Group Announcements

Our next evening together is on 24 September. We will then continue fortnightly on 8 October, 22 October and so on.

Open Invitation

We meditate in English and would love for you to join us.

We are a group of mindfulness practitioners in the zen tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village. We meet every two weeks on Thursday evenings in Sendling to practice sitting meditation, walking meditation, deep listening, joyful singing, and being present. Our group is open to all faiths and includes both experienced and beginning practitioners as well as native and non-native English speakers.

We look forward to sitting with you.

Details

Day: Thursdays every two weeks including 24 September, 8 October and so forth.

Time: 19:00 – 21:00. Doors are open from 18:40 for everyone to arrive and settle in.

Registration: none necessary

Place: Achtsamkeitszentrum, Treffauer Str. 19, 81373 Munich-Sendling

U-Bahn station: Partnachplatz

The doorbell is labeled „Achtsamkeitszentrum“ and our rooms are one flight of stairs down from the building entrance. We have mats, cushions and blankets as well as chairs for those who prefer them. You may want to bring thick socks or indoor slippers in the cooler months.

The center has a donation basket and the requested contribution for meditation evenings is 5€. Please find the right amount for yourself, your presence is always appreciated.

If you need further information, please send an e-mail to lia.feraren@gal-bayern.de.

Some words from Plum Village’s Happy Farm

„… a deep teaching that summer can offer us, this is the teaching of ‘Ripening in Every Moment’. When we started the Happy Farm in Upper Hamlet thirteen years ago Thich Nhat Hanh offered us a deep and challenging Zen teaching. He shared with us, ‘There is no way to harvest. To harvest is the way’. What he was teaching us is that we don’t have to wait for that optimal moment of ripeness of those plums to enjoy the harvest. But with mindfulness and concentration, intention and awareness we can enjoy a harvest from that plum tree every time we set eyes on it and spend time in its company.

We enjoy the harvest as we are present with the experience of planting the tree, watering and weeding, pruning and mulching. Not just the moment when we pick the fruit from the tree. This is the teaching of ripening in every moment. With the sun and warm rains of summer, our crops are ripening a little more every day. But we don’t need to press pause as we cultivate individual and collective well being, waiting until the moment when we have that juicy plum in our hands.“
– Mike McEvoy of The Happy Farm and the Plum Village Rewilding Project
https://plumvillage.org/articles/the-wisdom-of-summer-ripening-in-every-moment

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