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April Contemplation
Samsara davanala nada lida lokah.
Being caught up in this world is like sleeping in a forest fire.
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"To live from vibrant love in a world where degrading structures prevail-this is both our predicament and its answer. The predicament: here we are, opening our hearts to compassion through meditation, working for an equitable world or at least a world where torture, slavery, poverty, and public manipulation by the powerful are eradicated and yet it is work that has no end. The answer: to live a life rooted in love for the world and all beings even if it is all unfixable… Even if we can't fix our world, how will we live? Even if no one is watching, what choices will we make? Even if our action bears no consequence, how will we act? The Buddha foretold of a second coming, a "Buddha to be" who would reestablish sanity to a world in peril. The renowned Buddhist teacher and social activist Thich Nhat Hanh updated this prophecy by suggesting that this coming Buddha might not be a person at all but rather a sangha, a community...This is not a prophecy of salvation; it is a prophecy of our potential - a potential realized not by divine destiny but by intentional action. Help is not on the way. Help is already here. We are it. There is no other option. We must become the Buddha Maitreya. We must manifest our part. We must awaken love in the heat of the forest fires. We must attend to such work like our lives depend on it. Because they do.
Ralph De La Rosa in Don't Tell Me to Relax:
Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs
Meditation Schedule
Our online and on location meeting information can be found below.
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April 2025
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group
April 1, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/87389972938?pwd=uHBvP6boPL2FVoCUNzN4EVGAubQOj1.1
Dial In: (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 87389972938, PASSWORD 1821
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 3, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: Mindfulness Meditation & Sound Bath
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
​Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group
April 8, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/87389972938?pwd=uHBvP6boPL2FVoCUNzN4EVGAubQOj1.1
Dial In: (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 87389972938, PASSWORD 1821
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 10, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: "Mindfulness Meditation"
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
​Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group
April 15, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teachers: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/87389972938?pwd=uHBvP6boPL2FVoCUNzN4EVGAubQOj1.1
Dial In: (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 87389972938, PASSWORD 1821
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Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 17, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: "Mindfulness Meditation"
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
​Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group
April 22, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teachers: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/87389972938?pwd=uHBvP6boPL2FVoCUNzN4EVGAubQOj1.1
Dial In: (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 87389972938, PASSWORD 1821
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 24, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: "Mindfulness Meditation"
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
​Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group
April 29, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teachers: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/87389972938?pwd=uHBvP6boPL2FVoCUNzN4EVGAubQOj1.1
Dial In: (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 87389972938, PASSWORD 1821