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Join our Mindful Thanksgiving
Thursday, October 26th
Our weekly Thursday evening meeting will be cancelled Thursday, October 26th In respect to the Memory of His Majesty, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Walk With Me
Welcome Upul Gamage
Thursday 20 July 7:30pm at Yoga Tree:
Green Papaya Sangha has the pleasure to welcome Upul Gamage, the resident meditation teacher of Nilambe Meditation Center located in the hills above Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Upul has been guiding thousands of people from different backgrounds who come to Nilambe to practice Vipassana meditation. Upul’s interest in meditation began in 1977 at the early age of 13 and he was instrumental in establishing a Youth Society at the Buddhist temple near his home. He later met Godwin Samararatne who had founded Nilambe. Upul continued to assist Godwin who was a very beloved teacher and subsequently Upul took over the direction of Nilambe since Godwin’s passing in 2000.
Besides teaching at Nilambe, Upul conducts programs at prisons, schools, monasteries, private residences etc. He is regularly invited to conduct meditation retreats in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Germany and Switzerland. According to his teaching, practice of Meditation paves the path to help ourselves, to understand ourselves and to change ourselves for better as we are becoming more and more mindful about all our day-to-day activities. Moreover, Upul’s great ability to speak to our hearts and practical and philosophical way of presenting Dhamma has enormous power to make us practice Meditation in a joyful manner.
Learn more about Nilambe: www.nilambe.net
We hope you can join us for this opportunity to engage in discussion and loving kindness meditation with Upul.
Day of Mindfulness!
On Sunday 4 June, the Green Papaya Sangha is organising a Day of Mindfulness!
We will meet from 9am until after lunch in Pong Noi, at Laurence, Gaston and Tao’s house.
On the menu: sitting meditation, walking meditation, a dharma talk, sharing and mindful lunch.
If you want to join, you can either join us at Wat Suan Dok at 8:30am and catch a songtaew together or you can join us in front of Wat Pong Noi at 9am. We will end the day around 1:30pm.
Please bring your own vegetarian lunch and a pillow to sit on and a smile on your face.
If you would like to join us please send an email to laurencegilliot@gmail.com to confirm.
We look forward to practicing together 🙂
Mindful hug,
The Green Papaya Sangha
Day of Mindfulness New Date
Our cozy Day of Mindfulness has been rescheduled from this Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, June 4th. Please mark your calendars. See you there.
Day of Mindfulness
Dear Papayas
We hope that you are enjoying your day!
Lets take a moment to pause and enjoy our breath 🙂
We have some exciting news:
Saturday 20 May, the Green Papaya Sangha is organising a Day of Mindfulness!
We will meet from 9am until after lunch in Pong Noi, at Laurence, Gaston and Tao’s house.
On the menu: sitting meditation, walking meditation, a dharma talk, sharing and mindful lunch.
If you want to join, you can either join us at Wat Suan Dok at 8:30am and catch a songtaew together or you can join us in front of Wat Pong Noi at 9am. We will end the day around 1:30pm.
Please bring your own vegetarian lunch and a pillow to sit on and a smile on your face.
If you would like to join us please send an email to laurencegilliot@gmail.com to confirm.
We look forward to practicing together 🙂
Mindful hug,
The Green Papaya Sangha
We are back!
The Green Papaya Sangha is back! Please come join us Thursday evening at the Yoga Tree at 7:30 pm. The usual place and usual time with the usual (wonderful) people. See you there!
Green Papaya Sangha 