“THE POWER OF EQUANIMITY IN ENGAGED SPIRITUALITY” An Online Talk by Kaira Jewel Lingo Hosted by Monday Friends December 9, 2024

How can we stay clear, peaceful and positive in a world full of suffering?

Once we are peaceful within ourselves, how can we extend that peace in practical, useful ways in the world?

In this talk, Kaira Jewel Lingo, the author of “We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss and Disruption,” will explain how equanimity is the key—especially when allied with compassion and joy.

TONIGHT: 7-8:30 PM ET 6-7:30 PM CT 4-5:30 PM PT

WHERE: ONLINE AT THE ZOOM LINK BELOW

THE TALK IS FREE

> A 30-MINUTE GUIDED MEDITATION > A 45-MINUTE TALK > 15 MINUTES FOR Q&A

ABOUT KAIRA JEWEL LINGO:

Kaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in spirituality and social justice.

Her work continues the Engaged Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh, and she draws inspiration from her parents’ lives of service and her dad’s work with Martin Luther King, Jr.

After living as an ordained nun for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastic community, Kaira Jewel now teaches internationally in the Zen lineage and the Vipassana tradition, as well as in secular mindfulness, at the intersection of racial, climate and social justice with a focus on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and activists, as well as artists, educators, families, and youth.

Based in New York, she offers spiritual mentoring to groups and is author of We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons in Moving through Change, Loss and Disruption and co-author of Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy and Liberation. Her teachings and writings can be found at www.kairajewel.com.

ABOUT MONDAY FRIENDS:

Monday Friends, the host of this event, is a weekly online meditation group that is open to all and is dedicated to practicing awareness in daily life, and nourishing friendship among all beings. With insight meditation and non-duality its practice cornerstones, the group explores a wide range of meditation styles and approaches to spirituality.

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TO SUPPORT KAIRA JEWEL LINGO AND MONDAY FRIENDS

Following Buddhist tradition, Monday Friends offers the weekly program free of charge, in the spirit of generosity.

No one is ever required to pay.

This offering is made possible in turn thanks to your generosity, contributed through your practice, time, and resources.

For visiting teachers, 7O% of donations are offered to the teacher, and 30% supports Monday Friends.

If you would like to offer support you can use PayPal of Venmo at this page, or by sending a check made out to Doug McGill at Doug McGill / PO Box 6513 / Rochester, MN 55903.

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