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| Date | Discussion Topic or Event | Discussion Leader | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2014 | Retreat in Ashland | Peaceful Refuge is hosting a 3 day retreat in our tradition. | For additional information, visit our web site at www.peacefulrefugesangha.org, contact registrar@peacefulrefugesangha.org or call Beth at (541) 708-5170. |
| October 2, 2014 | "Buddha 501" | Dharmarcharya Jerry Braza | Final date to be announced soon. Location will be the new retreat house in Molalla |
| September 13, 2014 | Alaska Wilderness Meditation & Trekking in the Mindfulness Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh | Jerry Braza | Ages 18-35 We will enjoy two weeks together exploring Alaska and enjoying mindfulness practice in the wilderness, capped off by a weekend retreat. The beauty of the wild will be a constant reminder to come back to ourselves and to enjoy the present moment. We will spend the first two days getting to know each other and hiking in Girdwood Alaska before we begin a 6 day cabin-to-cabin wilderness backpacking trip on the Kenai Peninsula’s Resurrection Pass Trail. We will end this adventure by joining the Floating Leaf Sangha in Homer for a weekend retreat (Sept. 13-15th) with Dharma teacher Jerry Braza. |
| September 3, 2014 | Alaskan Mindfulness Retreats | Jerry Braza | Dear Friends, Please share this announcement with any Wake UP friends within your Sangha. This will be a wonderful opportunity for our young friends to share the dharma in the beautiful Alaska Wilderness. The trek is capped off with a weekend retreat in Homer (Sept. 13-15, 2014) which is open to young and old trekkers, dharma bums and the rest of us. I am passing on this message at the request of Joe Spaeder (OI Alaska) and the Wake Up movement. With a bow and joy for all, Brother Jerry |
| August 21, 2014 | Family Mindfulness Camp | Westwind August 21-24 | www.westwind.org |
| July 21, 2014 | Mindfulness Camp at Westwind | www.mindfulnesscamp.org | A four-day event for people from all walks of life, where adults and children can learn practical ways to live a more peaceful, centered lives with each other and the natural world. |
| July 20, 2014 | Mindfulness Potluck | Five Stones is gathering at Paul's house in North Albany from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. | |
| July 20, 2014 | Sangha Mindfulness Morning | Paul | email peacefulstep@gmail.com |
| July 20, 2014 | Sangha Mindfulness Morning/Potluck | Paul | 10:00 to 1:00 at Paul's house. Would you like more information? email peacefulfulstep@gmail.org |
| December 14, 2013 | Walking Meditation | Ken | Meet at Avery Park, on the foot path by the bridge nearest to OSU. 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. |
| November 9, 2013 | Walking Meditation | Ken | Meet at Start of trail up Chip Ross Park, end of Lester Ave. Ride needed? Reply to peacefulstep@gmail.org. |
| October 12, 2013 | Walking Meditation | Ken | Meet at start of Jackson-Frazier Wetland 9:00 AM |
| September 14, 2013 | Walking Meditation 9:00 to 10:00 AM | Ken | Gather from 8:55 to 9 AM by the Willamette River Boat Launching area/Soccer Fields parking lot and we'll walk south along the river, stopping occasionally. Noble Silence please, families and children are welcome. Open to everyone. Enjoy each step. |
| September 2, 2013 | Five Mindfulness Trainings | Ken | Monthly Recitation and discussion of Five Mindfulness Trainings |
| August 29, 2013 | Buddha 101 Begins 5:30 | Jerry Braza | Basic concepts and roots of buddhist mindfulness practice, |
| August 26, 2013 | Sangha Tea | Irene | Monthly tea and dharma discussion |
| May 11, 2013 | Walking Meditation 9:00 to 10:00 AM | Ken | Gather from 8:45 to 9 AM by the Willamette River Boat Launching area/Soccer Fields parking lot and we'll walk south along the river, stopping occasionally. Noble Silence please, families and children are welcome. Open to everyone. Enjoy each step. |
| March 9, 2013 | Walking Meditation 9:00 to 10:00 AM | Ken | Gather from 8:45 to 9 AM by the Willamette River Boat Launching area/Soccer Fields parking lot and we'll walk south along the river, stopping occasionally. Noble Silence please, families and children are welcome. Open to everyone. Enjoy each step. |
