Open Source Sangha
A community, open and welcoming to all, independent of location, income, and other limiting factors.
A space to practice and explore the Buddha-Dharma together and to apply it to our daily lives.
OSS in a nutshell
Meetings typically consist of a short reflection on a theme, followed by meditation and concluding with collective sharing and discussion.
We begin on January 16th and continue every Thursday:
20:00 - 21:00 (CET) | 19:00 - 20:00 (UK) | 14:00 - 16:00 (US EST) | 11:00 - 12:00 (US PST)
To join, please write us a short e-mail. We will provide you with a Zoom link and further information.
Three tenants
Shared Humanity
In the words of the beloved Thich Naht Hanh:
"[...]The next Buddha will rather take the shape of a community, a community that practices understanding and loving kindness, a community that practices a way of conscious living. [...]"
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Our intention is to foster such a space for Sangha - where we can all share from our hearts, without a sense of hierarchy, exploring with each other and for ourselves the beauty and challenge of being human.
Healing and Service
All teachings and explorations are aimed to be applicable to the actual circumstances of our everyday lives - supporting our healing and embodiment of our wholeness.
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We encourage practice that does not end with making supportive change in our own lives, but extends to finding deeper meaning and fulfillment through serving more than just ourselves.
Buddha Dharma & More
We wish to dive deep into the Buddha’s teachings, exploring what they have to offer us as individuals, our community and our relationship with the wider world. We will use our varied backgrounds and experience as guides to question limiting beliefs and dogmas and invite all Sangha members to bring in their own questions, concerns and doubts in turn.
Dana (Donations)
In accordance with how these teachings have been passed down to us by our teachers and our teacher's teachers stretching back to the Buddha we we are offering this space in the spirit of Dana.
Dana is not an exchange of money for services, nor it is it a "donation" in the sense of offering money to charity. Dana is a living, breathing, act of generosity and reciprocity in which we offer these ways, practices teachings so that anyone may benefit from them regardless of financial resources.
We do this in trust that we will in turn be supported, by those with more financial resources offering more and those with less offering less. Your support not only supports us and our families but allows us to devote our time and energy to serving our communities and the world.
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All that is offered is gratefully received and will be used with the utmost responsibility. Thank you for your support!
Your Guides and Facilitators
Ulla König
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Ulla is a Mindfulness and Meditation teacher, rooted in the original teachings the Buddha shared some 2500 years ago. As a working Mum, she has always found the need to ground these ancient teachings in the day-to-day realities of life so that spiritual practice is supportive and relevant rather than just another “ideal” to try to live up to. She is trained in Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and uses her training to support those who need it most including refugees, survivors of domestic abuse and prisoners. She loves integrating wisdom from different traditions, philosophies and spiritual paths to offer the most helpful tools and techniques to her community.
Joe Peloquin
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Joe is a Meditation teacher, Wilderness Guide and Nature-Based Contemplative. Having cut his teeth in the Buddha-Dharma through a seven year cross-continental pilgrimage of service, activism, ecological living and many a meditation retreat Joe is passionate about utilizing these teachings to make deep, meaningful change in our lives, communities and world. He facilitates practices that blend contemplative meditation with contemporary animism - directly connecting to the alive and animate nature of the land and the beings who dwell there. His primary lineages are the Insight Tradition with Christopher Titmuss, Nathan Glyde and Zohar Lavie and the Nature-Based work of Animas Valley Institute with Bill Plotkin and other guides as mentors.