On-Going
Events
LGBT Practice Support Group
Next
gatherings:
Awakening the Heart of Love and Wisdom:
A Day for the LGBTI Community
with Arinna Weisman & Kim Weeber
Sunday, August 24th at 9:30 am
Please see our Retreats
page for a more detailed descrpiton.
Saturday, November 1, from 9:00 to 11:30 am
Kim Weeber leads LGBT meditation/practice support group sessions. There
will be sitting and walking meditation, a taped dharma talk and discussion.
Beginners welcome; instruction can be provided.
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Kim Weeber has completed the Community Dharma Leader training program
at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California.
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Buddhist
Peace Fellowship
Quarterly
on Thursdays
The Buddhist Peace Fellowship Pioneer Valley chapter has been welcomed
by Insight PV as it's gathering place for our chapter for almost
2 years. We have deep gratitude for the feeling of home that Insight
PV has offered with this wonderful sangha and space , as well as, deep
appreciation of the Center's sponsorship of our gatherings and events.
BPF-PV has been in the Valley for over five years, doing educational
and community work to bring dharma practice to social action. Most
recently, we have partnered with the Hampshire County Correctional Facility
in bringing a mindfullness program to the jail. We have also begun
'listening' circles in our general meetings to unite us as individual
Buddhists with our social justice efforts in our daily lives.
Meetings
will be held quarterly on Thursdays. The next meeting will be at the
Center on Sept. 4th from 7:15 — 8:45
pm.
For
more information, please contact Brooks Reinhold at
brooksreinhold@hotmail.com
or Johnna Bossuot: 413-586-2493
• Based in Berkeley, California, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
was founded in 1978 to bring together progressive social change with
the dharma. BPF's purpose is to help all beings liberate themselves
from the suffering that manifests in individuals, relationships, institutions,
and social systems.
With over 50 chapters in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, BPF actively addresses
issues such as the prison system, nuclear disarmament, the war in Iraq,
and supporting youth in dharma practice.
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Volunteer
Gatherings
Next gathering:
November
12th with Rebecca Bradshaw
Insight PV’s volunteer sangha will gather on Wednesday,
November 12 at 6:15 pm for a short sitting
of 5 — 10 minutes, and then volunteers and potential volunteers
will have time to chat, check in, and enjoy sangha. The center will
provide a snack; feel free to bring your dinner if you want. You then
have the option to stay for the 7:15 PM open sitting.
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Experienced
Students Group
Once a month on Thursday a group of experienced meditators meet together
at the center to share their practice experience and support each other
in deepening their connection to the dharma. There may be room in the
winter for a few new members. If you are interested in more information,
please contact Rebecca Bradshaw at: rebeccab@dharma.org.
