Stony Brook Sangha

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  • So Many Ways to Get Sick – alas

    Food: We were advised not to drink water, or anything not from a bottle, not to eat raw vegetables,especially lettuce, not to eat fruit unless it has a peel you can throw away. Sorojchi: altitude sickness. This is for real. Fatigue, shortness of breath, vivid dreams, trouble sleeping, nosebleeds, loss of appetite, headache, dizziness. I…

  • Compassion

    During the Buddha’s lifetime, more than 2500 years ago, Hindus prayed that after death they would go to heaven to dwell eternally with Brahma, the universal god. Brahma was understood to be the source of love and in order to dwell with this god, Hindus had to practice the Brahma abodes, or the Four Immeasurable…

  • Markets and Vendors

    Vendors and markets are everywhere. Markets for tourists and full of colorful delectables. Markets for locals are full of food and goods. The vendors are quite persistent and followed us around. Unemployment is 39% here, which may be part of the reason. In Cuzco the vendors took names like Kevin Costner and Rudolph Valentino so…

  • Machupicchu photos

    The Inca trail leads up the mountain to Machupicchu and ends in the city. here is the end of the Inca trail.

  • Machupicchu

    A UNESCO world heritage site, high in the Andes yet on the edge of the jungle, Machupicchu encompasses five square miles of terraced stonework linked by 3000 or so steps. Yikes. Machupicchu, some say, was a royal retreat, built in the mid-1400’s, which the king visited for retreat. Others say it was a sacred site.…

  • Peru- the Andes

    The Andes — longest mountain range on the planet and second highest. (Only the Himalaya are higher.)

  • Peru – Religion

    Peruvians are Catholic, but a strong current of the Inca spirituality remains. We attended an Offering to the Earth ceremony and by accident came upon a Blessing of Waters ceremony. A shaman (male or female) prepares a bundle of coca leaves and other materials, on which people have prayed their blessings and wishes, chants, and…

  • To the graduates of the Crisis Chaplaincy Program

    Crisis Chaplaincy Program Graduation April 13, 2013 The Reverend Dr Linda Anderson I want to tell you that it is my pleasure and my honor to be here. I’ve been in ministry for twenty five years, serving congregations and more recently serving as a chaplain and educating others to be chaplains. It’s a special calling.…

  • Less is More

    North Fork Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Jamesport Meeting House April 7, 2013 The Reverend Dr. Linda Anderson Welcome and Announcements Prelude Donna Demian Lighting the Chalice and Opening Words (#515 We Lift Up Our Hearts in Thanks) Hymn #38 Morning Has Broken Sharing of Joys and Sorrows Spirit of Life Hymn #123 Message for Children Offering/Offertory…

  • Resurrection and Freedom

    North Fork Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Jamesport Meeting House March 31, 2013 Easter Sunday The Reverend Dr. Linda Anderson We need the sense of deity to crack our own hard, brown December husks and push life out of inner tombs and outer pain. Unless we move the seasons of the self, and Spring can come for…