Sun of Awareness Sangha - Mindfulness Group

Sun of Awareness Sangha - Mindfulness Group We are a friendly group in Downtown Jersey City that gathers weekly for mindfulness meditation (sitting and walking), shared readings and dharma sharing.

We are a friendly meditation group in Jersey City. We practice mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. We also explore the wisdom from other wonderful teachers, such as Pema Chodron and Jon Kabat-Zinn. We gather on Sunday mornings from 9am-10:30am - currently on Zoom during the COVID pandemic. We expect to resume in-person gatherings before long at a location to be announced. Please arrive a little early, so we can begin on time! Our practice usually involves a silent or guided sitting meditation, a walking meditation, a reading and dharma sharing, and one final sitting meditation. All are welcome - including beginners - regardless of experience or affiliation. There is no fee to participate. Questions? Contact:
facebook.com/robbkushner
or
www.facebook.com/tiina.erika

Good ol' Jack Kornfield!A wonderful mensch!
07/26/2025

Good ol' Jack Kornfield!
A wonderful mensch!

“I take my sign, I go stand by the freeway, and I feel so good.” — Jack Kornfield

Words by Trudy Goodman — “Jack stands by the freeway and holds up this sign: No more ICE raids. No more defunding. No more genocide. Practice mercy, and love.

The words of my dear friend Mirabai Starr express what I’m feeling:

“Those of us whose lives are relatively comfortable & safe must not turn away from the abject suffering of our faraway starving neighbors who are being slaughtered as they reach for the food being offered.
Let your heart break with mine. And from this grief may compassionate action arise.””
—

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07/23/2025

Dear Friends,

STILL TRUE (July 2025):

WE ARE MEETING IN-PERSON ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH - at 10am - IN LIBERTY HARBOR, AT 50 REGENT STREET [corner of Regent & River St] (OBSERVATORY - 11TH FLOOR) —

ALL OTHER SUNDAYS, WE ARE STILL CONNECTING ON ZOOM = at 9am.

Please note:
- Zoom-based gatherings run from 9am to 10:30am.
- In-Person gatherings run from 10am to 11:30am.

If you wish to participate, please send an email to Robb at robbkushner@gmail.com

With smiles and gratitude for our community,
Robb
😊🙏😊

Brother Phap Luu (traveling with a small group of monastics from Deer Park Monastery) leads group singing of mindfulness...
07/20/2025

Brother Phap Luu (traveling with a small group of monastics from Deer Park Monastery) leads group singing of mindfulness songs - followed by walking meditation to begin a Day of Mindfulness in Central Park. Several dozen people from the NYC area participated. It was a lovely session!

27-minute mini-documentary - on the life of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
02/25/2025

27-minute mini-documentary - on the life of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

A new biographical documentary of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh narrated by actor Peter Coyote, A Cloud Never Dies weaves together original film and photographi...

06/20/2024

PLEASE NOTE -

Due to the July 4th and Labor Day weekends being at the beginning of the month, our in-person gatherings in July and September will be:
July 14 and September 8.

😂😂😂Deep wisdom!
05/28/2024

😂😂😂
Deep wisdom!

11/26/2023

Dear Friends,

UPDATE (Nov. 2023):

WE ARE NOW MEETING IN-PERSON ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH - at 10am - IN LIBERTY HARBOR, AT 50 REGENT STREET [corner of Regent & River St] (OBSERVATORY - 11TH FLOOR) — ALL OTHER SUNDAYS, WE ARE STILL CONNECTING ON ZOOM.

Please note:
Zoom-based gatherings run from 9am to 10:30am.
In-Person gatherings run from 10am to 11:30am.

If you wish to participate, please send an email to Robb at robbkushner@gmail.com

With smiles and gratitude for our community,
Robb
😊🙏😊

The dharma supports and challenges me every day (Tiina).
11/03/2023

The dharma supports and challenges me every day (Tiina).

Unconditional Kindness. It's not a judgment on "who deserves it?" it's a declaration of who you are. It doesn't mean you let people walk all over you (must be kind to yourself as well), it means you don't let anyone rob you of your kindness - if you do, then they have truly won. 🙏

Wisdom from Thay…
11/01/2022

Wisdom from Thay…

"One autumn day, I was in a park, absorbed in the contemplation of a very small, beautiful leaf, shaped like a heart. It...
10/28/2022

"One autumn day, I was in a park, absorbed in the contemplation of a very small, beautiful leaf, shaped like a heart. Its color was almost red, and it was barely hanging on the branch, nearly ready to fall down. I spent a long time with it, and I asked the leaf a number of questions. I found out the leaf had been a mother to the tree…

"I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling. The leaf told me, “No. During the whole spring and summer I was completely alive. I worked hard to help nourish the tree, and now much of me is in the tree. I am not limited by this form. I am also the whole tree, and when I go back to the soil, I will continue to nourish the tree. As I leave this branch and float to the ground, I will wave to the tree and tell her, ‘I will see you again very soon.’”

"That day there was a wind blowing and, after a while, I saw the leaf leave the branch and float down to the soil, dancing joyfully, because as it floated it saw itself already there in the tree. It was so happy. I bowed my head, knowing that I have a lot to learn from that leaf."

~Thich Nhat Hanh, from
"PEACE IS EVERY STEP: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life"

Photos from Blue Cliff Monastery - Sangha Weekend - June 3-5, 2022
06/06/2022

Photos from Blue Cliff Monastery - Sangha Weekend - June 3-5, 2022

21 new items · Album by Robb Kushner

Address

395 Halladay Street, #2
Jersey City, NJ
07304

Opening Hours

9am - 10:30am

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We are a friendly mindfulness practice group in Jersey City, founded in 2009. Note that in Pali and Sanskrit, “sangha” means “community.” We practice mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. We also explore the wisdom from other wonderful teachers, such as Pema Chodron, Ram Dass, and Jon Kabat-Zinn. We gather on Sunday mornings from 9am-10:30am at Yoga Shunya. The studio is located at 275 Grove Street - across the street from City Hall - on the third floor. To get in, enter the double doors on the left side of RAZZA and then go up the stairs.

Yoga Shunya is three short blocks south from the GROVE ST PATH station. Please arrive a little early, so we can begin on time! Our practice usually involves a silent or guided sitting meditation, a walking meditation, a reading and dharma sharing, and one final sitting meditation. All are welcome - including beginners - regardless of experience or affiliation. Thanks to the generosity of Yoga Shunya, the practice is free of charge; we do encourage participants to donate $5-10 to the studio for their beneficence. We have cushions, mats, and chairs. So you don't have to bring anything. Questions? Contact: Robb: robbkushner@gmail.com or Tiina: recessthe4thr@gmail.com