Sangha Time (Meditation & Community Gathering) + Holiday Book Swap!
December 10th Topic: Gratitude (Pt. 2)
What are you grateful for in the natural world? How can we remember the true miracle that it is to be alive and our deep relationship with all things?
Today, we'll read the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address (also known as "The Words That Come Before All Else"), and explore what it has to teach us about gratitude.
📚PLUS - We're having a HOLIDAY BOOK SWAP! 📚
This will be our last SaTi before Sangha Time takes a winter holiday break for the next few weeks to give our facilitators time to rest, celebrate, and spend time with family. We’ll resume on 1/14 :)
To celebrate: during the social time, we’ll do a small holiday book swap! To participate, just bring a book (maybe your all-time favorite meditation book, or one that has influenced your practice recently). You’ll leave with a new book, and some fresh inspiration for the holiday season 📚💡
(participation is optional)
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What to expect:
🙏 Meditate for 25m in silence
📖 Get inspired with wisdom readings
❤️ Share and connect with like-minded & like-hearted meditators
🍵 Enjoy tea & snacks in community
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More info on Sangha Time:
Every Wednesday from 6:45-8:45pm. Private location in Haight Ashbury. Scroll down to learn how to save your spot!
Sangha Time is our weekly meditation & community gathering. A place for connection, inspiration, and practice. We are a cross-lineage, peer-led sangha that is open to all. Whether you’re a longtime community member or just arriving, you are welcome here.
What type of space do we wish to create together?
A space for all of us - that welcomes diversity in all its forms
A space where we remind each other to practice meditation & nurture the qualities of kindness, wisdom, generosity and love that our society desperately needs more of
A space where we can show up as we are, share what’s in our hearts & minds, and listen deeply
A space where we can cultivate meaningful friendships to support us on the path
A space where we can get inspired to bring the dhamma into our lives. Through formal practice, reflection and our speech and actions every day.
Most importantly, we wish to shape this gathering together by embracing creativity and new ideas
Whether its your first time here, or you come every week, everyone is invited to participate.
What do we do during CV Sangha Time?
The schedule is subject to evolve as we co-create this gathering together. In general, we will have:
Meditation - mostly 25m silent sitting meditation
Inspiration - sharing reading(s) from wisdom teachers on a weekly topic
Sharing & Connection - reflecting and sharing about our own experiences and listening deeply
Community Creation Circle - an opportunity to actively contribute & create the community together
(optional) Tea & Snacks (8:45-9:15pm) - getting to know each other informally over a warm cup of tea
Suitable for beginners & experienced meditators. Everything at Community Village is 100% donation based, in the spirit of dana, with the intention to be accessible to all. You can donate to Community Village here or learn about other ways of giving dana here.