WHAT IS A SANGHA?

“Sangha” means “the Buddhist community of monks, nuns, novices, and laypeople.” It is our spiritual community–a group of people who are on the same path.  As a Sangha we are a support and a refuge for one another. In fact, Sangha is one of the Three Refuges of Buddhism, along with the Buddha–not only the historical teacher, Buddha Shakyamuni, but also our own enlightened Buddha-nature–and the Dharma, which are the teachings of the Buddha.

SANGHA SITS

Monday, April 27, 2026 at 5:30 ON ZOOM

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 5:30 IN PERSON at The Body Based Mindfulness Center

We’ll meet on Monday April 27, 2026 and on Thursday, April 30, 2026, @ 5:30. One of the suggestions for discussion I’ve gotten recently is the topic I’m calling “Recognizing Impermanence in These Difficult Times.” This is a very interesting teaching for us. We talk a lot about how challenging it is to be present and wise in this difficult time.

Ken McLeod wrote in his article, Reflections on a Changing World, “Samsara and nirvana do not refer to situations in the world. They are ways that we experience life. This distinction is important to understand and remember. Samsara is how we  experience life when we do not know what we are. In that unknowing, we take the way life presents itself to us as real—a  world out there and a sense of a self in here that perceives the world out  there.  Nirvana is how we experience life when we do know what we are. This knowing is not  an ordinary knowing. It is not a conceptual knowing. It is a qualitatively  different kind of knowing, a direct knowing not mediated by the conceptual  mind.”

We meet on ZOOM on Mondays (link below) and IN PERSON on Thursdays at The Body-Based Mindfulness Center, 1414 N. Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907.

ZOOM LINK

INDIVIDUAL DHARMA TEACHINGS

DURING THE WEEK, I OFFER 30 TO 60 MINUTE INDIVIDUAL DHARMA TEACHINGS EITHER IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS AND APPOINTMENT TIMES: openheartsangha@gmail.com