St. Louis Planting Seeds – Practicing Mindfulness with Children
COVID-19 Precautions – We are not currently meeting in person but please join us online Saturday Morning!
Come join us with your children for meditation, movement, and community at St Louis Planting Seeds – Practicing Mindfulness with Children. Practices and activities based on the teachings of Engaged Buddhism by Thich Nhat Hanh will give children and the adults in their lives tools to practice mindfulness in daily life. These events are for adults, children, and families of all configurations and faiths (no need to be a Buddhist to practice, mindfulness is for everyone). They are for people of all physical and mental abilities, including those with limited mobility and/or vision and hearing. Children of all ages are welcome to attend with adults important to them. We meet once monthly at the Daniel Boone branch of the St Louis County Library.
Wietske Vriezen, Illustrator
Schedule and room number information:
Day: Saturday
Time: 3-4pm
Location: Daniel Boone Branch of the St. Louis County Library (300 Clarkson Rd, Ellisville, MO 63011)
2019:
November 9th: Meeting Room 2 (DB)
December 7th: Meeting Room 2 (DB)
2020:
January 11th: Meeting Room 2 (DB)
February 22nd: Meeting Room 2 (DB)
March 21st: Meeting Room 2 (DB) – Postponed
April 18th: Meeting Room 2 (DB) – Postponed
May 16th: Meeting Room 2 (DB) – Postponed
June 13th: Meeting Room 2 (DB) – Postponed
Donations to help pay for the room and supplies are accepted but never expected, your presence is more than enough. Please contact
stlplantingseeds@gmail.com with any questions.
JOIN US FOR A BOOK STUDY
The Midwest Moon Sangha is beginning a book study twice a month starting with Thay’s book “The World We Have” © 2008 Parallax Press.
Meetings will begin Saturday, September 21, 2019 following the normal sangha gathering. We will plan to cover at least one chapter per meeting. Everyone will be asked to read the chapter prior to the meeting and come prepared to answer two questions regarding the chapter. The questions are:
- What one sentence in this week’s reading had the most impact for me?
- What one thing might we do in the coming weeks as a result of our discussion today?
| The World We Have by Thich Nhat Hanh Book Study Schedule |
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Chapter # |
Chapter Title |
From Page # |
To Page # |
Total Pages |
Date for Discussion |
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1 |
The Bells of Mindfulness |
1 |
5 |
5 |
21-Sep |
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2 |
A Global Ethic |
7 |
16 |
10 |
5-Oct |
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3 |
Diet For A Mindful Planet |
17 |
32 |
16 |
19-Oct |
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4 |
Nature And Violence |
33 |
42 |
10 |
2-Nov |
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5 |
Overcoming Fear |
43 |
57 |
15 |
16-Nov |
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6 |
A Beautiful Continuation |
61 |
67 |
7 |
7-Dec |
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7 |
Caring For The Environmentalist |
69 |
78 |
10 |
21-Dec |
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8 |
The City With Only One Tree |
79 |
85 |
7 |
4-Jan |
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9 |
Transforming Our Communities |
87 |
94 |
8 |
18-Jan |
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10 |
The Eyes of the Elephant Queen |
95 |
101 |
7 |
1-Feb |
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Wrap-Up |
Summarize Entire Book |
15-Feb |
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INTEGRATING EARTH HOLDER PRACTICES
IN SANGHA LIFE
As part of our commitment to integrate Earth Holders practices in our Sangha life, we have chosen to participate at the Missouri River Clean ups organized by Missouri River Relief.
Missouri River Clean Up is a community, volunteer and equipment-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to connecting people to the Missouri River through hands-on river clean-ups, education events and stewardship activities.”
Missouri River Relief
Earth Holder Community
HOW TO JOIN US ONLINE ON SATURDAY MORNING
9AM – 10:30 CST
If you are unfamiliar with using Zoom, please read this, and/or watch this short tutorial.
At 9AM CST on Saturdays, join Zoom Meeting by clicking below:
Zoom
Meeting ID: 713 462 7243
Passcode: 216448
Meditation Schedule
We are offering all our sittings online until further notice.
We are a practice group for mindful meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. The Sangha recognizes that in our society, many people experience prejudice and feelings of exclusion. In following the teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn, we practice with the strong intention of inclusiveness. All who have an affinity with our practice are invited and encouraged to practice with us
- All gatherings start with silent meditation. Please enter quietly if you arrive during the meditation period.
- Weekly Rotation – after sitting and walking meditation, our schedule rotates as follows:
- First Saturday – The Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation Ceremony followed by a dharma discussion. All are welcome to enjoy this ritual affirming our practice of mindfulness.
- Second Saturday – Reading from key Buddhist texts (also known as “sutras.”) These are modern translations made by Thich Nhat Hanh, When we read a sutra, we can ask ourselves, “What does this sutra have to do with my daily life?”
- Third Saturday – A morning of sitting, walking and guided meditation.
- Fourth Saturday – A Reading (source: speaker’s choice) followed by dharma discussion.
- Fifth Saturday – Facilitator’s choice
We do not meet on New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, Independence, Memorial or Labor Day, or Christmas.
Thay has taught us that without Sangha, there is no Buddha, there is no Dharma. Sangha is essential to our practice.
Mindfulness Training for Veterans
As our veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming home, they are bringing with them the invisible wounds of war — traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress and memories of experiences that many of us can never imagine.
Evidence increasingly shows that mind-body practices, such as meditation, trauma-informed yoga and TRE (trauma releasing exercises), offer hope for those struggling with anger, isolation, suicidal ideation and other manifestations of trauma.
On November 5-9, 2014, monastic and lay members of our community, led by Brother Phap Uyen (Brother Michael), himself a veteran of Desert Storm/Desert Shield, will offered a retreat in the Plum Village tradition, based on their own experience of mindfulness as a transformative and healing practice. Together they shared with more recent veterans practices that will help them to truly come home.
In the spirit of “Engaged Buddhism,” our beloved community offers many beneficial opportunities to bring Thay’s mindful teachings and loving practice into our daily lives. Many Bodhisattvas make these sharings possible and the PlantingSeeds Foundation helps to make them even more accessible.
New Sangha Practice Book
Sangha Handbook
Video Links
new.livestream (Blue Cliff and Plum Village)
www.livestream (Blue Cliff and Plum village)
vimeo (Plumvillage online)
vimeo (Blue Cliff)
vimeo (Upper Hamlet Brothers)
Audio Links
Blue Cliff Podcast
Deer Park Podcast
Sound Cloud (Touching the Earth)
Sound Cloud (Blue Cliff Music)
Plum Village practice centers
Plum Village Monastery
Deer Park Monastery
Magnolia Grove Monastery
European Institute of Applied Buddhism
Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism
La Maison de l’Inspir (Paris)
Other resources
Mindfulness Bell (US publication and Sangha Directory)
Parallax press (Publishing Thay Thich Nhat Hanh’s books)
Facebook Link (Blue Cliff)
Order of Interbeing (US)
Community of Interbeing (UK)
