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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 and Evan. 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 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 | |
| 07/06/09 | Evan | ||
| 07/13/09 | Anushka | ||
| 07/20/09 | TBA | ||
| 07/27/09 | Anushka | ||
| 08/03/09 | Guest: Phyllis Oscar | ||
Dharma Talk Leaders: Anushka Fernandopulle has practiced intensively in the Theravada Buddhist tradition over the past 17 years in meditation Evan Kavanagh has been an Insight Meditation practitioner since 1995, and is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Sati Center's Buddhist Chaplaincy Training program. Evan has taught Insight Meditation at 12-step retreats, other LGBTQ sitting groups, and occasionally as a Guest Teacher at Spirit Rock. Evan has served as the Executive Director of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center since 2000. Evan has also been commissioned a Buddhist Ritual Minister by the Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is qualified to perform weddings, memorials, etc. on Spirit Rock's behalf. He has volunteered for many organizations including the United Farm Workers Union, the Gay Community AIDS Project, the Glide Foundation, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Evan |
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General Upcoming Events of Interest!
DEEPENING PRACTICE IN SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY Fri, Jul 10 to Sun, Jul 12 – “Being Family, Being Love, Being Community: A
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Links to other local Sangha's and Queer Dharma Sites SF Gay Men's Buddhist Sangha http://www.gaysangha.org Gay Buddhist Fellowship www.gaybuddhist.org SF Q-Sangha at Metropolitan Community Church http://www.mccsf.org/qsangha NY Queer Dharma http://www.queerdharma.org The Lesbian Buddhist Sangha in Berkeley Oakland LGBT Sangha Basic Meeting Agenda Once a month beginning meditation instructions are offered, please contact us for the schedule. ebqsangha@gmail.com
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