Community of Mindful Living at UUFR, Raleigh NC

01/22/2023

Dear Friends, please see our website for the latest information about our meeting times and location:

http://raleighmindfulness.org

03/14/2020

Our in-person gatherings are cancelled until further notice. We are beginning online meetings. Please check your email for updates on these.

03/12/2018

Dear friends, our gathering tonight is cancelled due to road conditions. Please enjoy your breathing!

01/15/2018

Please see this video from our Monastic Brother at Blue Cliff Monastery:

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09/18/2017

Thich Nhat Hanh answers a question in an unexpected way.

Blue Cliff Monastery, August 2013. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/GCKn/

09/15/2017

Around 90 people came to the screening of "Walk with Me" last night. It was a beautiful and experiential film. Here is our brother Todd speaking to the early crowd. Several of us spoke to introduce the practice and our Sanghas before the film.

08/31/2017

Emptiness...

I never would have predicted this outcome but he totally deserves it. Congrats to all the nominees!

08/29/2017

Dear Friends, today is the last day for registration for our September Retreat and Day of Mindfulness!

http://raleighmindfulness.org/our-annual-day-of-mindfulness/

A Weekend Residential Retreat and A Day of Mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living UUFR with Dharma Teacher Michael Ciborski

08/29/2017

Here's Terry Gross' interview with Robert Wright which we brought up a week ago. It's well worth a listen:

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/07/541610511/can-buddhist-practices-help-us-overcome-the-biological-pull-of-dissatisfaction

Science journalist and author Robert Wright says that Buddhist enlightenment might help counteract our natural tendency towards unhappiness. His new book is Why Buddhism is True.

08/20/2017

Dear Friends,

Here is the article which we (partially) shared and discussed this past Monday:

http://www.mindfulnessbell.org/archive/2015/06/%EF%BB%BF%EF%BB%BFour-racism-is-a-crying-baby

Larry Ward Interviews Sister Chau Nghiem June 20, 2004 at the New Hamlet, Plum Village Sr. Chau Nghiem, can you give us a glimpse into what it was like being a person of African American and European American descent, prior to coming to Buddhist practice and monastic life? It’s been at t