Norcal Community of Mindful Living
Sanghas + Events in the Plum Village Community in Northern California
Our Wisdom Meditation School (Pho Tri) Days of Mindfulness continue exploration of the Dharma with our next event — the 50th in our series.
Date: September 21, 2024 in person. Please see attached flyer and flow of the DOM for details.
Title / Theme: Cultivate Habits for Joy and Compassion
Continue reading “Pho Tri (Wisdom Meditation School) Day of Mindfulness”Please save the date for the latest in the Wisdom Meditation School’s ongoing series of days of mindfulness in Vacaville.
Details are in the PDFs linked below.
Continue reading “Pho Tri (Wisdom Meditation School) Day of Mindfulness”Dear Thay, dear sangha members practicing peace:
Please join Dharma teacher Lyn Fine and others in their weekly zoom, on Tuesdays since early October 2023:
Deep Looking, Deep Listening Zoom Circle in the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism
Hosted by Mindful Peacebuilding Sangha
Co-facilitated: Dharma Teacher Lyn Fine and others
Tuesdays
7am-9amPT (come and go as needed)
FOR THE ZOOM LINK, PLEASE EMAIL mindfulpeacebuilding@gmail.com
Continue reading “Deep Looking, Deep Listening Zoom Circle – Ongoing”How in these times can the Plum Village practice community contribute to transforming racial injustice and support wise, skillful, and compassionate action grounded in love—in short, create beloved community?
Please join the Deepening White Awareness Sangha for three half-days of mindfulness, offered to individuals who self-identify as white, to mindfully explore our whiteness. We will follow the Plum Village teachings and practices throughout our time together, which will include meditation, sharing, and grounding exercises. The series is open to people who are beginning this mindful exploration, and to those who have experience. During the series, we will:
Continue reading “Deepening White Awareness & Engaged Practice”
An in-person 7-day retreat, April 7-13, for young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 years old, hosted by Deer Park Monastery with the support of monastics and practitioners in the Plum Village Tradition.
For more information, see the Deer Park website:
Deer Park Monastery is hosting a BIPOC Mindfulness Retreat as an expression of our continuing commitment to creating a nourishing, healing, and empowering space for members of our spiritual family who self-identify as BIPOC.
For more information, see the Deer Park website:
Rhythm of the Earth is a Mindful Music Festival at Deer Park Monastery and fundraiser for producing a documentary honoring Sister Chan Khong, the first fully-ordained monastic disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
For more information, see the Deer Park website:
Thay became a cloud on January 22, 2022, and we are now coming up on the 2nd anniversary of that date.
Here are some events of interest to the NorCal community commemorating this anniversary.
IN PERSON:
Thich Tu Luc is inviting the community to Thay’s 2nd Anniversary ceremony on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 10am, in Hayward Temple (aka Chua Pho Tu / Compassion Pagoda). All are invited!
17327 Meekland Avenue, Hayward, CA 94541
This program will include sitting meditation, chanting, and expressions. Children are welcome!
Program for Jan. 21, 2024:
Sunday January 21 is the end of the Temporary Monastics life for people who want to attend this precious event (January 17-21)
10:00 am : Ceremony in English and Vietnamese in memory of Sư Ông (2nd Year of his passing)
11:30 am: friendly lunch
1:00 pm: De-robe ceremony for the temporary monastics
· Chủ Nhật, 21-1-2024
10 giờ sáng Lễ Đại Tường Sư Ông Làng Mai ( song ngữ)
11 giờ 30 Cơm trưa thân mật.
1 giờ chiều Xả giới – Hồi hướng
Hoàn mãn./-
ONLINE:
Plum Village will be live streaming a 2-year memorial ceremony via their YouTube channel. The Plum Village event is on January 21 at 12:30am Pacific time (9:30 CET) — details are here.
Plum Village is offering a Ceremony of Transformation to Ancestor the following week. This event is on Tuesday Jan 30, at 9am Pacific time (18:00 CET). This will also be streamed. Details at the same link.
There is also a Ceremony of Transformation to Ancestor live in Vietnamese on the morning of January 29 in Vietnam. Details and the time haven’t been announced yet, but as a guide, 9am on January 29 in Vietnam will be 6pm Pacific time on January 28 in California.
Note: video streaming links are not yet available but I assume they’ll be posted on the linked page.
Dear sangha, the Fourfold Community of Bay Area Sanghas is invited to a day of nourishing practices in the Plum Village Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Members of the Northern California Mindfulness Community will lead us in silent sitting, Qigong, walking meditation, mindful eating, deep relaxation, and Dharma study.
Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023
10:00 to 4:00
Los Gatos, CA
Kindly use the RSVP link in the flyer if you would like to attend.
Questions?
Jim Scott-Behrends ~ (831) 332-6176 or
Natascha Bruckner ~ 707-888-1916 /
njbruckner@gmail.com
from Nicole Kramer:
My name is Nicole (“Coco”) Kramer, and I am a sangha member in the Bay Area. Some of you may know me for my work at the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation from 2018-2022.
I am writing with the joyful news that along with my dear friend Amelia Ravitz, I am helping to form a new teen sangha in Berkeley, CA. Our aspiration is to create a long-term Plum Village sangha for teens in the area, and to plant an initial seed we are creating an 8-week series, on Tuesdays from October 10 – Dec 5. The group is freely offered, and open to teens ages 14-19.
We would be very grateful if you could share this information with your local sanghas and with the teens in your life! Registration closes on October 7. The group will be capped at fifteen participants.
To register and find out more, please visit the series website: https://www.bayareateensangha.com/
If you have any questions, you can also contact us at BayAreaTeenMeditation@gmail.com.