There will be a picnic for all members and friends of Mindful Heart Buddha Sangha at Wesselman Park Shelter House number two north on Sunday October 25 from 3:00 pm until 7:30 pm. Bring a vegetarian dish to share, and your own drinks. The sangha will supply paper plates, napkins, cups, and plastic knives/forks/spoons. Bring a game to share. At 6:00 pm we will build a fire in the fireplace and have a 40 minute sitting meditation. Bring lawn chairs to use for the meditation. We look forward to seeing you!

An excellent guide to meditation for anyone, beginner or advanced, is “Insight Meditation: A Step by Step Course on how to Meditate with Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein”. Amazon for $21. Besides the book itself, there are also CDs with guided meditations, and flash cards to help with memorization of the main points of the Buddha’s teaching. We highly recommend this.

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There will be a picnic for all members and friends of Mindful Heart Buddha Sangha at Wesselman Park Shelter House number two north on Sunday October 25 from 3:00 pm until 7:30 pm. Bring a vegetarian dish to share, and your own drinks. The sangha will supply paper plates, napkins, cups, and plastic knives/forks/spoons. Bring a game to share. At 6:00 pm we will build a fire in the fireplace and have a 40 minute sitting meditation. Bring lawn chairs to use for the meditation. We look forward to seeing you!

Donald Rothberg, a member of the Teachers Council at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California, will be teaching a non-residential retreat October 9-11 in Louisville. Donald is a renowned teacher and the Passionist Earth and Spirit Center is a wonderful place.

WHEN: Oct. 9th, Friday evening from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Oct. 10th and 11th, and Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (note: the retreat may end an hour earlier on Sunday)

WHERE: the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center (“The Barn”), 1924 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY

COST: $60 (+ dana for the teacher)

TO REGISTER: Email louisville.vipassana@gmail.com

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There will be a retreat hosted by Mindful Heart Buddha Sangha at our meditation hall (600 N. Weinbach, Suite 220, Evansville, IN 47711) and led by our Dhamma Leaders on Sunday morning September 27 from 8 am until 1 pm. This retreat is being held as the last part of the Introductory Class but all are welcome to attend. If you are not part of the class please RSVP. We are requesting that participants plan on staying for the full retreat. There will be instructions on mindful eating and a potluck lunch, so please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

Beginning in October our Dhamma Leaders will be teaching from the book “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion” by Pema Chodron. This book is a series of short stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living.

Tibetan monks from Tashi Kyil monastery will be giving a blessing at Mindful Heart Buddha Sangha meditation hall on Thursday September 10th after our 6pm meditation. The blessing ceremony will begin between 7 and 7:30. All are welcome.
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Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Unitarians, and Humanists in our community have been working together with Habitat for Humanity of Evansville to organize a yearly Interfaith Build. It is a great way to provide a good home to a local family and at the same time build a strong interfaith Evansville community. At this time Habitat is recruiting people to sign up online to help with the actual building of this Interfaith home for Aireal Hall and her daughter, Olivia.

To learn more and to volunteer, click here: 2015 Interfaith Build. All of the sign-ups take place online.

No special construction skills needed, Habitat’s wonderful Core Crew will guide and help. If you have questions or have trouble with the online sign-up , you can contact Andrea Ward at 812-423-5623, Ext. 33 or award@evanvillehabitat.org.