Sangha Day!

Sangha Day: Spiritual Friendship and the Heart Sutra

A Sangha is a community of friends practicing the Dharma together to bring about and maintain awareness, understanding, acceptance and love. Join your spiritual friends November 6 as we celebrate Sangha Day. We will explore the Heart Sutra through meditation, playful contemplation, storytelling, and joyful sharing.

The Heart Sutra is one of the great expressions of spiritual friendship. In this sutra, Avalokiteśvara expounds the truth of emptiness of all phenomena for Śāriputra. He points Śāriputra to prajna wisdom, the unsurpassable wisdom. Anything and anyone who points us to this wisdom is a spiritual friend.

The day (10 am to 2 pm) includes:
Sangha Metta Bhavana (loving-kindness) meditation
Storytelling exploring the Heart Sutra
Gratitude Puja and reflection on the Heart Sutra
Vegetarian Potluck lunch

*Please bring a vegetarian dish for a potluck lunch. Please RSVP below. Donations are welcome.

How are we coming together safely?

• If you know you have been exposed to Covid-19 within a five day period of the event’s start-time, we ask that you not attend in-person.*  Stay up-to-date with exposure guidelines here.
• Masks are optional unless otherwise stated. Masks are required indoors for anyone testing negative of Covid-19 within days 6-10 of post-covid exposure without infection.
• If you have recently recovered from Covid-19, stay up-to-date with CDC guidance here as to when you’re clear to be back in public.*
• If you have cold or flu symptoms, we ask that you do not attend in-person.*
• All participants will be asked to sign a waiver of liability in relation to Covid-19.
• We have installed new air purifiers with virus-destroying technology!
• There are new cleaning and sanitation protocols.

*Zoom options are available for many events. Transfer of fees or refunds are also available for illness or illness-preventative related absence. 
Please email info@aryaloka.org if you have any questions about our safety protocols. Aryaloka may adjust these policies in relation to current, local infection rates, and will keep retreatants posted on such changes.