Sangha Care

Sangha Care is an activity of the Henry David Thoreau (“Hank”), Ralph Waldo Emerson (“Waldo”) and Spring Hill Sanghas.  Its purpose is to provide temporary assistance to sangha members who request it during recovery from illness or other similar life challenges.  Help can take the form of rides to doctor appointments, meals or good listening.

Sangha members are encouraged to sign up to give help and to request help when needed.  Here’s the form for offering help.

Volunteers will be contacted by phone or email, by the coordinators, as help is needed.   Contact:  hanksanghainfo@gmail.com

 Book Study and Discussion

The Book Study Group meets on 4th Thursdays at 7:30pm in Somerville starting September 22nd. The text planned to be studied will be:  How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo by Francis Dojun Cook. 

Available here:
http://amzn.to/oIOeaM

and here:
http://bit.ly/q7Rqnz

Schedule information at Boundless Way Zen East.

 For more information and the address of the meeting, please send an email to Josh Bartok.

Precepts Study and Discussion

The Precepts Study and Discussion Group meets on 3rd Sundays at 3:30pm in Somerville. This group will run from September to June and begins on September 18th.

 If you are participating in this group for the first time, we ask you make a sincere effort to attend at least the first three meetings without fail.

 If you’ve already taken Jukai or have already participated in this group, you are welcome to drop in for any meeting.

For this iteration of precept study, we’ll be using Part II of the following book as our primary resource:   Waking Up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and Compassion, by Diane Eshin Rizetto.

 Schedule information at Boundless Way Zen East. 

For more information please send an email to Josh Bartok.