SnowFlower Buddha SanghaMadison, Wisconsin
SnowFlower Buddha SanghaOur Sangha
meets every Tuesday and Friday evening for sitting and walking meditation,
reciting the Mindfulness Trainings, and Dharma discussions. We have also have
periodic half-days of mindfulness. See our calendar
for details. Newcomer information sheets, contact info, and newsletters
are in the Info section of the
website.
We welcome newcomers at any of our meetings. Additionally, an Introduction to
the Snowflower Sangha Practice will be provided prior to the regular meetings on
the first Friday of January, March, May, July, September and November, and on
the first Tuesday of February, April, June, August, October and December. See
the Calendar for more information.
We practice together in the spirit of Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village,
and the Community of Mindful Living.
We are part of a community of Midwestern Sanghas, including Sanghas in
Milwaukee
and
Chicago, which meet
together for periodic days of mindfulness and weekend retreats, led by Jack and
Laurie Lawlor from Lakeside Sangha
in Evanston, Illinois and Cheri Maples from SnowFlower. The next multi-day
retreat will be October 8-10, 2010 at Bethel Horizons near Dodgeville,
Wisconsin. Further information about that retreat will be posted later this
summer.
In keeping with Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings on "engaged Buddhism," in which we take our practice out into the everyday world, SnowFlower is involved in several projects. One is the Love and Understanding Project, which helps needy children, families, and communities in Vietnam. The Coming Home Project connects Sangha participants with opportunities to support incarcerated individuals or those recently released from prison. For more information about these projects, click here.
If you have any questions about SnowFlower Sangha, please email us at questions@snowflower.org
“When he woke up at the foot of the Bodhi Tree, the Buddha Shakyamuni said, "How strange—all beings possess in themselves the capacity to understand, the capacity to love, the capacity to be free. Everyone has that capacity, but everyone allows himself or herself to be carried away on the ocean of suffering. How strange." This is what the Buddha declared at the moment of his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. He noticed that what we are looking for, day and night, is already there within oneself. What is beautiful, what is true, what is good, is already there in oneself. We can call it the Buddha-nature, the Buddhahood, the awakened nature, the true freedom, which is the foundation for all peace and happiness. This wonderful thing is in us, and a real teacher is someone who can help you to touch that thing in yourself, who helps give birth, to bring about the real teacher which already exists in yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Last Updated:
June 02, 2010