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Sister Chan Khong with will be leading a mindfulness practice session live from Vietnam on Saturday, September 5, 2020 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Indian Standard T...ime. You may join the live event on YouTube : https://youtu.be/0Rl8ZaTlDLY Born in 1938 in Ben Tre in Southern Vietnam, Sister Chan Khong began social work in the city slums as a teenager. After meeting Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1959, she helped him set up the School of Youth for Social Service, training thousands of young social workers to bring aid to remote war-devasted villages. She organised the Buddhist Peace Delegation at the Paris Peace Talks in 1969, and in the 1970’s assisted Thich Nhat Hanh on his world tours calling for peace, and was instrumental in directing emergency humanitarian efforts to rescue Vietnamese Boat People from the high seas, as well as leading sponsorship programs for over 14,000 orphans in Vietnam. Since the 1980’s Sister Chan Khong has helped Thich Nhat Hanh establish Plum Village Monastery in south-west France, and is today the Elder nun of the International Plum Village Sangha. She presently resides in Hue, Vietnam. This event is organised by Ahimsa Trust, New Delhi. Timings: IST (Kolkata) - 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. GMT (London) - 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. EST (New York) - 7:30 am to 9:00 am. ACT (Canberra) - 9:30 pm to 11:00 am. #SisterChanKhong #Mindfulness

Dearest Friends, With what we're going through, here is a little gem of a dharma talk by Br. Phap Lu during the last Health & Happiness Retreat in October talki...ng about mindfulness practices to build resiliency for our health of mind and body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qhR1ATnKi0&feature=youtu.be Mindfulness Practice Community of Toronto True Peace Sangha Toronto Wake Up Toronto

Dear friends, I wish you to find joy and ease in this moment. We will be sending soon our practice schedule and invite for our sangha online practices. It will be on Mondays, 5:30-7pm.... Here is another online practice in our tradition on Thursdays 4pm (starts this afternoon): https://facebook.com/events/s/drop-in-online-meditation-with/570853593546454/?ti=ia Warmly, Kobi Rivlin True Peace Toronto