Our Community
We are a community of friends around the Windham, NH area practicing the Dharma together in order to bring about and to maintain awareness, understanding, acceptance, harmony, and compassion.
Our Teachers
- Rodney Smith from the Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS). Rodney spent eight years in Buddhist monastic settings, both at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and several years as a Buddhist monk in Asia. He disrobed as a monk in 1983 and, after returning to the West, started working in hospice care and teaching vipassana meditation throughout the U.S.
- Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Zen Master, poet, peace and human rights activist who was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize. Often referred to as the most beloved Buddhist teacher in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings and practices appeal to people from various religious, spiritual, and political backgrounds.
Sangha members also share readings and talks from others sources, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist.
What We Do
We meet weekly Tuesdays at 7pm for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. During our weekly Sangha meeting, we:
- Join in silent meditation
- Join in walking meditation
- Listen to a Dharma talk (usually an audio CD or perhaps a reading)
- Share tea together
- Participate in a dharma discussion
Who Comes to Sangha Meetings?
Everyone is welcome. We have people who are just starting out that have never meditated, people that have been practicing for a few months or several years. Our Sangha has been composed of Buddhist, Christian and Jewish members.
