Alright, so that's kind of the backstory of the Sangha Programs Office and why I landed on on this topic, and no doubt, you'll be hearing more about what we're doing at the annual meeting next month, because we we did a strategic planning meeting. Not too long ago, a day long meeting, it was pretty intensive. And we wanted to kind of sharpen our sense of what our mission and vision is for this office. And we asked ourselves things like, what will Sangha look like and feel like five or 10 years from now? If we're successful? And we'll be reporting the results of our strategic planning session to the trustees next month. And then yeah, after that, at the annual meeting to the whole Sangha, so stay tuned for that. Alright, but really, for this talk, I wanted to focus on some foundational questions about the nature of Sangha, you know, starting with the basics, what is Sangha? How do we understand it? As one of the three treasures? How has it changed over time? And how is the the experience of being in a Sangha rooted in practice? And also, how can we each contribute to creating the kind of Sangha that we inspire, to aspire to be a part of? So these are questions directly related to the Sangha Programs Office, but they're also relevant to everyone listening to this talk. You know, how can we create the sense of community we aspire to have, without a shared commitment to bringing it to life. And as part of my own self education, you know, in my role as a Sangha Programs Manager, for months now, I've been collecting little readings about Sangha quotes and excerpts that jumped out to me. And I quickly discovered that there doesn't appear to be any single book devoted solely to the subject of Sangha, at least not in the Zen school. So I'm going to be drawing from multiple sources, both print and online. And this might get a little unwieldy Alright, for starters, though, the word Sangha in Sanskrit means assembly, association, or can community. But there's this other translation that I came across, that I've found to be really especially rich and meaning and that is that Sangha is an aggregate, aggregate a whole body formed out of disparate elements or in physics, fluid mass of fragments and particles. I love that imagery. And when when it comes to the body, of Sangha, what it looks like, in the beginning, of course, there was no online or virtual dimension as we experience it today. When online sittings and worse workshops and so Sheen's were established in 2020 in response to the pandemic It totally transformed my sense of Sangha, who was so wonderful and continues to be, to now be able to really get to know people who live at a distance from from Rochester. Whereas previously, I might have only seen them briefly, you know, before or after. So Shane are at a special event. And it's, it's been a real lifeline in terms of our ability to do zozen together across the miles, and stay connected. And for me, the only downside is the extra screen time. And that's something we all have to kind of adapt to, I guess.