Thanksgiving Day of Mindfulness and Potluck Lunch
Join us this Thursday for a special Thanksgiving celebration at Deer Park Monastery, including a ceremony to show our gratitude to our land ancestors, followed by a potluck lunch.
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26/11/2009 from 08:45 am to 02:30 pm |
| Where | Clarity Hamlet, Deer Park Monastery |
| Contact Name | Just come! |
| Contact Email | deerpark@dpmail.net |
| Contact Phone | 760-291-1003 x100 |
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We are aware that without the support and energy of the land ancestors, it would not be possible for us to live and practice on this land today. In this joyful time of giving thanks, we make the sincere aspiration to live in harmony with this land, with all the vegetation and animals living on this land, and with all our brothers and sisters whom we live with and who come to visit the monastery. We are aware that the harmony between us, cultivated by our practices of stopping, deep listening, loving speech and compassionate action, directly affects the land we live on. When we are in harmony with each other, we are also in harmony with the land, the plants and the animals. Knowing that our practice of mindfulness is our greatest protection, we are determined to practice breathing, walking and consuming with awareness and compassion, in order to offer protection to this land and to all living beings residing on this land.
Please join us for this wonderful celebration of family and gratitude, beginning at 9 am. We will listen to a Dharma Talk, and practice walking meditation together to the Oak Grove in Clarity.
We invite you to please bring a vegan dish with you so that we may share in the joy of giving thanks together at the potluck lunch following the ceremony.
Schedule:
| 9:00 am |
Thanksgiving Dharma Talk |
| Walking Meditation to the Oak Grove |
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| Ceremony of Offering to the Land Ancestors |
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| 12:30 pm |
Potluck Lunch in the Clarity Dining Hall |
