Aloha Sangha

Aloha Sangha Presenting an effective path of mindfulness meditation inspired by the early teachings of Buddhism.

Weekly meetings in Honolulu since 1998.-->>https://www.alohasangha.com/

Kuan Yin is an archetype of compassion in Buddhism. Sometimes portrayed as female, or male, or androgynously, they manif...
08/04/2024

Kuan Yin is an archetype of compassion in Buddhism. Sometimes portrayed as female, or male, or androgynously, they manifest the impulse to help suffering beings.

Kuan Yin is an archetype of compassion in Buddhism. Sometimes portrayed as female, or male, or androgynously, they manifests the impulse to help suffering beings.

Summer is here and there is LOT going on-> The Buddhist meditation in Honolulu calendar feautures events of interest to ...
06/24/2024

Summer is here and there is LOT going on-> The Buddhist meditation in Honolulu calendar feautures events of interest to folks curious about practicing meditation within a classical Buddhist setting.

You’ll find here a listing of groups practicing Buddhist insight meditation in Honolulu, as well as special events, retreats or guest teachers.

Perhaps we need to chill a little, and settle into the slow simple life that’s already here. And embrace this moment, wi...
06/22/2024

Perhaps we need to chill a little, and settle into the slow simple life that’s already here. And embrace this moment, without trying to improve or tweak anything.

Perhaps we need to chill a little, and settle into the slow simple life that’s already here; embrace this moment, without trying to improve or tweak anything.

We all just want to be happy and feel at home in our own lives, but, as the song goes, we are looking in all the wrong p...
06/16/2024

We all just want to be happy and feel at home in our own lives, but, as the song goes, we are looking in all the wrong places.

There is a story by Mark Twain about someone who dies and goes to "heaven" and gets a pair of wings and a harp. At first, they used the wings as a way of

Mindfulness allows us to live into all that cannot be solved. It’s also a gateway to the peace of the present moment.
06/09/2024

Mindfulness allows us to live into all that cannot be solved. It’s also a gateway to the peace of the present moment.

Equanimity is not some fantastic state far off state. It’s actually right here, right now as an aspect of your regular, ordinary awareness, reading this.

This meditation is a self-discovery. We uncover the treasure of our very own being. We lose interest in listening to the...
06/05/2024

This meditation is a self-discovery. We uncover the treasure of our very own being. We lose interest in listening to the voices shouting at us about our deficiencies.

Someone once asked Suzuki Roshi, the pioneering Zen teacher from Japan who founded the Zen Center of San Francisco in 1969:

What makes the difference are the qualities of heart we bring to our everyday experiences. It’s a seeing, a knowing, tha...
06/04/2024

What makes the difference are the qualities of heart we bring to our everyday experiences. It’s a seeing, a knowing, that is utterly pure. A quiet aliveness without the stirring of expectation.

What makes the difference are the qualities of heart we bring to our everyday experiences. . A quiet aliveness without the stirring of expectation.

The mind throws up resistance to the process of liberation- but we can metabolize this, allowing deep change and a grace...
06/03/2024

The mind throws up resistance to the process of liberation- but we can metabolize this, allowing deep change and a graceful opening into a timeless, refreshing, presence.

The mind throws up resistance to liberation- but we can metabolize this, allowing deep change and a graceful opening into a timeless, refreshing, presence.

Check out our summer calendar- there is something here for anyone who is interested in, or simply curious about, Buddhis...
06/02/2024

Check out our summer calendar- there is something here for anyone who is interested in, or simply curious about, Buddhist meditation.

You’ll find here a listing of groups practicing Buddhist insight meditation in Honolulu, as well as special events, retreats or guest teachers.

Meditation turns special moments on their head. It turns out we don’t need special moments to savor the openness to expe...
06/02/2024

Meditation turns special moments on their head. It turns out we don’t need special moments to savor the openness to experience.

Even after forty years of meditation, I catch my mind running around on a mental hamster wheel trying to figure out some...
04/14/2024

Even after forty years of meditation, I catch my mind running around on a mental hamster wheel trying to figure out some vital issue, which, after a mindful pause and some reflection, turns out to be rather trivial.

We can imagine what happened in the past and what might happen in the future. Our cognitive power propels us to the top of the food chain on this planet, and

In the present moment we discover a spontaneity beyond time, where there is no aging, no measuring, no comparing to what...
03/18/2024

In the present moment we discover a spontaneity beyond time, where there is no aging, no measuring, no comparing to what was, and no worry about what will be.

The poems I have gathered here have offered me spiritual companionship over the years, offering glimpses of wisdom, comp...
03/09/2024

The poems I have gathered here have offered me spiritual companionship over the years, offering glimpses of wisdom, compassion, peacefulness, and good cheer, helping me over many an edge in my meditation practice.

Combine reading mindful poems with other techniques in your toolkit. You can read a poem before meditation, or use it as a focal point during your practice.

Accessible, free, and deep: a short course in Buddhist meditation. Experience the simplicity and depth of early Buddhist...
03/09/2024

Accessible, free, and deep: a short course in Buddhist meditation. Experience the simplicity and depth of early Buddhist meditation.

as practiced in a thriving Western community following the early Buddhist teachings

What a marvel, what a special thing it is to be conscious, to be aware, and to know that we’re aware- this is the essenc...
02/21/2024

What a marvel, what a special thing it is to be conscious, to be aware, and to know that we’re aware- this is the essence of mindfulness practice.

