Description
Interbeing Sangha is a meditation group practicing and studying the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. The weekly practice consists of sitting meditation, walking meditation, singing/chanting, and a dharma talk or study. On the first Wednesday of each month, we recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings during the gathering.
Terry Cortés-Vega is an ordained dharmacharya (dharma teacher) in the Order of Interbeing, a community of lay practitioners in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Terry explains the Dharma by sharing her own experiences and insights at public talks and mindfulness retreats. Terry’s home Sangha is Plum Blossom Sangha in Austin, Texas where she is the resident Dharma Teacher.
“These Five Mindfulness Training spell out how this kind of discipline works in our lives. They tell us how to relate to ourselves first and then how to relate to our sweethearts, to our children, our parents, our family—how to relate to our friends, our coworkers, our neighbors. These Five Trainings also teach us how to relate to our enemies, to the people in our lives who are very difficult for us—have been or are now. And the Trainings also teach us how to relate to our pets and to other creatures, how to relate to our gardens and to trees and weeds, how to relate to oceans and lakes and rivers and the air and mountains.” -Terry Cortés-Vega
