Meditation and Buddhism in Portland, Maine

News from Nagaloka
By Gail Yahwak

December 2009

Our Nagaloka Sangha is welcoming the change to some suddenly very cold weather here in Portland, Maine. As things are turning a bit more wintery we are finishing up our 7 week study on Ethics taken from the Dharma Training Course. We have had some very interesting discussions regarding kindness, generosity, contentment, truth and mindfulness. Our discussions have helped us see more clearly where our intentions and motives lie.

We will be starting the New Year off with our next study in the Three Fold Path, Meditation. Maitrimani and I will co-lead this course and hopefully help us all to start the New Year with inspiring meditation practice.

Also coming up in January will be a series on “Becoming a Mitra” with Viryagita and Prasannavajri. This will be a 4 week course on Fridays from 6:00 pm to 7:30. Maitrimani and Viryagita will lead an Intro to Buddhism class on Saturday January 9th from 9:30 to 12:00 and Dharmasuri will begin an Intro series on Tuesday evenings in February.

Thank you to all who spend their time and energy making Nagaloka a welcoming and friendly place to share our spiritual practice.