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MONDAY March 31, 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Marie will facilitate
Meditation schedule
Upcoming events
We are all one
We recognize the struggles of immigrants because many, though not all, of us have experienced immigration, arriving in this country ourselves or our ancestors arriving before us. We also stand in solidarity with members of the LGBTQ+ community who experience discrimination and hardship.
To offer support, we warmly invite you to review the information and links we provided.
Organizations we support
VOLAR’s mission is to co-create a cooperative community in East Baltimore owned by Black and Brown people … built through the reclamation of land, healing, reconnecting and building a base of community power.
Learn how VOLAR has evolved and where it is going — and how you can be a part of this incredible initiative.
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Engaged Buddhism / Deep Listening to our Differences
by Annie Mahon
In this article we explore the transformative art of deep listening while door knocking in the lead up to the US election from Annie Mahon, an engaged practitioner and Dharma teacher in The Plum Village Tradition.
New book release from friend of our sangha, Magda Cabrero:
WALKING ON EARTH WITH THICH NHAT HANH: My Experiences with Silence & The Sanctuaries & Kindred Spirits I Found in Many Places
by Dr. Magda De La Paz Cabrero
First Mindfulness Bell article in Spanish:
Inhabiting Interbeing / Habitando el Interser
We're so excited The Mindfulness Bell has published their first article in Spanish!
All are invited to join our community
Mindfulness is being here now, with kindness and open hearted curiosity.
The Opening Heart Mindfulness Community is open to everyone and meets to practice sitting and walking meditation and discuss mindfulness-related topics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Circle Yoga. We practice together in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
No previous mindfulness or meditation experience necessary.
No registration is required, and there is no fee to attend. Donations are joyfully accepted to support this and other similar programs Sitting meditation can be done on the floor or in a chair.
In consideration of those who have chemical sensitivities, we ask that you do not wear any fragrances (including essential oils) while attending Opening Heart meditation events.
Making-Visible
The Opening Heart Mindfulness Community created this special sangha to build awareness on the issues of social injustice facing our country and the world today.
Dear friends,
This week, we will meet Monday evening, March 31st, from 7-8:30PM EDT online; Wednesday morning, April 2, from 7-8AM EDT in person at our meditation space (3812 Northampton Street NW); Thursday morning, April 3, from 7-8AM EDT in person at our meditation space (3812 Northampton Street NW); and Friday, April 4th, 12-1PM EST online.
On Monday night, Marie will facilitate, and we will continue to explore the Buddhist sutra, the Eight Realizations of Great Beings. According to the podcast, The Way Out Is In, the Eight Realizations were important to Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay), who said that using them as practical tools in our daily life could help us generate more understanding and compassion in our bodies, thoughts, perceptions, minds, and motivations. I’m finding this to be true, as the events of the world and country vibrate through my system, and I sometimes struggle to respond skillfully.
This week, we will focus on the Second Realization: “The awareness that more desire brings more suffering. All hardships in daily life arise from greed and desire. Those with little desire and ambition are able to relax, their body and mind free from entanglement.”