Green Island Sangha

Friday, December 15, 2017

December 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY December 03

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY December 10

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY December 17

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY December 24

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

November 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY November 05

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY November 12

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY November 19

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY November 26

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Sunday, October 8, 2017

October 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY October 08

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY October 15

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY October 22

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY October 29

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Photo Noel Yee

SUNDAY September 03

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY September 10

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY September 17

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY September 24

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Monday, August 7, 2017

August 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY August 06

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY August 13

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY August 20

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY August 27

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Sunday, June 4, 2017

June 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY June 04

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY June 11

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY June 18

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY June 25

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Monday, May 1, 2017

May 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY May 06

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY May 13

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY May 20

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY May 27

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

April 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY April 09

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY April 16

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY April 23

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY April 30

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

January 2017 Schedule

SUNDAY January 08

Green Island Sangha

Out of respect for our Mother Nature

we will offer a phone-in sit

Sunday January 8th
9:30 - 11 AM

712- 432-0926 conference #609248

If you hear silence when you call
please join us in our silent meditation

SUNDAY January 15

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY January 22

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY January 29
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

December Schedule

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SUNDAY December 04

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with our monthly Beginners Mind Gathering for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY December 11

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY December 18

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

November 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY November 06

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: We will be engaging in a Pre-election Peace and Healing practice today.

SUNDAY November 13

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering this Sunday for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY November 20

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY November 27
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Monday, September 26, 2016

October 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY October 02

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY October 09

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY October 16

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY October 23

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY October 30
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

September 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY September 04
**********SCHEDULE CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER NASSAU HALL SIT CANCELLED*******

Out of respect for our Mother Nature
and to allow us to prepare for Hermine
we will offer a phone-in sit

Sunday September 4
9:30 - 11 AM

712- 432-0926 conference #609248

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY September 11

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY September 18

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY September 25
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

July 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY July 03

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY July 10

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY July 17

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY July 24

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY July 31
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

June 2016 Schedule

Photo by D.Y. Giampieri

SUNDAY June 05

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY June 12

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY June 19

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY June 26
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

MAY 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY May 01

*******NOTICE THERE WILL NOT BE A SIT TODAY AT NASSAU HALL BUT THERE WILL BE A PHONE IN SIT BEGINNING AT 9:30AM. All Welcome to call in.

Call in# (712) 432-0926 when prompted enter conference 609248

SUNDAY May 08

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY May 15

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Recitation of the Heart Sutra

SUNDAY May 22

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will read from one of Thich Nhat Hanh's Books

SUNDAY May 29
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

April 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY April 03

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY April 10

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Recitation of the Heart Sutra

SUNDAY April 17

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will read from one of Thich Nhat Hanh's Books

SUNDAY April 24
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

March 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY March 06

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY March 13

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Recitation of the Heart Sutra

SUNDAY March 20

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will read from one of Thich Nhat Hanh's Books

SUNDAY March 27
Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Saturday, February 6, 2016

February 2016 Schedule

Happy Luna New Year!

SUNDAY February 07

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering, our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting for those new to the Plum Village Tradition

SUNDAY February 14

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Recitation of the Heart Sutra

SUNDAY February 21

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will read from one of Thich Nhat Hanh's Books

SUNDAY February 28

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

We will be offering a recitation of the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

January 2016 Schedule

SUNDAY January 03

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

Note: Sit will begin with a Beginners Mind Gathering Our first Sunday of the Month Intro Meeting
for Those new to Mindfulness
or new to the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

SUNDAY January 10

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY January 17

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY January 27

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice

SUNDAY January 31

Nassau Hall

09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Our Regular Sitting Practice
We will offer a recitation of the 5 Mindfulness Trainings

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Zen master, poet, peace activist, and the author of many books, including Peace Is Every Step and The Miracle of Mindfulness. He was born in Vietnam in 1926, and left home as a teen of 16 to become a Zen monk. He founded the School of Youth for Social Services, Van Hanh Buddhist University and the Tiep Hien Order (Order of Interbeing), in Vietnam. He has taught at Columbia University, Princeton University and the Sorbonne, was Chair of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, and was nominated by Martin Luther King Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was exiled from Vietnam in 1966 and lives in a monastic community in southwestern France called Plum Village, where he teaches, writes, gardens, and works to help refugees worldwide.
"We must be aware of the real problems of the world. Then, with mindfulness, we will know what to do and what not to do."
Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step

Green Island Sangha

The Green Island Sangha is inspired by the teachings and practice of Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh; we belong to the international Sangha which he founded: the Order of Interbeing, a "fourfold community" of lay women and men, nuns and monks. We are a grassroots Sangha, beginners and more experienced practitioners learning from and supporting one other on the path of awakening. We are also a part of The Community of Mindfulness New York Metro.

Our aspiration is to bring mindfulness, concentration, and insight to daily living. During our sessions, we apply the practice of conscious breathing to sitting and walking, as well as communicating with compassionate listening and loving speech. Our gatherings also reflect the values of openness. For example, many members continue to participate within other religious or ethical traditions. We are a Sangha of practitioners from the entire length and breath of Long Island and consider ourselves to be part of a world wide Sangha. Beginners are welcome.

