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B LUE  I RIS  Zen S ANGHA


NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
USA
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Schedule of Practice

 

 

Blue Iris Zen Sangha in New Orleans is a fellowship for the practice of mindfulness.  We meet Monday evenings for sitting and walking meditation, dharma discussion, and reciting of the precepts. Everyone interested in the practice of mindfulness is welcome.  The location is 5212 South Claiborne Avenue (First Unitarian Universalist Church).  Please enter by the side door to the left of the main sanctuary door.  Cushions are provided, but if you have a cushion, please bring it.   We recommend clothing that's loose and comfortable and suitable for sitting on a cushion or mat.  Chairs are also provided for those who are not comfortable sitting on a cushion.

 

Please aim to arrive between 6:45 PM and 7:00 PM.   Practice will begin promptly at 7:00 with recitation of the Threefold Refuge and the Five Precepts.  A short dharma talk and discussion follow until 7:40.  Sitting and walking meditation practices begin at 7:45 and conclude at 8:30 PM with recitation of an excerpt from the Metta Sutta.  For more information, you may inquire by email to info@BlueIrisSangha.org or visit our Facebook page.    

Note To Student Visitors

 

We welcome student visitors who need to attend a Buddhist meditation service to fulfill course requirements.  If your group is more than 4 persons, please contact us at the email address above with an estimate of the number we can expect and the date you would like to attend. 

 

 


May all beings be happy and safe!


 
 

Recitations

The following links are to several of the recitations we use in the Blue Iris Sangha. Anyone who wishes may copy them, distribute them, and use them.

We begin each service with the Threefold Refuge and conclude with the excerpt from the Metta Sutta. The Five Precepts are also recited together weekly.

Meditation Manual

Participants in Blue Iris practice are given a copy of this manual on their second visit.  It's also available in paperback from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local bookseller.  It's available for download to Kindle from Amazon.Com.  Click HERE for the Kirkus review,

CLICK IMAGE ABOVE TO READ EXERCPTS FROM  "BREATH-CENTERED CONSCIOUSNESS:

THE WAY OF EQUANIMITY"

 AT AMAZON.COM

Visit the Facebook page for this book.

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MID-CITY ZEN

Zazen (meditation) Schedule:  

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:30 am (30min zazen, 5 minute walking meditation, 30 minute zazen, 15 minute ceremony)

Tuesday: 7pm-8pm (40min zazen, 15 minute ceremony)

Thursday: 7:00 pm (dharma talk)

Sunday: 9:30 orientation

Sunday: 10:00 am (30 minute zazen, 15 minute ceremony, coffee talk)

 

3156 Toulouse St., New Orleans, LA 70119 · Get Directions Phone 504-458-1305


Bell of Mindfulness

The bell in this site is a .wav recording of the Blue Iris Sangha bell.

Bell Gatha
(Adapted from Plum Village Chanting Book)


 

This site was last updated December 6, 2011

 

 

Thanks to Chip Snyder for the donation that made possible the registration (through 2017) of our website domain name -- BlueIrisSangha.Org.

 
 

 

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