Practice Leader of Great Cloud Sangha,
Ungan Zenko Bill Mayhew
I'm excited to welcome you to our sangha's new web site greatcloudsangha.org
Over the coming months, we will be adding content intended to help you grow on your Zen journey. I'm sharing goals of the new website, as well as the proposed navigation below, describing the content we plan to include.
I invite you to reach out and let me know if there is anything else you would like to see on this site. Please reach out to me with your ideas at billmay22@att.net.
In the dharma,
—Ungan Zenko Bill Mayhew
Further the mission and vision our organization:
To establish a harmonious community wherein each individual can develop the skills to alleviate their own suffering and the suffering of others.
We vow to live our lives in a moral and mindful way, grounded in zazen meditation.
Maximize interest in the group by online visitors users of search engines.
Garner interest of newcomers.
Inform and engage newcomers of principles, practices and rituals prior to their attending.
Encourage newcomers to participate in orientation before their first sitting.
Create a communication vehicle to support and inform sangha members.
Support further engagement with remote sangha members.
Provide an online venue for sangha leaders and members to share information and resources with current and prospective members
Inform and educate Silent Thunder Order leaders and affiliates
Serve as a kind, compassionate resource for all interested in Buddhism, Sōtō and Zen.
Integrate with Google Workspace apps, enabling automation and security, and reducing future maintenance effort.
Utilize free non-profit instance of Google Workspace group has been given.
Migrate to Google Sites and apply greatcloudsangha.org domain.