Falling Back in Love with Mother Earth

 

This article is an interview with Thich Nhat Hạnh on how we can practice with, and relate to, insights arising from contemplating the Earth as our Mother. The article, which appeared in The Mindfulness Bell on Nov. 10 2023, is about an earlier interview. It contains guidance and understanding that may be helpful in this difficult time. 

Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address

The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address is an ancient message of peace and appreciation of Mother Earth and her inhabitants. The children learn that, according to Native American tradition, people everywhere are embraced as family. Our diversity, like all wonders of Nature, is truly a gift for which we are thankful. 

When one recites the Thanksgiving Address the Natural World is thanked, and in thanking each life-sustaining force, one becomes spiritually tied to each of the forces of the Natural and Spiritual World. The Thanksgiving Address teaches mutual respect, conservation, love, generosity, and the responsibility to understand that what is done to one part of the Web of Life, we do to ourselves. 

To read the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, please visit the Wabanaki REACH website, from which the above paragraphs are taken.

Happy Thanksgiving!

25th Year Anniversary Gathering-Nov. 6, 2023

We are celebrating! Still Water Sangha started practicing together in 1998. It has been an amazing journey of friends on the path coming together for sangha connection...

Church of Universal Fellowship

82 Maine St. Orono, ME

November 6, 2023

5:30-7 pm weekly sangha gathering

7-8 pm social gathering

We have the good fortune of Daryne's support with harp music

Please come! If you can email stillwatersangha@gmail.com to let us know you are coming, that's helpful, but not necessary.

 

 

No In-Person Meeting on Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2023

Stillwater Sangha has been meeting for 25 years every Monday with few exceptions. We welcome new participants. However, we will not meet in person on Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2023. Perhaps you will be gathering with friends and family and recalling the many contributions workers have make to our country's strength, prosperity and well-being on this day.

Still Water Sangha Welcomes New or Experienced Meditators

Discover or rediscover the joys and benefits of practicing meditation in person with a group of fellow practitioners by visiting Still Water Sangha at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono on Mondays at 5:30 pm. (Note: no in person meditation on Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2023)

The following is a quote from sangha member Steve.

“I have long felt that Buddhist teachings offer much that is true and valuable, and that mindfulness meditation practice is essential in coming to understand the teachings. The sangha has been very important for me, offering a chance to meet regularly with others exploring this path, meditating and discussing our ideas and experiences.”  

No In-Person Meeting on Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2023

Stillwater Sangha has been meeting for 25 years every Monday with few exceptions. We welcome new participants. However, we will not meet in person on Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2023. Perhaps you will be gathering with friends and family and recalling the many contributions workers have make to our country's strength, prosperity and well-being on this day.

  25 Years for Stillwater Sangha

June, 2023 marks 25 years of Stillwater Sangha meeting every Monday night with few exceptions. For almost 15 years, we have met at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono. Earlier meetings were in Bangor. We plan to host a celebratory meeting sometime in the fall; details will follow.

Post-pandemic, we typically have 3-6 participants each week, with pre-pandemic numbers about 6 to 8. We often have participants who are new to the area or new to meditation or both. We warmly welcome all levels of experience with meditation and with Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings.

Spring relaxation routine with Brother Insight

 

This 10-mintute qigong routine by Thich Man Tue (Brother Insight) of Deer Park Monastery will help you enjoy the change of seasons as you relax your neck, lower back, and hips.

Five Mindfulness Trainings to be shared March 6

 

       https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings/ 

As is our custom, we will be reading the Five Mindfulness Trainings during our March 6^th sangha meeting, which is close to the time of the full moon. There will also be time for Dharma discussion. Copies of the mindfulness trainings will be available, and all are welcome.