The Founding Circle
One circle.
The founding of a sangha is a shared act. We honor the people who began this together, as one circle, in keeping with the generosity that started it.
This beginning belongs to everyone who has already given something to it: time, counsel, a quiet word of encouragement. Each gift was freely offered, and each one mattered. A community founded on generosity carries that generosity forward.
We honor the founders together, as one circle, and without naming them. The people who held doors, asked good questions, sat with us informally, and believed this was worth doing are woven into everything that follows. You know who you are, and so do we.
A circle has no head and no foot. That is the shape we hope to keep as we grow: a community meant to outlast its founders, held up by everyone who returns to sit.
