from chapter 6 (“Happy Continuation”) of The Other Shore, by Thich Nhat Hanh. The portions read were pages 50 to 52: “Contemplating a Leaf,” and “I am More Than This Body.” The Other Shore is a new translation of The Heart Sutra, with commentaries. As always, if you would…

  • Openess and Non-Attachment to Views

    Today’s Dharma presentation was pages 29 to 35 from Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Interbeing: The 14 Mindfulness Trainings of Engaged Buddhism. This section is commenteries on the first two of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings: Openess and Non-attachment to views. You can preview parts of this book (including the portion shared today) by clicking here. Or,…

  • This Week’s Presentation

    Our Dharma presentation at this past week’s sangha was an excpert from Fragrant Palm Leaves, Thích Nhất Hạnh’s journals from 1962 – 1966. If you would like to join us, we meet to sit and share every Saturday from 9am to 10:30 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Road, East Setauket, NY. All are…

  • Breathing and Smiling

    Our Dharma Presentation for this week was an exceprt from episode 76 of the podcast “The Way Out Is In,” in which Br. Phap Hu and Jo Confino discuss how we are conditioned to suffering and how that relates to having a spiritual dimension, as well as the question of whether Plum Village teaching is…

  • Plumeria Tree Buddha

    This week’s Dharma Presentation was an excerpt from “Old Path, White Clouds,” Thich Nhat Hanh’s book about the life and teaching of the Buddha. We’re not able to post the text that was shared, but this article from the Mindfulness Bell is a great summary and commentary of the passage.

  • Are You Sure?

    This past Saturday’s dharma presentation was a short talk on the question “Are You Sure.” Click here to watch the video.