| August 27, 2012 | Sisters from Deerpark visit | ||
| August 27, 2012 | Sisters from Deerpark visit | ||
| August 24, 2012 | Mindfulness Camp at the Coast, Westwind | Four Monastics from DeerPark | http://mindfulnesscamp.org/ |
| August 23, 2012 | Mindfulness Camp at Coast until Aug 26th | HOME REGISTRATION GALLERY SCHEDULE Full Heart Productions Presents Mindfulness Camp at Westwind Thursday Aug 23, 2011 to Sunday Aug 26, 2012 (4 days / 3 nights) 34 0share17 Learn practical ways to live more peaceful, centered lives with each other and the natural world. A four day event for people from all walks of life, where adults and children can learn practical ways to live more peaceful, centered lives with each other and the natural world. REGISTER NOW! We will have 2 miles of wild Oregon coastline to explore, beach fires to sing around, delicious local foods to eat and comfortable, rustic cabins to stay in (camping is also available) This event is being developed and hosted by interfaith organizations throughout Oregon and Washington in collaboration with the monks and nuns from the Deer Park monastery who practice under the Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. (A children’s program will be offered.) The Westwind site is located within a United Nations Bio-Sphere which lies 50 miles due West of Salem on Oregon’s central coast. (We will pick you up by ferry and transport you across the Salmon River to Westwind. REGISTER NOW! $225 per adult-$100 per child for 4 days and 3 nights, all lodging, meals and programs. A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND WORK EXCHANGE POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE! Please contact Melany Berry to discuss arrangements. 206.697.0434. This event will be limited to 80 persons. Mindfulness Camp: All My Relations At Westwind | |
| June 30, 2012 | Music and Mindfulness Day | Music and our practice of joy and happiness | Kri and Paul lead at Ken's house. 865 NW Raintree Drive: 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM |
| June 30, 2012 | Sounds of Mindfulness | Kri Schlafer, OI, and Paul Watts, Five Stones | 1PM to 6PM We will come together in the spirit of inter-oneness and explore the ways that sound and music can support our mindfulness and joy! |
| June 30, 2012 | Sangha wide Annual Potluck 5:00 PM following workshop | Our annual dinner for ourselves, partners, kids, other sangha, workshop participants. Bring a vegetarian dish to share. | Held at Ken's house, 865 NW Raintree Drive (3rd house on right up the hill from Mountain View) Map: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=44.647549,-123.257797&spn=0.00948,0.013175&hnear=865+NW+Raintree+Dr,+Corvallis,+Oregon+97330&t=m&z=16 |
| June 8, 2012 | Dharma Discussion in Vancouver | A special invitation: The Buddha's Bookbag Study Sangha, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, Friday, June 8th with Dharma Teacher, Barbara Casey. Barbara is in town to offer a Five Mindfulness Traninigs Ceremony on 6/9 and will be joining us for this as well on 6/8. If you can't make the June 9th gathering, you are very welcome to come to this sangha on June 8th! Please join us for: Meditation and dialogue on "Touching Peace in the Present Moment." Our study focus: "A Lifetime of Peace" an inspirational book by and about Zen master, world peacemaker, Thich Nhat Hanh, led by Order of Interbeing members, Margaret Kirschner and Jayna Gieber. Even if you've not been before, please feel free to join us. In this session we will cover: Present Moment, Wonderful Moment and Touching Peace. This will be followed by: Barbara's interactive Dharma talk with questions and answers. We meet at the Mint Tea Bistro, (upstairs) 2014 Main St., Vancouver, WA. You may call ahead to place your lunch or tea order at 360.699.4991 We begin and end each session with meditation practice. Please practice silence as you come up the stairs and enter the back room quietly. We welcome you and look forward to insightful discussion and delicious lunches. We may arrive early to get settled and plan to stay for all or part, even if one can only come on occasion. We hope to share this time of peaceful breathing and deep looking with you. May all beings know peace, Jayna and Margaret | A special invitation: The