Dear Friends,
We offer you a deep bow of gratitude for all the support, encouragement, and love you have shared with this project so far.
This has been, and continues to be, an extraordinary journey, with both calm seas and choppy waters. Throughout all, the strength of your support has enabled us to steer us safely to the pivotal milestone of securing Abenhall. Together we look forward with confidence to continuing to flow and grow as one river into the next chapter of this adventure.
Today, we are delighted to continue our celebration of this wonderful milestone by sharing this short video with you, featuring messages from lay and monastic friends from many Sanghas across the UK Community. It’s a heartfelt reflection of what we are building together: a home for our practice. And it is a huge thank you to you and the whole community for all the support and contributions that are making this possible🙏
Summer Plans
Over the summer weeks, our Team will be happily busy taking over the stewardship of the Abenhall site, shepherding through a simple planning application to make minor adjustments needed before site opening, and developing our plans for centre opening dates, recruitment, and programming. As you will have seen in our last newsletter, we are also warmly welcoming expressions of interest in joining our Trustee Body.
Being Peace Sangha Evening
Last month, over 220 of us gathered for the June Being Peace Sangha Evening to mark this meaningful moment on the path. We shared time in practice, celebrated the joyful news, listened to updates, and enjoyed live music from Joe Holtaway. If you weren’t able to join us live, you can watch the recording here.
The Sangha Evening will be taking a break over July and August as the team and trustees focus on taking over management of the site and refining the plans for the next phase.
We are looking forward to sharing the fruits of all this work with you as it progresses. Be sure to keep following our newsletters for further news and updates on how you can continue to engage and support this journey!
In the meantime, may this season offer you moments of ease, peace, and spaciousness in these long and light-filled days.
With warmth and care,
The Being Peace Team
