Kingfisher Sangha

Kingfisher East Weekly Sit
2024-11-13 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-06 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-30 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-23 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-16 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-09 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-02 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-09-25 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) and 2 more dates | Zoom (Online)
Kingfisher East is back!
The group will meet every Wednesday from 5:00 – 6:00 pm via Zoom. Please see the Kingfisher Sangha email newsletter for the Zoom link.
For more details or if you have any questions, contact Martin Lyden at: drmartinjlyden@gmail.com

Kingfisher North Weekly Sit
2024-11-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 and 3 more dates | Zoom (Online)
Please join us for a formal sit, with Kingfisher North at 7:00 pm on Tuesday. Everyone is welcome!
Sits are returning to ZOOM ONLY due to the status with the pandemic. Check back often to see when/if in-person sits will resume.
Tuesdays – 7pm Kingfisher North Sit
To Join the Zoom Meeting:
Please contact Brett (bbartow@nycap.rr.com) or Kingfisher (kingfishersanghany@gmail.com) to receive the link to the Zoom meeting, or check the Weekly Newsletter in your email. Due to some privacy concerns recently, we aren’t posting the link to the Zoom meetings online.

Deepening the Practice
2024-11-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga, 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, United States
Deepening the Practice
First Monday of the month at the UU Congregation of Saratoga

November 4 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
At the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga
624 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
(Map)
Are you interested in learning more about the Buddhist teachings and practices? Please join us as we gather to read and discuss Sutras, chants, practice Touching the Earth, recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings, and other practices in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. If you have a copy of the book Chanting From the Heart, please bring it. Don’t worry if you don’t!
You can find the Zoom link in the last Sangha email newletter.
Our next meeting is on November 4. We will collect dana for the Deepening the Practice gathering to help cover the cost of renting the space. Please RSVP each month to Linda at revlin23@gmail.com if you plan to attend. In case of inclement weather or last-minute emergencies, this will allow us to reach out to those who plan to attend to give any last minute details.

Community Meeting
2024-11-03 14:30 - 15:30 | Zoom (Online)
Community Meeting
Via Zoom

Sunday, November 3
2:30 pm via Zoom
Our next Community Meeting will be Sunday, November 3rd at 2:30 on Zoom.
Please see the newsletter for the Zoom link.
Holiday giving is the only agenda item at present. If you have items you’d like to be discussed, please send topics to Tamara. Also, if you are unable to attend but would like to comment on any of the agenda items, please contact Tamara at tcgeveci@gmail.com and she can report on your behalf.

Kingfisher Village MONDAY sits
2024-10-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-09-16 10:00 - 11:00
Monday: Kingfisher Village
5:30 – 6:30 PM
In person at Melissa’s house in Cambridge every third Monday of the month. Contact Melissa for more information, such as her address details if you need those.

Day of Mindfulness with Richard Brady
2024-10-19 09:30 - 15:30 | Unitarian Universalist Sociey of Schenectady, 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady, NY, 12308
Kingfisher Sangha invites you to
SPACIOUS MIND, INCLUSIVE HEART
A DAY OF MINDFULNESS with Dharma Teacher Richard Brady
October 19, 2024 | 9:30-3:30 pm ET. All are welcome!
UU Society of Schenectady | 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady, NY 12308
Thich Nhat Hanh has established a tradition, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, of offering the sangha a simple poetic couplet in calligraphy that can inspire and nurture our mindfulness practice throughout the year. For the Year of the Dragon, 2024, Spacious Mind, Inclusive Heart have been offered for our practice. These verses seem particularly relevant to the times in which we find ourselves. As Sr. Chan Duc wrote: “ . . . we have a chance to look at how much room there is in our heart and how much space there is in our mind. We need a spacious mind in order to deepen our understanding and with more understanding we grow the capacity of heart to include all.”
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Richard Brady (True Dharma Bridge) is a retreat leader, writer, educational consultant, and coordinator of the Wake Up Schools. He is a founder of the Mindfulness in Education Network, an international organization with 1,700 participants. In 2001, he received lamp transmission from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh to be a Dharma teacher in his tradition with a special focus on cultivating mindfulness in young people. In 2008 Richard’s spouse Elisabeth Dearborn, True Lotus Color, and he founded the Mountains and Rivers Mindfulness Community in southeast Vermont, US, where they now live. Richard has been a friend and support to Kingfisher Sangha for many years and we welcome him back for this Day of Mindfulness.
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Please bring with you:
* a cushion if you use one for meditation
* a vegetarian lunch
* a yoga mat and/or blanket for total relaxation
* layered clothes and socks. Sometimes the room can be overly hot, and sometimes it’s quite cold during total relaxation time!
Dana: Richard’s teachings are offered freely. We can show our gratitude for the teachings by giving donations (dana) when we attend the Day of Mindfulness.
RSVP to Christine Kingery at ChristineKingery96@gmail.com
Richard will also be giving a reading from his new book Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh on October 20 at Yoga Mandali in Saratoga Springs sponsored by Northshire Books.

