Red Clay Sangha Meditation Group

Our Sangha is an eclectic group that takes teachings from all different schools of Buddhism. This is a monthly drop-in group offering a supportive place to ask questions and to share our experience of the dharma. After a brief period of seated meditation, we begin with a reading or special topic, followed by group discussion.

All who identify as women are welcome, from any spiritual background.

No previous experience with meditation is necessary. You do not need to read the texts before the discussion.

Here is a list of some texts we sometimes use to generate and guide discussions:

• The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon.
• The Book of Householder Koan: Waking up in the land of Attachments, by Eve Myonen Marko and Wendy Egyoku Nakao
• Therigatha: Poems of the first Buddhist Women, translations and commentary by Susan Murcott, Charles Hallisey and many more.

Meetings are from 2:00 to 3:30, generally held on the fourth Sunday of the month. Occasionally as a result of Holidays and other events, it is necessary to change the date. If you want to check on schedule, current texts or activities, or anything else about the group, please contact Sally Landrum or SoKai (Charli Vogt). OR Check the website: https://redclaysangha.org/

Peach Blossom Sangha is a sister sangha of Red Clay that practices in the Plum Village tradition on Sunday evenings. Meetups include sitting meditation, walking meditation, a Thich Nhat Hanh reading, and deep listening through Dharma sharing.

Meets every Sunday at 6pm ET in-person and on Zoom.

Most of us spend majority of our time at work. We all have to interact with many people and go through different kinds of stress (dukkha) at workplace. We carry this suffering from the work to the world. We all can minimize the stress and enjoy our work by taking the practice to the workplace. Our complex and toxic workplace can open many doors to dharma, when we have right intention. Practicing dharma at workplace can arise compassion, empathy and improve our relationships at workplace. It can be an avenue to make the positive difference in the world.

In this short dharma session series, we will talk about taking the dharma practice to the workplace and discuss how the 4 Noble Truths, Noble 8-Fold Path and karma yoga can be practiced at our work and experience better work life for us and for our colleagues. In each session we focus on practicing different branches of the Noble 8-Fold Path at the workplace. Session will have short talk with time for interactive experience sharing. Discussion focuses on individual experiences at workplace with the lens of dharma.

About the teacher
Since the encounter with the Buddha’s teaching around 5 years ago, Anand has been practicing at Red Clay Sangha. Anand works in information technology. He is born in India as a Hindu and very familiar with Sanathana Dharma, Karma yoga and Bhagavadgita since childhood. Anand has some familiarity with the Sanskrit language since childhood, which is helping him with the understanding of the dharma and the practice. He is influenced by the doctrine of non-violence laid out by Buddha, Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and others. Anand received the precepts from Red Clay Sangha’s guiding teacher Gareth Young in 2023. Anand has been experimenting with dharma and Karma Yoga in workplace for last several years and witnessed big transformation. Anand would like to share and discuss how one can reduce stress, improve relationships and make a difference in the world by practicing dharma and karma yoga.