Due to Coronovirus the Monday Sitting Group has moved to an online meeting via Zoom. If you wish to attend these please email mondaysittinggroup@gmail.com for further information on how to join.
Monday Sitting Group
The Monday Sitting Group welcomes experienced and beginning practitioners alike and no booking is necessary. It is usually led by a teacher with approximately a half-hour meditation followed by teaching, questions and discussion. These evenings are freely offered, with an encouragement to offer a donation (dana) to support the livelihood of the teachers.
VENUE: The Friends Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford OX13LW
DAY: Mondays
TIME: 7.00-8.30pm
WHAT TO BRING: mat/blanket, bench or cushion (chairs and some cushions are available.)
The Sitting Group will continue to meet online, via Zoom, through autumn 2020. We hope to resume meeting in person at the Friends Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford, when it is safe to do so.
To receive weekly information, including the link to the meetings, please contact us at mondaysittinggroup@gmail.com and ask to be added to the mailing list.
Dates and teachers:
October 2020
5th Jaya Rudgard
12th Jaya Rudgard
19th Laura Bridgman
26th Jaya Rudgard
November 2020
2nd Chris Cullen
9th Jaya Rudgard
16th Kathryn Tulip
23rd Chris Cullen
30th Gaia House Monday sitting group, https://gaiahouse.co.uk/local-meditation-groups/online- sitting-group/ – 8–9pm
December 2020
7th Ven Canda
14th Ven Canda
21st Chris Cullen
Due to Coronovirus all Sunday Sangha group meetings have been temporarily suspended. If you wish to get in touch with the organisers of this group for further information please email oxfordinsightmeditation@gmail.com and put it FAO Sunday Sangha group organiser.
Sunday Sangha Meetings for 2020 – 11am to 2pm
16th February
Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, Oxford OX4 3NH
22nd March
Florence Park Community Centre
26th April
St Margaret’s Institute, 30 Polstead Road, Oxford OX2 6TN
17th May
St Margaret’s Institute
21st June
St Margaret’s Institute
19th July
St Margaret’s Institute
13th September
Florence Park Community Centre
6th October
Florence Park Community Centre
4th November
Florence Park Community Centre
13th December
Florence Park Community Centre
It would be helpful if you could arrive between 11am and 11.15am. If you arrive before that, you can wait in the lobby or outside.
Entrance fee: £5 (£3 concessions)
Sangha is the Pali word for community. These meetings will be an opportunity to practise together, to discuss the teachings of the Buddha, to share food and to get to know each other. Please bring vegetarian food to share. Family members, including children, are welcome to join us, either for the whole session or for the lunch only. The sessions will be suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.
The meetings will consist of a practice session usually comprising meditation, a recorded talk and a discussion. Lunch will start at 1pm.
The practice session will begin at 11.15. If you arrive after the meditation has started, we ask you to sit on one of the chairs at the back of the room, to avoid disturbing the meditation. You can come forward when it’s finished.
At 12.50, partners and children can come into the hall and join us for lunch.
Most of these meetings will be peer-led and will make use of recorded talks given by experienced Dharma teachers.
Venues
We will be using Florence Park Community Centre and St Margaret’s Institute for 2020
For more information, please e-mail oxfordinsightmeditation@gmail.com.
Anyone interested will just need to contact team@anukampaproject.org to confirm and to get the address beforehand.
Updated April 2020
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