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The San Francisco LGBTQ Sangha Welcomes You Monday Nights 5:30 pm - 6:30pm Location: The SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, 3rd Floor, room 300 |
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We invite you to our weekly meditation sitting group at the LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street, Room 300. Our group meets from 5:30 to 6:30pm each Monday, except holidays. This sangha was founded by Larry Yang and Ryumon in July 2002, and today the dharma talks are carried on by Anushka Fernandopulle and guests. We explore mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual practice in our day to day lives and focus on cultivating an open awareness spacious enough to include whatever arises moment to moment. It is a wonderful way to bring closure to your activities of the day. Format: There is no cost of the group, and the group sustains itself through voluntary work and donations which in the Buddhist tradition is called the practice of "dana" or generosity (the rent is $45 per week). It is a drop-in group, so please join us in supporting and deepening our collective mindfulness practice. For more information, please email SFLGBTsangha@yahoogroups.com or visit the yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFLGBTsangha This sangha is peer led and organized; we always welcome new people to be contributing members of the community. If you are new to meditation, you are welcomed to approach one of us for
guidance and instructions to begin a meditation practice. |
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Dharma Talk |
Extra Events | |
| 04/09/12 | Guest: Steven Tierney | ||
| 04/16/12 | Guest: Tina Toriello | ||
| 04/23/12 | Anushka Fernandopulle | ||
| 04/30/12 | Guest: Arinna Weisman | ||
| 05/07/12 | Guest: Steven Tierney | ||
| 05/14/12 | Anushka Fernandopulle | ||
| 05/21/11 | Guest: John Mifsud | ||
| 05/28/12 | TBA | ||
| 06/04/12 | Guest: Noliwe Alexander | ||
| 06/11/12 | Guest: Steven Tierney | ||
| 06/18/12 | Anushka Fernandopulle | ||
Dharma Talk Leaders: Anushka Fernandopulle has trained in meditation in the Theravada Buddhist tradition for over 20 years in the US and Asia . Other influences have been creative arts, nature, service work, progressive social change movements, and modern urban life. Anushka teaches retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, and around the country. She has a BA from Harvard University, an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and also works as an executive coach, life coach, facilitator, and organizational Arinna Weisman has studied insight meditation since 1979 and has been teaching since 1989. Her root teacher is Ruth Denison who was empowered by the great teacher U Bha Khin. She is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley. She is co-author of the book, A Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation and a contributor to Women Practicing Buddhism; American Experiences, edited by Peter Gregory and Susanne Mrozik. http://arinnaweisman.org/ Steven Tierney, Ed.D. CAS is Professor of Counseling Psychology and Chair of the Community Mental Health program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a certified addiction specialist. Steven has been studying and practicing Buddhism for more than twenty years and has been teaching on topics of meditation, mindfulness and mental health for more than a decade. The focus of Steven's recent practice has been on expanding access to Buddhist practice to new communities and populations. He is currently completing the Shogaku Priest Ongoing Training designed to enable teachers to skillfully reach out and welcome all to our Sangha and the joy's of this peaceful practice in a busy and chaotic world. Steven Tierney can be contacted at sttierney@aol.com. |
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General Upcoming Events of Interest!
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Links to other local Sangha's and Queer Dharma Sites Gay Buddhist Sangha http://www.gaybuddhistsangha.com Gay Buddhist Fellowship www.gaybuddhist.org SF Q-Sangha at Metropolitan Community Church http://www.mccsf.org/qsangha.html NY Queer Dharma http://www.queerdharma.org The Lesbian Buddhist Sangha in Berkeley Oakland LGBTQ Sangha ("The Alphabet Sangha") |