DOM with Monastics from Blue Cliff
2024-09-21 09:30 - 16:00
Day of Mindfulness with Monastics Visiting from Blue Cliff Monastery
Smith College Conference Center, Amherst, MA

Saturday, September 21
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Registration is now open for a Day of Mindfulness with the monastics visiting from Blue Cliff Monastery. Please click on the link below. A vegetarian lunch will be provided.
The event is free and open to the public. However, please be sure to register if you would like to attend, and if you are coming with friends or family, please make sure all members in your party are registered, as there is a maximum occupancy limit for the building. A confirmation email with details to help you prepare for the DOM will be sent out about a week before the event.
Register here: SmithDOMregister
On Sunday, September 22, there will be a “lazy day” with the monastics at Look Park and a mindful meal in the evening at the Williamsburg Grange. All are welcome.

Kingfisher Sangha Book Club
2024-09-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom (Online)
Kingfisher Sangha Book Club
September 11 (Online)

September 11 from 10:00 – 11:30 am
Via Zoom
Come read a book together! All are invited to the Kingfisher Book Group. Learn about the practice and share with others in the sangha. As we blend our insights, our understanding grows. As we share build and strengthen our connections.
The Book Group meets on Zoom on the third Wednesday of the month, at 10am….EXCEPT for this month! This September meeting is a slight variation from before.

Please see the Kingfisher Sangha newsletter for the ZOOM link.

We will begin reading The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh, (166 pages). How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can really hear How can we listen with compassion and understanding? Communication fuels the ties that bind, whether in relationships, business, or everyday interactions. Most of us, however, have never been taught the fundamental skills of communication, or how to best represent our true selves. Effective communication is as important to our well-being and happiness as the food we put into our bodies. It can be either healthy and nourishing or toxic and destructive. Thich Naht Hanh delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life’s most important skill.
Please read chapters 5 and 6 for our September meeting.
The sangha has funds to help you purchase the book if you need them. Please contact Starr for information.
For more information and questions, please contact Linda at revlin23@gmail.com.

Deepening the Practice
2024-09-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga, 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, United States
Deepening the Practice
First Monday of the month at the UU Congregation of Saratoga

September 9 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
At the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga
624 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
(Map)
Are you interested in learning more about the Buddhist teachings and practices? Please join us as we gather to read and discuss Sutras, chants, practice Touching the Earth, recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings, and other practices in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. If you have a copy of the book Chanting From the Heart, please bring it. Don’t worry if you don’t!
Check out the Kingfisher Sangha newsletter for a ZOOM link tot he meeting.
Our next meeting is on September 9. We typically meet on the first Monday of the month at the UU Congregation of Saratoga, but we are adjusting this month in order to accommodate the Labor Day holiday. We will collect dana for the Deepening the Practice gathering to help cover the cost of renting the space.
Please RSVP each month to Linda at revlin23@gmail.com if you plan to attend. In case of inclement weather or last-minute emergencies, this will allow us to reach out to those who plan to attend to give any last minute details.

Community Meeting
2024-09-07 11:30 - 13:00 | Zoom (Online)
Kingfisher Community Meeting
September 7 (Online)

11:30 am, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, VIA ZOOM
All are welcome to participate! Check the newsletter for the Zoom link to the meeting.
If you are unable to attend but would like to comment on any of the agenda items, please contact Tamara at tcgeveci@gmail.com and she can report on your behalf.
The working agenda for our meeting is below:

Monthly Fee for using Saratoga Spring UU for Deepening the Practice
Keeping resources updated across Sangha sits
Supporting sangha members in financial need
October Day of Mindfulness with Richard Brady
Picnic Fundraiser debrief
How to best support those who decide to leave the sangha
Facilitator for November meeting to finalize Holiday giving plans
