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Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia to visit May 10 & 11
The Buddhist Sangha of South Jersey will sponsor a Day of Mindfulness on Saturday, May 10th at the Moorestown Friends Meeting, 118 E. Main Street, Moorestown, NJ. Registration will be at 9:00 AM and the program will be from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia, a Buddhist in the Vipassana tradition, will be our guest teacher.
The theme for the day will be, “Making Karma work for us, instead of against us.” In the Buddhist teachings, karma means actions through body, speech and mind. Without understanding and skillful practice, our actions are largely driven by habit. We tend to repeat patterns of behavior and thought -- whether or not they serve us. Through Insight Meditation, we learn to relate to karmic patterns in ways that make it possible for us to overcome useless and hurtful patterns. We grow and change because we see, at very deep levels, what serves us and what does not. In essence, we learn to align ourselves with what is skillful. In this one-day retreat/workshop we will learn how we discover the law of karma for ourselves and how to work skillfully within this law of nature.
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia has been a Dhamma teacher since 1990. She is a student of the western forest sangha, the disciples of Ajahn Sumedho and Ajahn Chah, and is a Lay Buddhist Minister in association with Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in California. She served as resident teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts from 1996 through 1999. Taraniya teaches at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and at Dhamma centers in the United States.
We will provide help in how to meditate and do several sittings. The program also includes talks by Taraniya, outdoor walking meditation (weather permitting) and other mindfulness practices. Please bring your own lunch. We have some mats and cushions but it would help if you brought your own.
The suggested donation for the day is $25.00. No advance registration is necessary.
For more information, call (609) 953-9215 or E-Mail us.
Taraniya will also visit BSSJ at our regular Sunday night meeting on May 11th.
Buddhist Sangha of South Jersey Book Group
Please join us for the May meeting of the BSSJ Book Group to discuss Thich Nhat Hanh's "Heart of the Buddha's Teaching". Our next meeting is at 5:30 on Sunday, May 18 and the chapters we will discuss are 17, 18 & 19. The location is downstairs in the Hillside Building at the Cherry Hill Unitarian Church. This is a wonderful book but you are not required to read it to attend the meeting.
For more information, call (609) 953-9215 or E-Mail us.
Events at other Sanghas
Soji Zen Center offers authentic Zen Teaching by Jules Shuzen Harris. Soji will host a number of events in coming weeks.
May 17th: 10 AM - 1:30 PM
Discover Being Through Voice Dialogue: Please join Jules Shuzen Harris Sensei for a workshop designed to enable participants to free themselves from thought and witness the conscious presence or deeper self that arises from beyond the mind. For those who have a spiritual practice this is a great adjunct.
Registration required: $45; Soji Students $35. To register, visit the Soji website shown below or call Brenda Waters at 917-856-5659.
For directions and more info, seeSoji Zen Center
The Philadelphia Meditation Center, 8 East Eagle Road Havertown, PA 19083, Tel. 610.853.8200, will sponsor several programs and retreats in the next few months.
Philadelphia Meditation Center
The Philadelphia Buddhist Association, meeting in several locations, will also be holding several events.
For info on PBA events, see the PBA web site at: Philadelphia Buddhist Association
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