Sitting & Walking Meditation

Sitting Meditation

"Sit or lie down in a way that allows your body to rest. Sitting, your head and spine form a straight line. Relax all your muscles. Find a way of sitting that allows you to sit for at least 20 minutes without becoming too stiff or tired. As soon as you sit down, pay attention to your breath. Then notice your posture, a little bit everywhere. Relax the muscles in your face. If you are angry or worried, those muscles will be tense. Smile lightly, and you will relax hundreds of muscles in your face. Then notice your shoulders, and let go of the tension there. Don’t try too hard. Just breathe mindfully, and scan your whole body."

Thich Nhat Hanh, The Mindfulness Bell, Issue 23, pages 1,4.

Walking Meditation

"Walk more slowly than you usually do, but not too slowly, while breathing normally. Do not try to control your breathing. Walk along this way for a few minutes. Then notice how many steps you take as your lungs fill and how many steps you take as they empty. In this way, your attention includes both breath and steps. You are mindful of both.... Your half-smile brings calmness and delight to your steps and your breath.... After a few hours of serious practice, you will find that the four of them — the breath, the counting, the steps, and the half-smile — blend together in a marvelous balance of mindfulness. This is equanimity, created by the practice of walking meditation. The four elements of breathing, counting, stepping, and the half-smile become one."

Thich Nhat Hanh, A Guide to Walking Meditation.

Five Mindfulness Trainings

Five Mindfulness Trainings

The Five Mindfulness Trainings were developed during the time of the Buddha to be the foundation of practice for the entire practice community, including monastic and lay members. The basis for the trainings is mindfulness.All Sangha members and guests are requested to observe these trainings to support our practice of mindfulness and living harmoniously together. No smoking, no drinking and no sexual misconduct constitute part of the Five Mindfulness Trainings to be observed at a practice center. The Five Mindfulness Trainings protect our freedom and make life beautiful. As guidelines for our daily lives they are the basis of happiness for individuals, couples, families and society.
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Reverence For Life

Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating the insight of interbeing and compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, or in my way of life. Seeing that harmful actions arise from anger, fear, greed, and intolerance, which in turn come from dualistic and discriminative thinking, I will cultivate openness, non-discrimination, and non-attachment to views in order to transform violence, fanaticism, and dogmatism in myself and in the world.

True Happiness

Aware of the suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and oppression, I am committed to practicing generosity in my thinking, speaking, and acting. I am determined not to steal and not to possess anything that should belong to others; and I will share my time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need. I will practice looking deeply to see that the happiness and suffering of others are not separate from my own happiness and suffering; that true happiness is not possible without understanding and compassion; and that running after wealth, fame, power and sensual pleasures can bring much suffering and despair. I am aware that happiness depends on my mental attitude and not on external conditions, and that I can live happily in the present moment simply by remembering that I already have more than enough conditions to be happy. I am committed to practicing Right Livelihood so that I can help reduce the suffering of living beings on Earth and reverse the process of global warming.

True Love

Aware of the suffering caused by sexual misconduct, I am committed to cultivating responsibility and learning ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals, couples, families, and society. Knowing that sexual desire is not love, and that sexual activity motivated by craving always harms myself as well as others, I am determined not to engage in sexual relations without true love and a deep, long-term commitment made known to my family and friends. I will do everything in my power to protect children from sexual abuse and to prevent couples and families from being broken by sexual misconduct. Seeing that body and mind are one, I am committed to learning appropriate ways to take care of my sexual energy and cultivating loving kindness, compassion, joy and inclusiveness – which are the four basic elements of true love – for my greater happiness and the greater happiness of others. Practicing true love, we know that we will continue beautifully into the future.

Loving Speech and Deep Listening

Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen to others, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate listening in order to relieve suffering and to promote reconciliation and peace in myself and among other people, ethnic and religious groups, and nations. Knowing that words can create happiness or suffering, I am committed to speaking truthfully using words that inspire confidence, joy, and hope. When anger is manifesting in me, I am determined not to speak. I will practice mindful breathing and walking in order to recognize and to look deeply into my anger. I know that the roots of anger can be found in my wrong perceptions and lack of understanding of the suffering in myself and in the other person. I will speak and listen in a way that can help myself and the other person to transform suffering and see the way out of difficult situations. I am determined not to spread news that I do not know to be certain and not to utter words that can cause division or discord. I will practice Right Diligence to nourish my capacity for understanding, love, joy, and inclusiveness, and gradually transform anger, violence, and fear that lie deep in my consciousness.

Nourishment and Healing

Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful consumption, I am committed to cultivating good health, both physical and mental, for myself, my family, and my society by practicing mindful eating, drinking, and consuming. I will practice looking deeply into how I consume the Four Kinds of Nutriments, namely edible foods, sense impressions, volition, and consciousness. I am determined not to gamble, or to use alcohol, drugs, or any other products which contain toxins, such as certain websites, electronic games, TV programs, films, magazines, books, and conversations. I will practice coming back to the present moment to be in touch with the refreshing, healing and nourishing elements in me and around me, not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into the past nor letting anxieties, fear, or craving pull me out of the present moment. I am determined not to try to cover up loneliness, anxiety, or other suffering by losing myself in consumption. I will contemplate interbeing and consume in a way that preserves peace, joy, and well-being in my body and consciousness, and in the collective body and consciousness of my family, my society and the Earth.

Friday, December 15, 2017

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

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Sunday, June 4, 2017

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

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