Wishing you all a happy holiday today. In observance of Thanksgiving, there will be no sangha gathering this evening. Even if you don’t celebrate today in a traditional sense, it is a great opportunity to express gratitude and give pause for reflection.
As you sit down to eat your meal today, I invite you to read the Five Contemplations and to spend some time eating mindfully:
The Five Contemplations
1. This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.
2. May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.
3. May we recognize and transform unwholesome mental formations, especially our greed and learn to eat with moderation
4. May we keep our compassion alive by eating in such a way that reduces the suffering of living beings, stops contributing to climate change, and heals and preserves our precious planet.
5. We accept this food so that we may nurture our brotherhood and sisterhood, build our Sangha, and realize our ideal of serving all living beings.
Happy Holidays
Dharma Flower Sangha 
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