The Dharma And The Sangha is a dharma talk offered to the Orlando Mindfulness Community by Dharmacharya Ian Prattis, on December 16, 2006.  A DVD was made of the talk by film producer Bob Allen, co-facilitator with his wife Pam of the Fish Lake Sangha in Orlando, Florida.  Bob has his own film company - i.d.e.a.s. www.integrityarts.com - and did a wonderful job of filming, editing, and placing the dharma talk within the beautiful location of Fish Lake and the wonderful setting of Thich Nhat Hanh’s tradition.

Fish Lake Sangha is generously making the DVD available at cost plus postage: $10 US.  You may contact Pam Allen at Tel: 407 353 2000; Email: PALLEN1236@AOL.COM 
and send a cheque to her at:
9222 Charles E. Limpus Rd,
Orlando, FL 32836
USA

The Dharma And The Sangha begins with the conditions leading to the Buddha’s first dharma talk and the intention to offer the dharma through appropriate vessels that are skilfull instruments to guide understanding – with a clear emphasis that the Raft is not the Shore.  The video ends with a story about levels of deep listening inspired by an adventure Ian and his son experienced in the drug underworld of Glasgow, Scotland.  In between, a tapestry unfolds of skilfully creating sanghas as the masterpiece of your life in the manner of the Buddha, so that we may touch the original artist of the masterpiece through sangha building.  The emphasis is on creating sangha cornerstones and the concrete example of Pine Gate Sangha and Friends for Peace in Ottawa is a reference point for activism based on sangha cornerstones.  The Five skandhas, instruments of practise, the Historical and Ultimate Dimensions and their interpenetration are presented so that we may touch the significance of space beyond space, time beyond time.  May your sanghas enjoy this humble offering.

To view the DVD follow the directions below:

Go to this URL  (NOTE: DO NOT TYPE WWW or HTTP first!) 

ftp://ftp.dbaideas.com

You will see a log-in screen. Log in as follows:

USERNAME is  client4   (no caps, no spaces)
PASSWORD is  4d  (no caps, no spaces)

Once logged in, you will see a folder called Dharma. Click on that folder and inside is a MPEG file, which can be downloaded. Recommend downloading is to right-click the file and then pick "Save As" from the dropdown menu.