Buddha's Bookbag Study Sangha, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, Friday, June 8th with Dharma Teacher, Barbara Casey. Barbara is in town to offer a Five Mindfulness Traninigs Ceremony on 6/9 and will be joining us for this as well on 6/8. If you can't make the June 9th gathering, you are very welcome to come to this sangha on June 8th! Please join us for: Meditation and dialogue on "Touching Peace in the Present Moment." Our study focus: "A Lifetime of Peace" an inspirational book by and about Zen master, world peacemaker, Thich Nhat Hanh, led by Order of Interbeing members, Margaret Kirschner and Jayna Gieber. Even if you've not been before, please feel free to join us. In this session we will cover: Present Moment, Wonderful Moment and Touching Peace. This will be followed by: Barbara's interactive Dharma talk with questions and answers. We meet at the Mint Tea Bistro, (upstairs) 2014 Main St., Vancouver, WA. You may call ahead to place your lunch or tea order at 360.699.4991 We begin and end each session with meditation practice. Please practice silence as you come up the stairs and enter the back room quietly. We welcome you and look forward to insightful discussion and delicious lunches. We may arrive early to get settled and plan to stay for all or part, even if one can only come on occasion. We hope to share this time of peaceful breathing and deep looking with you. |
| April 19, 2012 | April 19 to 22, 2012 | Our once yearly all-Oregon Sangha retreat | Great Vow retreat with Eileen Kiera - Many Rivers Sangha 2012 |
| March 26, 2012 | Tea and open Dharma Discussion | Ken | Following our usual meditations, we'll enjoy tea and open dharma conversation. |
| March 22, 2012 | Retreat at Trappist Abbey | Jerry Braza and Nisa Segor | |
| March 19, 2012 | Buddhism 101 | Ken | Presentation and discussion on buddhism and our way of practice. |
| November 14, 2011 | Mindfulness, Concentration, Insight | Ken | Practice together sitting, walking and guided meditations, after which we have a dharma presentation about the absolute basics of our practice as an introduction, or reintroduction to the practice of mindfulness meditation. |
| November 7, 2011 | Five Mindfulness Trainings The Five Mindfulness Trainings represent the Buddhist vision for a global spirituality and ethic. They are a concrete expression of the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, the path of right understanding and true love, leading to healing, transformation, and happiness for ourselves and for the world. To practice the Five Mindfulness Trainings is to cultivate the insight of interbeing, or Right View, which can remove all discrimination, intolerance, anger, fear, and despair. If we live according to the Five Mindfulness Trainings, we are already on the path of a bodhisattva. Knowing we are on that path, we are not lost in confusion about our life in the present or in fears about the future. (Revised in 2009) | Paul | Our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay), recommends we, as a sangha, recite and discuss the Trainings every other week, or at least monthly. They are essential to our practice of mindfulness. As Jack Kornfield has said, "The Buddha outlined five areas of basic morality that lead to a conscious life. These training precepts are given to all students who wish to follow the path of mindfulness. They are not given as absolute commandments; rather, they are practical guidlines to help us live in a more harmonious way and develop peace and power of mind. As we work with them, we discover that they are universal precepts that apply to any culture, in any time. They are a part of basic mindfulness practice and can be cultivated in our spiritual life. |
| November 3, 2011 | Retreat at Trappist Abbey | Jerry Braza and Denise Segor | |
| September 19, 2011 | Noble Eight-Fold Path | Bob | Continuing the discussion from last week on the Four Noble Truths and the 12-Turnings of the Wheel, this week's discussion will center on the Noble 8-Fold Path. All are welcome! |
| August 29, 2011 | Sangha Tea | Brad, Pamela, Ken | |
| August 22, 2011 | Dharma Discussion | Bob | |
| August 15, 2011 | Dharma Discussion | Paul | |
| August 8, 2011 | Dharma Discussion | Gary | |
| August 1, 2011 | Five Mindfulness Trainings | Ken | |
