News from Gail
News From Nagaloka
September 2011
The chill in the air is beginning to find us once again here in Maine as autumn is approaching. Nagaloka bids a farewell to a summer that has really been packed with happenings.
First let us celebrate in Louise Tuski becoming a Mitra (friend)in June this year. Louise is a joyous spirit and has jumped right in to the sangha here at Nagaloka. Louise’s enthusiasm is inspiring and she has been so helpful in spending time working on our fundraising kula, our weekly announcements, joining our council, keeping our kitchen tidy and organized and so much more! Louise has also started a Mindfulness Movement class on Tuesday mornings for children 5 and under. Ian, Louise’s son, performed a classical guitar recital to benefit Nagaloka this summer. He played to a full house and shared his beautiful talent to a very appreciative audience.
We have been studying “The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path” at our Wednesday Friends’ Nights. This inspiring and very practical teaching as really come to life in our discussions and brought to us many opportunities to relate the Dharma to our daily life. We will be finishing this study just in time to take part in the International Urban Retreat. Our next study on Friends’ Night is the “worldly winds” using newly published book by Vajragupta “Sailing the Worldly Winds.”
Dharmasuri and Maitrimani spent some time in the UK over the summer attending the Triratna Buddhist Order Convention. Thank you to both of them for sharing their experiences there and bringing home to our sangha all that the world wide Triratna Buddhist Community has to offer.
Mitra Study is off to a fresh start with Maitrimani leading us through “The Bodhisattva Ideal”. Here we can also welcome our newest Mitra to be Trish Moulton. Trish is looking forward to her Mitra ceremony on September 25th at 5 PM. All welcome.
We had day retreats this summer with Bodhipaksa, and Amala, a visit and talk by Nagabodhi, a Dharma Day celebration, Women’s and Men’s practice days, a visit from Parami for Mitras, as well as our regular ongoing meditation sessions, intro classes and Friends’ Nights. Narottama is leading two introduction days at Nagaloka, one on Oct 22 and again on Nov 26. Keep your eyes on our website for updates on coming events and our regularly scheduled happenings.
