Monday Evening Meditations

Binghamton Buddhist Meditation Group: (Previously known as the Southern Tier Meditation Sangha):​

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All are welcome! Whether you have been practicing Buddhist Meditation for years or you are curious to see if it is for you - Please join us to practice together!

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You need not to identify as a Buddhist to practice these meditations. The meditations we will be practicing will include (but not limited to):

- Breathing Mindfulness Meditation

- The Meditation on Lovingkindness (Metta Bhavana)

- Chanting

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There will be opening prayers, however, you need not do them if this is not your spirituality.

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The layout of each weekly meditation group:

First there will be opening prayers.

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24 minutes of breathing mindfulness meditation. Instructions will be given to newcomers.

Next, it will be different each week. We may do any of the following:

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1: Practice a Guided Meditation by one of the group leaders.

2: Read from a Buddhist text: one already translated by a modern teacher (for example: Pema Chodron). 

3: Chant a Buddhist Mantra

4: Listen to a recorded Buddhist teaching

5: Have the honor of having a live teaching (whether in person or online) by a Buddhist lay teacher, Master or Lama.

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At the end of every group there will be a dedication of merit.

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Practice Compassion and Loving-Kindness

Be kind to all who enter the group. Hate speech will not be tolerated.

This is not a place to bring politics however relevant they may feel to the teachings. This is a place to rest the mind from the mundane daily happenings of the world. We are not burying our heads in the sand. We are taking a rest, becoming present and going back out into the world with kindness and compassion.