Please join us on Sunday, October 1st as we welcome noted Tibetan scholar and senior Buddhist teacher Larry Mermelstein for a morning of:
There is no fee for this program, but gifts to Larry for his teachings will be greatly appreciated.
For more information and to RSVP for the potluck lunch, please email Patty .
Our guided Lunenburg walk is scheduled for Saturday, June 3 starting at 3:30pm. This will be conducted by Liz Powers of Lunenburg Walking Tours and will cost you the princely sum of $5 each. Special Program discounts for members will apply and we encourage you to bring family members and friends along. We expect there to be a few pauses along the route for quiet contemplation of our beautiful surroundings.
If you are interested in participating in this event please contact us.
The Annual General Meeting of the South Shore Buddhist Meditation Society will be held on Saturday, March 25 2023 from 10am – noon. The meeting will take place at MBMC, or you may attend via Zoom: invitations will be sent to everyone on our email list. If you are currently signed up for a membership at the Mahone Bay Meditation Centre, you are a member of SSBMS.
Our by-laws allow us between 5 and 7 directors, approximately half of whom resign (and maybe re-offer) each year. We will have at least 2 vacancies this year, so if you are a member or if you know a member who might like to join the board, please speak up! Please note that we do not accept nominations from the floor.
A community meeting and pizza social will be held following the formal proceedings.
Take 2: with any luck there will not be a hurricane this Saturday!
On Saturday Nov. 26 between 9am and 4pm we will be holding an indoor yard sale in the 400-level lobby, right outside our meditation hall. This is timed to coincide with the Christmas Crafts Fair taking place in the Hennigar Room downstairs, a book sale in the other wing of Mahone Bay Centre, and various other seasonal events so people can take it all in for the cost of a single trip.
There will also be people present to show you around the meditation hall and explain a bit about what we do in there – it’s no mystery. Well, not much of a mystery!
Our more-or-less regularly scheduled Community Meeting is set for Saturday, November 19 starting at 10am. This meeting is also the semi-annual membership General Meeting required by our by-laws.
At this meeting the board will tell you what they’ve been doing for SSBMS, and our members and friends will be asked for feedback, ideas, and comments.
Under the direction of Mark Nowakowski we will practice and study the teachings of Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo (“Lord of Whatever Arises,” 1925 – 1960). Khenpo Gangshar was a great scholar and mahasiddha, one of the primary teachers who pointed out the nature of mind to Trungpa Rinpoche. Mark will give some presentations, with question and answer/discussion sessions. We will also use a method of contemplation to enrich our study together.
Mark has been a student of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoché since 1972 and currently studies with other Kagyü and Nyingma masters. He coordinated the translation of Khenpo Gangshar’s Songs of Realization and Pith Instructions. Mark is a senior member of the Nalanda Translation Committee and a senior teacher in the Shambhala mandala.
online from Nalanda Translation.
Schedule for the Day:
Cost: No charge, but donations to MBMC to help cover costs would be welcome.
Registration: If you intend to participate, please email us by October 20.
Donations to the Teacher (dana): Voluntary – by inspiration.
Further Information: Please email Armand de Grenier.
This program is offered in-person only!
On August 15 (weather permitting) from 4-6pm we will meditate in the bandstand (aka gazebo) on the Mahone Bay water front. If you are an experienced meditator please come and provide some extra gravitas; join us at any time for as long (or as short) as you like. Cushions and benches will be provided.
Everyone is invited to come by, meet us, and find out what we’re all about. Volunteers will be ready to answer questions and to provide information.
The Annual General Meeting of the South Shore Buddhist Meditation Society will be held on Saturday, March 26 2022 from 10am – noon. The meeting will take place at MBMC, or you may attend via Zoom: invitations have been sent to everyone on our email list. If you are currently signed up for a membership at the Mahone Bay Meditation Centre, you are a member of SSBMS.
Our by-laws allow us between 5 and 7 directors, approximately half of whom resign (and maybe re-offer) each year. We will have at least 3 vacancies this year, so if you are a member or if you know a member who might like to join the board, please speak up! Please note that we do not accept nominations from the floor.
A community meeting and (covid-19 permitting) social will be held following the formal proceedings.
Good and bad, happy and sad, thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky
This text first appeared in 1968. After more than 50 years, why do we still schedule Sadhana of Mahamudra practice at least once every month? Meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche described his inspiration as arising “from being exposed simultaneously to both Western spiritual materialism and the wisdom of the traditional Buddhist approach to reality.”
To explore this text and its power we can have no better guide than Larry Mermelstein, who is a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee, has been its Executive Director for over 40 years, and is a long-time consulting editor to Shambhala Publications.
Please join us for this special program on Saturday October 23, 10am to 3pm. No prior experience with the practice is required.
Cost: MBMC/SSBMS members – no charge. Non-Members $25
Donations to the Teacher (dana): Voluntary – by inspiration.
Registration: If you intend to participate, please email us by October 20. Note that NS regulations require proof of double vaccination to participate.
Further Information: Please email Mary Stevens.
This program is offered in-person only! Please make your own lunch arrangements.
Once again we invite you to join us in meditation outside, on the edge of the soccer field behind Mahone Bay Centre. Weather permitting, this will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, August 25th.
Bring something to sit on – chair, blanket, bench, or whatever. Bug spray is probably a good idea too, and a drink if you feel the need.
Even though we will be outdoors we plan to maintain social distancing throughout.