Dear Sisters and Brothers, Attending a winter retreat at Plum Village, I had the chance- and the inspiration- to write quite a few songs. When I shared several...
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Njay
njayw
Oct 30, 2010 11:55 pm
Dear Sangha, I thought I’d share with you some online dharma resources I’ve been tapping into lately that have been very helpful. You can listen online or...
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inthenow61
Jul 18, 2011 5:50 am
Hi Everbody, Below is a 3 minute you tube on S@M (no I didn't mean THAT S&M) as a follow up to one of the topics in our dharma study today Evelyn ...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Jun 12, 2012 5:05 pm
Dear Sangha, Concentration is the 6th of the 7 Factors of Awakening that Thay writes about in "The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings." We read the section on...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Jun 15, 2012 2:30 pm
Dear Sangha, Here is a summary of our Sangha program theme discussion from the past 2 months--in case, you want to refresh your memory. Please come this...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Jun 25, 2012 5:11 pm
Notes from Singing Bird Sangha Program Planning Meeting at ZDS Sun 17 June 4p.m. Participants: Julia, Nancy, Barrie, Vivian, Wanda We read the summary of all...
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susan dodd
susntucson
Jun 27, 2012 8:42 pm
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Njay
njayw
Jul 16, 2012 5:12 am
Hi all, Here are two resources I used to prepare tonight's presentation on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Guided body scan meditation by Phillip Moffitt:...
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Vivian MacKinnon
V_MacKinnon
Jul 19, 2012 3:03 pm
here is a link to see how the money raised for Thay's foundation is being used: http://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/thichnhathanhfoundation.org/Home.html Vivian...
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susan dodd
susntucson
Jul 30, 2012 6:00 pm
dear all, Attached is our letter from our sangha retreat teacher. please connect to her website link if you would like to read more about her.(address @...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Aug 26, 2012 1:16 am
Here is a reminder of the programs that were adopted at the last Sangha Care Meeting: 26 Aug Music night Katherine will coordinate " 2 Sept Five...
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J B GRAF
juliabgraf
Sep 24, 2012 11:27 pm
Dear Friends, We have talked in the past about the sutra on knowing the better way to live alone, and so I thought some of you might be interested in these...
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Vivian MacKinnon
V_MacKinnon
Nov 1, 2012 5:05 pm
Dear Sangha, What good fortune I had to be able to sit down and rewrite all of our wonderful gathas today. What collective wisdom we have! I have both attached...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Nov 11, 2012 10:10 pm
from Wanda: Dear Sangha, For many years I've supported a local group, Mother's Kitchen, who prepares and serves a monthly dinner for the Primavera Homeless...
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Njay
njayw
Nov 30, 2012 4:42 am
Dear all, I have just completed watching all the videos from Rick Hansen's interview series, "The Compassionate Brain" and I highly recommend it for content...
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J B GRAF
juliabgraf
Dec 11, 2012 9:20 pm
Nancy recently shared information about the website tnhaudio.org for Thay's dharma talks. This letter mentions that site as well as other sites , including...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Jan 18, 2013 6:11 pm
Dear Sangha, Below is the motion that was passed (at Care Council) about future SBS programs. Two portions that were not included: schedule an "open...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Mar 4, 2013 11:47 pm
Dear Sangha, Below is the proposed 2013 calendar. Please review it for any errors or to see if you will vote to approve it at our 31 March Sangha Care ...
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J B GRAF
juliabgraf
Mar 14, 2013 10:17 pm
Dear Sangha Friends, Peggy and Larry have confirmed for a dharma talk Friday evening, May 17 and day of mindfulness on Saturday, May 18. They will arrive...
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Vivian MacKinnon
V_MacKinnon
Mar 18, 2013 5:59 pm
reminded me of one of my favorite poems by the great Sufi poet, Hafiz: The Idiots Warehouse - I know the idiot's warehouse is always full. I know each of us ...
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interbeingtucson
interbeingtu...
Mar 26, 2013 7:19 pm
Dear Sangha, We have often discussed Thay's teachings about skillful, kind words. A few years ago, some of us participated in a practice group, following...
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Paul and Katherine So...
paulandkathe...
Apr 1, 2013 5:55 am
Nancy, Barbara Rose and I are working on a vocal arrangement of a special song. Â I have sheet music for 4 parts if anyone else wants to jump in. Â We are...
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J B GRAF
juliabgraf
Apr 1, 2013 8:43 pm
Last night Vivian offered to lead us in a discussion of the subject sutra as part of our upcoming program. I want to remind you that, some time ago, I put a...
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Vivian MacKinnon
V_MacKinnon
Apr 2, 2013 2:56 pm
While I appreciate the invite, a penny whistle isn't like a guitar, it is a keyed instrument and one can't just jump in. However, I'd love to get together and...
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J B GRAF
juliabgraf
Apr 8, 2013 5:08 pm
Singing Bird Sangha Care Council Meeting March 31, 2013 Attendees: Susan Dodd, Barbara Rose Gaynor, Julia Graf, Vivian MacKinnon, Wanda Poindexter, Katherine...
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Singing_Bird_Sangha@y...
Apr 8, 2013 5:11 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Singing_Bird_Sangha group. File :...
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J B GRAF
juliabgraf
Apr 8, 2013 11:43 pm
Dear Sangha Friends, I have filled in our calendar for the rest of this calendar year with the schedule that was decided upon at the sangha care Council...
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Barbara Rose Gaynor
br_gaynor
Apr 9, 2013 4:10 pm
Thanks for doing all the work to up-date the files and add the calendar feature that we can print out, Julia! Barbara Rose From: J B GRAF Sent: Monday, April...
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Singing_Bird_Sangha@y...
Apr 11, 2013 5:01 pm
Reminder from: Singing_Bird_Sangha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Singing_Bird_Sangha/cal Monthly Children's Program Sunday April 14, 2013 5:00 pm...
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J B GRAF
juliabgraf
May 2, 2013 4:03 pm
Dear Sangha Friends, Some of you have said you could help out during our events May 17 and 18. Below is a list of some tasks that need to be done. Please let...
