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2024- 04-09 I Inquiry I The Hum of the Refrigerator I Josh Gifford by Appamada

2024-04-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

00:00:43 - Recap of the Book so Far 00:07:23 - Peg Begins Reading ‘Not Two’ - Part 3 - Chapter 10 - Becoming who you are

00:00:33 - Flint and Peg Begin 00:06:12 - 'What if You Knew' - By Ellen Bass 00:10:22 - Peg describes an Activity 'Walk and Talk' 00:11:46 - Participants Walk In Pairs for 30 Minutes 00:11:55 - Reflections/Comments What if You Knew What if you knew you'd be the last to touch someone? If you were taking tickets, for example,at the theater, tearing them,giving back the ragged stubs, you might take c...

00:46:03 - Joy Chose You - By Donna Ashworth JOY CHOSE YOU Joy does not arrive with a fanfare on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life joy sneaks in as you pour a cup of coffee watching the sun hit your favourite tree just right and you usher joy away because you are not ready for her your house is not as it should be for such a distinguished guest but joy, you see cares nothing f...

00:21:22 - Peg Invites Questions/Reflections 00:32:10 - Taco Time

00:00:27 - Flint and Peg Describe the Activity for small Groups of 3 00:03:00 - The Sangha Brings forth Questions for Flint and Peg

00:00:27 - Dharma Talk 00:20:46 - Poem - Another theory of Time 00:28:30 - Reflections Another Theory of Time - Marie Howe So, I tell my daughter we are eating dinner, reading through the book of stories I'm worried about Jason. If I seem distracted, that's what's on my mind. And she says, Take it out of your mind, then dips and eats a dumpling, and says, But don't take out Jason. And this morning...

2024-04-03 | Day 4 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Head Student Sandra Medina Bocangel by Appamada

00:00:33 - Peg Reads a Poem ‘Enlightenment’ by Vijay Seshardi 00:05:54 - Offering Comprehensive Instruction on Posture/Sitting Zazen 00:32:51 - Questions/Reflections 00:35:00 - Peg Offers Instruction on a Practice (Groups of 3) - 'Narrating on Present Moment Experience Whilst Sitting in the Zazen Posture' 00:37:48 - Participants Join Groups of 3 for 10 Minutes 00:37:57 - Reflections/Comments Vijay...

00:00:59 - Peg Reads Huineng Poem 00:02:18 - Peg reads a section of the Fukanzazengi (Eihei Do- gen ) regarding Zazen Huineng Poem Deluded, a Buddha is a sentient being;
Awakened, a sentient being is a Buddha. Ignorant, a Buddha is a sentient being;
With wisdom, a sentient being is a Buddha. If the mind is warped, a Buddha is a sentient being;
If the mind is impartial, a sentient being is a Buddha...

00:19:39 - Questions/Reflections 00:22:52 - Flint Prepares for, and Offers an Exercise 00:33:33 - Instruction for connection Groups of 3 People (20 Minutes)

2024-04-01 Day 2/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks by Appamada

00:01:48 - Peg anf Flint read Fukanzazengi - Eihei Do-gen (P.p 30 Appamada Chant Book) 00:11:28 - Flints Asks ‘What was it like to hear it read out in this way’? 00:26:49 - Flint Reads a poem by Marie Howe (see Below) 00:32:33 - Peg reads a Poem by Dogen Easter Two of the fingers on his right hand had been broken so when he poured back into that hand it surprised him—it hurt him at first. And the...

2024-04-02 I Inquiry I Nothing happening is a very good day I Trudy Johnson by Appamada

2024-03-26 I Inquiry I Are You Clear About Practice? I Flint Sparks by Appamada

Ordinary things are all Extra-Ordinary | Joel Barna 00:02:31 - A Reading from 'After Buddhism' by Stephen Batchelor 00:07:36 - Joel gives instructions on how to write a Pantoum Poem (Please see below) 00;11:56 - Joel’s Pantoum 00:13:18 - Joel explains how to format the 8 lines into a Pantoum 00:15:09 - Participants Write for 10 Minutes 00:15:19 - Instruction for Connecting Rooms/Groups 00:15:49 -...

The Depth in Practice group discusses Case 20: Dizang asked Fayan, "Where are you going?"// Fayan said, "Around on pilgrimage." // Dizang said, "What is the purpose of pilgrimage?" // Fayan said, "I don't know." // Dizang said, "Not knowing is most intimate." // Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please g...

The Depth in Practice group discusses Case 19: A monk asked Yunmen, “Not a single thought arises: is there any fault or not?” // Yunmen said, “Mt. Sumeru.” // [According to Jain cosmology, Mount Meru (or Sumeru) is at the center of the world surrounded by Jambūdvīpa, in the form of a circle forming a diameter of 100,000 yojans. (description from Wikipedia)] Depth in Practice meets virtually at App...

The Depth in Practice group continues discussing Case 18: A monk asks Zhaozho, "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // Zhaozho says, "Yes." // The monk says, "Since it has, why is it then in this skin bag?" // Zhaozho replies, "Although he knows better he deliberately transgresses." // Another monk comes along: "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // "No," Zhaozho says. (The Japanese word "Mu" means "...

Horizonless Intimacy Dear Friends, I captured this image as I took an early morning walk along the beach in Bray, Ireland (County Wicklow) this past Monday morning (7/28/08). I was looking across the Irish Sea as the sun made its way up through the clouds. If I would have been able to see beyond the horizon where the sea and the sky appear to meet, I would have found northern Wales on the other sh...

The Depth in Practice group discusses Case 18: A monk asks Zhaozho, "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // Zhaozho says, "Yes." // The monk says, "Since it has, why is it then in this skin bag?" // Zhaozho replies, "Although he knows better he deliberately transgresses." // Another monk comes along: "Does the dog have Buddha Nature?" // "No," Zhaozho says. (The Japanese word "Mu" means " no.") // T...

00:00:33 - Dharma Talk 00:02:43 - The Guest House This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honourably.
He may be clearing you out
for some n...

2024-03-15 |Day 1 | One Day+ Sit | The Hindrances | Joel Barna

2023-10-08 | Class 9 | Taking Up the Way of Supporting Life | With Joel Barna & Robin Bradford 00:00:26 - Joel Opens up the Meeting 00:02:20 - Joel Talks About the Precept ‘Taking Up the Way of Supporting Life and Not Killing’ 00:15:06 - Poem by David Whyte - No Path 00:17:43 - Joel Guides Us All Into Sitting for 10 Minutes 00:19:01 - Robin Talks About the Precept ‘I Vow to Take Up the Way of Supp...