Sangha means spiritual community, wherein the members engage in spiritual practices and support each other on their spiritual journeys. Members of this Sangha must be graduates of the Hidden Treasure Program. The emphasis is on the spiritual dimension of our being rather than the psychological, and the teachings and discussion will focus on spirituality as it is lived in each of us. The psychological dimension of our being is part of this, but it is examined from the perspective of what the soul is trying to express or what spiritual lessons are to be learned as a result of situations occurring in one’s life.

Requirements

Members of the Sangha agree to:

• Attend four one-day programs (9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) throughout the year
• Engage in some kind of daily meditation/prayer practice
• Attend at least one retreat during the year — members are encouraged to attend the three-day Hidden Treasure graduate retreat in November

The one-day meetings consist of a long meditation, a teaching followed by discussion, a check-in from the perspective of each one’s spiritual life, and introduction and sharing of spiritual practices.  Your daily practice and attendance at a retreat will help deepen and enrich these discussions.  The cost for these sessions is $80.  We will generally meet at Pathlight Cottage.

Topics that have been addressed in the teachings include the four ways to the Infinite: love, knowledge, prayer/meditation and work/action; Spirituality in everyday life in the teachings of Adyashanti; and A.H. Almaas’s understanding of our essence and how his theory of “holes” relates to the Enneagram types.

Two Sangha groups have been created, one meeting on Saturday and the other on Sunday.  Although not required, the two groups will meet together in Ithaca in the months when there is no day-long meeting for about an hour.  These meetings will include a long meditation, a brief reading, and discussion.  There is no cost for these meetings.  We will meet at Forest Home Chapel.

Directions to Forest Home Chapel (222 Forest Home Drive)

Take Route 13 North, turn right onto Warren Road, and follow it past Hanshaw Road and the golf course, and turn left at the end.  The Chapel will be on your left.  One tenth of a mile past the chapel is a one-lane bridge. The  Plantations Wildflower Garden parking lot, just across the bridge, is a good place to park.

Or, take Route 366 from Ithaca, go past the Cornell Vet School and turn left onto Caldwell Road. It becomes Forest Home Drive when you cross the one-lane bridge.

2012-2013 Sangha Calendar

One-Day Meetings (9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) — Sangha 1 on Saturday, Sangha 2 on Sunday

September 29-30, 2012

December 15-16, 2012

April 13-14, 2013

June 8-9, 2013

Meditation Meetings in Ithaca (5:45 – 6:45 p.m.) — Both Sanghas

July 18, 2012

August 15, 2012

October 10, 2012

November 14, 2012

January 9, 2013

February 20, 2013

March 27, 2013

May 8, 2013

Hidden Treasure Graduate Retreat

November 8 (7:30 p.m.) — 11 (3:00 p.m.)