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FTHS Newsletter Winter 2007/08

Teaching Meditation on the Inside
by a FTHS volunteer

Starting a Prison Meditation Group
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Prison Project

March 25, 2008

The Toronto Zendo of the Sanbo Kyodan associated with FTHS begins an 8-week Orientation. The first 4 weeks gives a general introduction to Zen meditation. The last 4 weeks is intended for those interested in joining the SK Sangha. Time: 6:30-8:00 pm.

Please contact us if you wish to attend.

NEW! Each Week

Quotations From Meditation Teachers

On Ignoring Present Moments

"The habit of ignoring our present moments in favor of others yet to come leads
directly to a pervasive lack of awareness of the web of life in which we are embedded. This includes a lack of awareness and understanding of our own mind and how it influences our perceptions and our actions. It severely limits our perspective on what it means to be a person and how we are connected to each other and the world around us. Religion has traditionally been the domain of such fundamental inquiries within a spiritual framework,
but mindfulness has little to do with religion, except in the most fundamental meaning of the word, as an attempt to appreciate the deep mystery of being alive and to acknowledge being vitally connected to all that exists."

Jon Kabat-Zinn "Wherever You Go, There You Are"

by Rick Morgan