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All Sundays 9.30-12.30 pm plus shared vegetarian lunch until 2pm Please check with Jonny at plymouthsangha@gmail.com to confirm details of the session and book a place March 19th – No Longer at Clearbrook due to clash with Chagford DOM April 26th – Wembury Village Hall ( Knighton Room ) May 21st- Clearbrook July 16th –Continue reading “Clearbrook Dates for 2023”

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.

The reading this week was from Breathe! You are Alive ( Thay’s commentary on the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing )

This week we read the first chapter of The Miracle of Mindfulness , one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s first books and perhaps the one that really made Buddhist Practice accessible to a wider Western Audience .

The  evening was devoted to practising the meditation technique of ‘mere recognition’ and sharing our reflections on what helps us most in our personal practice of meditation. It was a useful introduction and reminder of our meditation posture and technique.

The piece we read was the first 4 paragraphs from the preface of “The Blooming of a Lotus” by Thay.

This week we will read the 5 Mindfulness Trainings.

The reading this week was from the book by Thich Nhat Hanh, “Teachings on Love”, Chapter 10, page 111, paragraphs 2-6 inclusive.

This week, the reading was on “Dana”, taken from “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching” (Paperback version) pages 193-196.