News from Gail
News from Nagaloka
By Gail Yahwak
September 2010
Again the changing of the season is upon us as we welcome autumn here in Maine. The color display put on by the trees is a beautiful reminder to relish nature and the magnificence found there. This change of season has found Nagaloka in a change of study at our Wednesday Sangha nights. We have just recently finished the book “Life With Full Attention” by Maitreyabandhu. This was a well liked book by our Sangha and brought some new faces in to study with us. We spent 10 weeks going on this journey of cultivating mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, the teachings, other people, nature and art, and insight. The book is packed with practical ways being mindful in daily living. Each chapter is followed by exercises and meditations that provided a very useful working ground. Our next study will be on Ritual and Devotion, taken from the foundation year of the Dharma Training Course.
Dharmasuri led a 3 week intro to Buddhism and Meditation class in August. She packed Nagaloka with 14 fresh faces eager to learn. Dharmasuri will lead an evening intro to the Mindfulness of Breathing in late September and an evening intro to the Metta Bhavana at the beginning of October. In January 2011 she will provided another combined 4 week intro to Buddhism and Meditation on Tuesday evenings from 7-9pm.
Akashavanda is coming to Nagaloka to lead Mitra Study! Thank You! She is facilitating Module 3 of Year Two in the Dharma Training Course, Turning the Mind to the Dharma. We are meeting every other Thursday for this study. We have another new mitra request; welcome to Mark White! Sadhu! His mitra ceremony is scheduled for Sunday September 26th.
Our lunch time meditations with Maitrimani have started up again on Thursdays at 12:15pm. Our Sangha night is Wednesdays 7-9pm. Other meditation sessions are Mondays and Fridays at 6:30pm and Sunday mornings at 9am.