| July 25, 2011 | PICNiC-POTLUCK | Pamela | details shortly....reserve the date on your schedules |
| July 25, 2011 | Sangha Tea | Brad, Pamela | |
| July 18, 2011 | Lovingkindness | Alice OI Aspirant | |
| July 11, 2011 | In the Moment | Nana | |
| July 4, 2011 | Five Mindfulness Trainings | Ken | |
| June 27, 2011 | Ceremony: Shining the Light | Jerry Braza | |
| June 20, 2011 | Save the Ridge Project | Ken | |
| June 13, 2011 | Dharma Discussion | Gary | |
| June 6, 2011 | Five Mindfulness Trainings | Bob | |
| April 25, 2011 | Lovingkindness (Metta) | Special OI Aspirant Guest: Alice Phalen | |
| April 18, 2011 | Dharma presentation and discussion | Bob | |
| April 11, 2011 | Dharma presentation and discussion | Special OI Guest: Lucy Kingsley | |
| April 4, 2011 | Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation | Gary | |
| March 28, 2011 | March Sangha Tea | Brad | |
| March 21, 2011 | Dharma Discussion | Gary | |
| March 14, 2011 | Dharma Discussion | Paul | |
| March 7, 2011 | Mindfulness Trainings Discussion Questions and Answers | Special Guest: Dharmacharya Dr. Jerry Braza | |
| February 28, 2011 | February Sangha Tea | Brad | |
| February 21, 2011 | Emptiness presentation and discussion | Gary | |
| February 14, 2011 | Deepening Practice: Mindfulness/Concentration/Insight | Special OI Guest Dr. Nacho Cordova | |
| February 7, 2011 | Five Mindfulness Trainings (Precepts) | Ken | |
| January 31, 2011 | Sangha Tea | Brad, Teamaster | |
| January 24, 2011 | Deepening our Practice: Moment by Moment | Nancy Nina (Nana) | |
| January 17, 2011 | Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing | Bob | Discussion will be based on pages 283-289 of the Chanting From the Heart book. |
| January 10, 2011 | Buddha --=part two | Ken | |
| January 3, 2011 | Five Mindfulness Trainings | ||
| December 27, 2010 | Buddha part one | Ken | We'll practice as always, then see exerts from the recent movie The Buddha, and discuss |
| December 20, 2010 | Annual Potluck Anniversary Holiday Celebration | ||
| November 21, 2010 | TBA | Lucy | |
| October 17, 2010 | TBA | Lucy | |
| September 26, 2010 | Sangha Building | Lucy | |
| September 19, 2010 | Sangha Business Meeting/Planning | Ken | |
| September 12, 2010 | Bob | ||
| September 5, 2010 | Mindfulness/5 Mindulness Trainings | Ken | |
| August 29, 2010 | Now is the Moment | Lucy | |
| August 22, 2010 | 14 Mindfulness Trainings and Sangha Business Meeting | Ken | Business Meeting Agenda: Discuss needs of Sangha, Volunteer Opportunities, Set up/tea preparation, Greeter, Local community needs and how/when to participate, Opportunities to join Stewardship Group for sangha. Financial Report. |
| August 15, 2010 | Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings | Ken | Lets read and enjoy the 14 precepts members of the Order of Interbeing practice. We'll read them and see what nourishment they offer, and how similar they are to the Five Mindfulness Trainings we practice. |
| August 15, 2010 | Disavowal | Paul | |
| August 8, 2010 | Bob | ||
| August 1, 2010 | Five Mindfulness Trainings | Bob | |
| July 25, 2010 | Bob | ||
| June 20, 2010 | In This Moment | Nana | Letting the Buddha look through our eyes, feel through our hearts, speak through our words and our life experience. |
| May 30, 2010 | Deer Park Stories | Ken | |
| May 23, 2010 | TBD | Nana | |
| May 16, 2010 | TBD | Nancy / Dharma Teacher | |
| May 9, 2010 | TBD | Bob | |
| April 29, 2010 | Watering the Seed of Love | Jerry Braza, Dharma Teacher (Dharmacharya) | Annual Retreat at Great Vow Monastery. April 29th to May 2nd Join us for a weekend of stopping, quieting, and looking deeply at the seeds or qualities of our consciousness. |
| April 25, 2010 | Music and Mindfulness | Paul | |
| April 18, 2010 | Five Mindfulness Trainings | Nana | |
| April 11, 2010 | Music and Meditation | Bob and Paul | |
| April 4, 2010 | TBD | Lucy / Dharma Teacher | |
| March 28, 2010 | TBD | Ken | |
| March 21, 2010 | Mindfulness Training on Work | Bob | Presentation of a lay person's mindfulness training regarding work, and discussion of creating our own mindfulness trainings for areas in our lives that need transformation. |
| January 18, 2010 | Emptiness | Gary |
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