Rather than striving to get rid of stress and confusion, we recognize how mental states act as a false barrier to our ve...
02/04/2024

Rather than striving to get rid of stress and confusion, we recognize how mental states act as a false barrier to our very own natural calm, focus, and joy.

Mindfulness meditation is not just another way to fix what we feel might be broken in our lives. Maybe you struggle with low moods, motivation, or existential

We meet for meditation this Thursday, January 25, 2024--> why not join our free weekly drop-in class? It meets Thursdays...
01/24/2024

We meet for meditation this Thursday, January 25, 2024--> why not join our free weekly drop-in class? It meets Thursdays in Palolo Valley from 6 to 7:30 PM. Always free, bring a friend.

Aloha Sangha offers free weekly classes exploring mindfulness in Honolulu, in their home in Palolo Valley since 1998. All are welcome.

Meditation helps us put down the baggage we carry around so we can travel lightly in this world.
01/24/2024

Meditation helps us put down the baggage we carry around so we can travel lightly in this world.

Someone once asked Suzuki Roshi, the pioneering Zen teacher from Japan who founded the Zen Center of San Francisco in 1969:

Experiment infusing your meditation time with playful qualities such as curiosity, lightness, interest, awe, delight and...
12/09/2023

Experiment infusing your meditation time with playful qualities such as curiosity, lightness, interest, awe, delight and zest.

Experiment infusing your meditation time with playful qualities such as curiosity, lightness, interest, awe, delight and zest-->mindfulness as play.

This is our work. To kneel down into the moment, to kiss the ground of our common experience, and discover peace and joy...
12/03/2023

This is our work. To kneel down into the moment, to kiss the ground of our common experience, and discover peace and joy in the shared nature of being as the mind settles down and the heart relaxes.

What does it mean to practice Dharma in the home stretch of 2023, with all the wars, hate crimes, refugee crises, and environmental catastrophes all over the

We meditate this Thursday, November 16, 2023--> why not join our weekly mindfulness drop-in class? It meets Thursdays in...
11/14/2023

We meditate this Thursday, November 16, 2023--> why not join our weekly mindfulness drop-in class? It meets Thursdays in Palolo Valley from 6 to 7:30 PM. Always free, bring a friend.

Aloha Sangha offers free mindfulness meditation sessions and classes suitable for beginners since 1998 at our home in Palolo Valley. All are welcome.

When we sit with awareness of our body sitting and breathing, we tap into a basic human sanity that is freely available ...
11/05/2023

When we sit with awareness of our body sitting and breathing, we tap into a basic human sanity that is freely available to all of us.

The ongoing events in Gaza are hard to take in. I am sorry to bring this up, but I can’t shake these feelings. If I could draw a picture of my inner being, it

As I contemplate the latest news about the Israel-Hamas war, is meditating for an hour in the morning even relevant?
10/22/2023

As I contemplate the latest news about the Israel-Hamas war, is meditating for an hour in the morning even relevant?

As I write this, the world seems even more precarious than last week. It’s difficult for me to write today. It’s as if the sorrow fell overnight like a

When I mindfully contact the fear I feel as I think about the Israel-Hamas war, the bars in the prison of my own mind be...
10/15/2023

When I mindfully contact the fear I feel as I think about the Israel-Hamas war, the bars in the prison of my own mind bend a little, giving me some breathing room to process it all.

The other day I came across a very short poem by the 11th century Japanese woman poet Izumi Shikibu, and it struck a chord:

When you don’t feel compassion as you scroll through the daily newsfeed horror show- just be aware of not feeling partic...
09/24/2023

When you don’t feel compassion as you scroll through the daily newsfeed horror show- just be aware of not feeling particularly compassionate.

When we don’t feel compassion as we scroll through the daily newsfeed horror show- just be aware of not feeling particularly compassionate.

09/18/2023
If your mind could text you while you are meditating, what would it text? ... I think it’s been 30 minutes already, why ...
08/20/2023

If your mind could text you while you are meditating, what would it text? ... I think it’s been 30 minutes already, why has the bell not sounded? Or … This is sooooo boring? What’s for dinner?

If we get uptight about feeling uncomfortable in meditation, just remember this simple instruction- give careful and kind attention to whatever arises.

Want some priceless meditation advice? Become intimate with your moment by moment experience, whatever it is, and wake f...
08/06/2023

Want some priceless meditation advice? Become intimate with your moment by moment experience, whatever it is, and wake from the spell of perpetual postponement.
https://www.alohasangha.com/now-or-never/

Want some priceless meditation advice? Become intimate with your moment by moment experience, whatever it is, and wake from the spell of perpetual postponement.

"Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of life. Though you have broken your vow a hundred times, ours ...
07/13/2023

"Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of life. Though you have broken your vow a hundred times, ours is not a caravan of despair."

The meditation teacher Karen Maezen Miller, in a piece published in Lion’s Roar, rightfully calls us on this thought, while describing how the domestic lives

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