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5/5: Vesak Celebration
A Vesak Celebration will take place on Saturday May 5 from 12:00 noon-4:00 pm at the Vipassana Buddhist Church, 203 East Dunklin in Jefferson City. Vesak is the celebration of the birth of the Buddha. There will be remarks on Vesak, a ceremonial bathing of the Buddha statue, a practice exercise on mindfulness and the five senses, and sitting meditation. Please feel free to attend for as much of the afternoon as you can.
May Newsletter
____________________________________________________________________________ Dear Sangha, As we move into May, our practice of the dharma continues with our regular offerings, as well as several unique practice opportunities. Show Me Dharma looks forward to an exciting new practice opportunity on the horizon. We will be offering a People of Color Meditation Group. Althea Harris will be leading this group; Althea anticipates that the class will begin in the next several months. We feel very enthusiastic about this addition to our practice offerings. TheCommittedPractice Groups will take a break beginning in early May and resume in early June. When the classes resume, we welcome New Members. We ...
5/20: Insight Dialogue Daylong Retreat
An Insight Dialogue Daylong Retreat will be offered Sunday May 20 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm at Above the Beyond Yoga Center. Beth Shoyer and Donna Strickland will be leading this retreat. Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice that evokes our capacity to awaken out of habitual ways of interacting and open into shared presence. Please see the announcement below for details.
5/27: Book Study Group
The Kalyana Mitta Book Study Group meets on Sunday May 27 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Show Me Dharma Center. We continue with the book The Best Buddhist Writing of 2009, pages 150-203. Please join us. Kalyana Mitta is a Pali term that means “spiritual friend”. In this peer-led group, we provide spiritual friendship for each other as we study together Buddhist writings as a means of bringing the wisdom and compassion of the dharma into our daily lives.
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SHOW ME DHARMA (SMD) is a non-profit organization dedicated to making the study and practice of Insight Meditation available to Mid-Missouri. We support and encourage the development of community based upon Theravada Buddhist ideals, teachings and practices.