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Live Oak Sangha

We are guided by the teachings and practices of the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. A Sangha is a community that lives and practices in harmony and awareness.

Our practice is the cultivation of mindfulness, out of which arises understanding, joy, compassion and transformation. As a Sangha, our practice is made up of many elements such as listening to the bell, walking meditation, smiling, embracing our suffering, mindful breathing, sitting meditation, and singing. We aspire to the well-being of all beings (inclusive of plant, mineral and animal) and aspire to bring mindfulness, as best we can, into our daily lives (that is, into our families, into our workplace, into our friendships, and so on).

10/07/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
October 7, 2026

Touching The Earth

We are children of the Earth
and not separate from the soil,
the forests,
the rivers,
and the sky.
We share the same destiny.

- Thich Nhat Hanh in Moments of Mindfulness: Daily Inspiration

You may wish to bring a yoga mat or blanket to help you touch the Earth comfortably during our practice this evening.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

09/30/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
September 30, 2026

The Four Immeasurable Minds

“Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature of an enlightened person. They are the four aspects of true love within ourselves and within everyone and everything.”

Thich Nhat Hanh in The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching:
Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Our Sangha practice will begin at 7 pm this evening. If you are able, arrive a few minutes early to allow yourself a chance to settle before we begin.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

09/23/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
September 23, 2026

Deep Relaxation

Stress accumulates in our body. The way we eat, drink, and live takes its toll on our well-being. Deep relaxation is an opportunity for our body to rest, heal, and be restored. We relax our body, give our attention to each part in turn, and send our love and care to every cell.

Thich Nhat Hanh
in
Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

We will enjoy deep relaxation during our special practice time this evening. You may wish to bring a yoga mat and/or blanket to help with your resting posture.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

09/16/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
September 16, 2026

Here is the Pure Land

Here is the Pure Land
The Pure Land is here
I smile in mindfulness
And dwell in the present moment
The Buddha is seen in an autumn leaf
The Dharma is a floating cloud
The Sangha body is everywhere
My true home is right here.

Breathing in
Flowers are blooming
Breathing out
I am aware that
Bamboo is swaying
My mind is free
And I enjoy every moment.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Our Sangha practice will begin at 7 pm this evening. If you are able, arrive a few minutes early to allow yourself a chance to settle before we begin.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

09/09/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
September 9, 2026

The Truth Is Already In You

While reading or listening (to a Dharma talk), don’t work too hard. Be like the earth. When the rain comes, the earth only has to open herself up to the rain. Allow the rain of the Dharma to come in and pe*****te the seeds that are buried deep in your consciousness. A teacher cannot give you the truth. The truth is already in you. You only need to open yourself - body, mind, and heart - so that his or her teachings will pe*****te your own seeds of understanding and enlightenment. If you let the words enter you, the soil and the seeds will do the rest of the work.

- Thich Nhat Hanh
in
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching:
Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Our Sangha practice will begin at 7 pm this evening. If you are able, arrive a few minutes early to allow yourself a chance to settle before we begin.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

09/02/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
September 2, 2026

The Five Mindfulness Trainings

It is the first Wednesday of September and we will invite the Five Mindfulness Trainings into our Sangha practice this evening in order to keep the Mindfulness Trainings alive and strong.

The Five Mindfulness Trainings: Reverence for Life, True Happiness, True Love, Loving Speech and Deep Listening, Nourishment and Healing

The Five Mindfulness Trainings are not hard and fast rules. Rather, they offer us a path to cultivate and develop actions of body, speech, and mind that can create a more healthy and compassionate world.

- adapted from the Plum Village website

Our Sangha practice will begin at 7 pm this evening. If you are able, arrive a few minutes early to allow yourself a chance to settle before we begin.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

08/28/2026

Gainesville Community Sit
Saturday, August 29, 2026

You are invited to enjoy the practice of being peace as we gather beneath the live oak tree at the NW corner of the Thomas Center grounds tomorrow morning (Saturday, August 29) at 9 am. All are welcome. Bring a chair or blanket for sitting.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

08/19/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
August 19, 2026

A Gatha for the Morning

Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully in each moment
and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Our Sangha practice will begin at 7 pm this evening. If you are able, arrive a few minutes early to allow yourself a chance to settle before we begin.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

07/24/2026

Gainesville Community Sit
Saturday, July 25, 2026

You are invited to enjoy the practice of being peace as we gather beneath the live oak tree at the NW corner of the Thomas Center grounds tomorrow morning (Saturday, July 25th) at 9 am. All are welcome. Bring a chair or blanket for sitting.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

07/22/2026

This Week With Live Oak Sangha
July 22, 2026

Our Time Is For Us To Be

We have the tendency to think in terms of doing, and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. That is not true. Our time is first of all, for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peace, to be joy, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Our Sangha practice will begin at 7 pm this evening. If you are able, arrive a few minutes early to allow yourself a chance to settle before we begin.

May All Beings Be Well
May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Dwell in Peace

We gather to support one another in breathing, sitting, walking, listening, and looking deeply.

Address

1624 NW 5th Avenue
Gainesville, FL
32603

Opening Hours

7pm - 9pm

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