I wrote a story for [1] University City Magazine last year about the [2] Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church’s Mindfulness Sangha (a.k.a. meditation group). My personal experience with this group was transforming, and I just love the venue.  Imagine a large, open room with a wall of windows, overlooking the nature outside.  Very conducive to meditation.

> > > Read the story, [3] Aware in mind and body

Well, the group’s facilitator, Darla Davis, has organized an event led by Daigaku Rummé, an ordained Soto monk.  If you’re into meditating, come check it out!  See Darla’s details below…

DAIGAKU Rummé TO SPEAK IN CHARLOTTE

AUGUST 4th AT 7pm

Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church

9704 Mallard Creek Road

“Zen Within Activity: How Zazen Relates to Everyday Life” 

Please join the Piedmont UU Mindfulness Sangha and the Charlotte Zen Meditation Society on Tuesday, August 4th at Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church to hear Daigaku Rummé speak on “Zen Within Activity:  How Zazen Relates to Everyday Life.”  Meditation will begin at 7pm and be followed by Daigaku’s talk.

Daigaku Rummé was ordained a Soto monk by Harada Sekkei Roshi in 1978. For more than twenty-seven years, he practiced under Harada Roshi at Hosshinji Monastery in Fukui , Japan . Since March 2003, he has been on the staff of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center located in San Francisco . He resides at the San Francisco Zen Center and is the translator of The Essence of Zen by Harada Roshi, which was republished by Wisdom Publications in 2008.

Please arrive promptly and enter quietly.  There is no charge but a donation basket will be available for expressions of generosity.  For directions to Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church, please go to [4] www.puuc.org