We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha, This Saturday, August 8, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am, we will meet for a Simple Sit meditation. Join us online by clicking below: Join us online Between going and staying the day wavers,in love with its own transparency. The circular afternoon is now a baywhere the world in stillness rocks. All is visible and all elusive,all...
9 days ago • 3 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha, This Saturday, August 1, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am, we will meet for a Simple Sit meditation ONLINE ONLY. We will continue sits without a facilitator for the month. Join us online by clicking below: Join us online I go among trees and sit still.All my stirring becomes quiet around melike circles on water.My tasks lie in...
16 days ago • 4 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha, This Saturday, July 25, from 10:30 am to Noon, we will meet for meditation, small group discussion and a dhamma talk by Lee Barbera about what " happens between the sense gates and conflict ", perception, occurrence, and preconditioning. To read more about what the Buddha had to say on this subject, please review one of the...
23 days ago • 3 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha, This Saturday, July 18, from 10:30 am to Noon, we will meet for meditation, small group discussion and a dhamma talk by Joy Burns titled, “Practicing practice, as best we’re able.” Join us in person at the New Haven Free Public Library or online by clicking below: Join us online Kuan-Yin Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment Ceremony...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha, This Saturday, July 11, from 10:30 am to Noon, we will meet for a Simple Sit meditation. Join us in person at the New Haven Free Public Library or online by clicking below: Join us online The body is the tree of enlightenment, The mind like a clear mirror stand; Time and gain wipe it diligently, Don’t let it gather dust. -...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha,This Saturday, July 4, from 10:30 am to Noon, we will meet ONLINE ONLY for meditation with Lee. Join us in person at the New Haven Free Public Library or online by clicking below: Join us online It is too clear and so it is hard to see. A dunce once searched for a fire with a lighted lantern. Had he known what fire was, He...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha,This Saturday, June 27, from 10:30 am to Noon, we will meet for meditation, small group discussion and a dhamma talk by Joy Burns titled, “Practicing practice, as best we’re able.” Join us in person at the New Haven Free Public Library or online by clicking below: Join us online ECI Annual Meeting, June 27, 11:15 am to 12:15...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha,This Saturday, June 20 , from 10:30 am to Noon, we will meet for online for a simple sit. Simple Sit is an opportunity to practice together, to practice calming the mind, seeing clearly, and seeking truth and wisdom. Join us online You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford Starting here, what do you want to remember?How...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
We are a Theravada Buddhist community based in New Haven, Connecticut that seeks to create an inclusive space for all to learn about and practice meditation. Dear Sangha,This Saturday, June 13, from 10:30 am to Noon, we will meet for meditation, small group discussion on the Four Immeasureables, "The Four Faces of Love: The Brahma Viharas, " and a dhamma talk by Marinela. Join us in person at the New Haven Free Public Library or online by clicking below: Join us online FOUR FACES OF LOVE...
2 months ago • 2 min read