Sea of Faith Christchurch Group

In February 2018, a meeting was called, but few attended. As a result, the group is not currently meeting. Sad!

Our meeting on 15 May will discuss Naomi Klein’s new book: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.

Our meetings got off to a wonderful start this year with the visit of the Ven. Bhante Kovida, a Buddhist monk. He began by leading us in a breath meditation, followed by a Mahasati meditation, a particular form of mindfulness meditation developed by a Thai Buddhist. This lead smoothly into a very down-to-earth, understandable yet profound explanation of the Buddhist path of overcoming suffering. He described Buddhism as “spiritual psychotherapy”, which fits very well, I think. After answering questions, he closed the meeting with a compassion meditation.

His website, www.bhantikovida.com, has a brief biography and several books in PDF format for free download. These combine accounts of his travels with the way he has applied Buddhist teaching and practice in his day-to-day living.

Last Friday, we saw a demonstration on how to create posts on our website.

On Friday 13 May, Dr Garth Cant will speak with us on the above topic.  He is a lecturer in Geography at Canterbury University, with interests in the Church in rural New Zealand and in Maori approaches to spirituality.