[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] An Evening with Downtown Dharma Sangha: A Vision for Sangha

                 A Vision for Sangha. 

Downtown Dharma Sangha
DATE: 5/1/2022 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Location:

• In-person:1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20009
• Online: Zoom ID: Zoom Link

Facilitator: Travis M. Spencer
Mindful Helper: Elicia Renee Wright

This Sunday's topic and practice is a continuation of our Mindful Living Series. 

Our gathering will be an opportunity to participate in a heart-centered practice of listening and sharing with one another.

Sangha is essential to Mindful Living and our desire to awaken together. During our time together we will explore the following question: How do we envision sangha supporting our individual and collective awakening?

Additionally, I will share a vision for Downtown Dharma Sangha that will support the collective awakening of our community.

When we speak of the sangha, we speak of the "arya sangha," which means the "exalted sangha". At the time of the Buddha, this referred to the arhats and bodhisattvas, the disciples who studied under him and achieved various levels of realization through their practice. But now who is the arya sangha? It is all of us, all of the practitioners of the present time. The moment we take refuge, which is to begin on the path, we hold the title of "sangha". As such, you should understand that you are one of the Three Jewels. You shouldn't put the Three Jewels outside of yourselves; you should always think of yourselves as being one of the Three Jewels—and that includes your body, your speech, and your mind.― Dhomang Yangthang, The Union of Dzogchen and Mahamudra

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