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00:00:26 - Robin opens the Intensive - ‘Trust in Mind’ 00:03:53 - Hsin Hsin Ming 00:13:41 - Sitting and just noticing what arises 00:16:02 - Reflections 00:21:27 - Robin reads the Hsin Hsin Ming - and Joel reads the Translation of the Hsin Hsin Ming 00:25:21 - Dharma Activity - Robin invites people, over the next few days, to write their own translation of the Hsin hsin Ming 00:33:01 - Robin descr...

2024-09-06 | Day 2/Part 2 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Sandra Medina Bocangel 00:00:26 - Dharma Talk 00:45:55 - Dharma Activity - In Pairs - 3 minutes to sit in silence - 5 minutes writing - 5 minutes each sharing - Write about any situation, with any particular person, or yourself, an encounter, and write about feelings thoughts, sensations in your body - During the sharing, just notice what is...

00:00:26 - Robin begins - Trust in Mind O0:05:55 - Continuing with - Hsin Hsin Ming Translation - Robin and Joel 00:31:33 - Robin Offers a Dharma Activity - writing your own version/interpretation of a segment of the Hsin Hsin Ming 00:35:42 - Participants write for 20 minutes 00:35:51 - Robin invites Participants to share what they wrote 00:37:58 - 1st Sharing/interpretation of a segment of the Hs...

00:00:26 - Sandra Opens up day 3 - Trust in Mind 00:04:08 - Sandra Read the Hsin Hsin Ming 00:31:10 - Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen Author - Mu Soeng 00:32:28 - Dharma Activity - 3 minutes of silence - write for 10 minutes - 5 mins sharing (in pairs) - Write from a place of compassion and equanimity - noticing how your body feels

00:00:26 - Robin opens up the final talk of this intensive - Trust in Mind 00:10:40 - Robin and Joel Choral Read Hsin Hsin Ming with Robin’s Interpretation 00:18:01 - Robin Offers a dharma Activity - 3 minutes to sit - 15 minutes to write - and 5 minutes each to share (in pairs) - sharing what you wrote, or any experience you’ve had throughout the intensive - what you are feeling in your body 00:1...

For my names they are many, Trudy, child, tinker, mucky pup, daughter, sister, friend, schoolgirl, lover, student, drop out, nun, student, shop owner, Hema, teacher, wife, mother, housewife, student, counsellor, therapist, supervisor, trainer, grandmother, student, teacher, trainer, student, great grandmother, and now a new name, and a new family, that join the list of things I have been and I hav...

Join us on Monday nights: https://appamada.org/main-calendar Luzu Faces the Wall: Case: Whenever Luzu saw a monk coming, he would immediately face the wall. Nanquan, hearing of this, said, "I usually tell them to realize mastery before the empty aeon, to understand before the buddhas appear in the world; still I haven't found one or a half. Luzu that way will go on till the year of ass.”

00:00:20 - Dharma Talk - Trust 00:24:49 - Laurie Offers a Dharma Activity 00:25:54 - Participants sit for 3 minutes, then share for 2 minutes each (Groups of 3) ( minutes total) 00:26:06 - Laurie Invites Feedback

“Losing the Trail” ~Noah Charney. These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes. Yale University Press; New Haven and London: 2023. Pages 25-26. Following the trail is the easiest way to be lost. Sure, that trail might takes us to a preordained destination faster, but we’ll have no idea where we are when we get there. While we’re on the trail, we lose track of what’s around us and where...

2024-08-26 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 22 Yantou's “Bow and Shout” | Thomas Cleary by Appamada

Dharma Teachings for us today: • Suffering and dissatisfaction are woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • Freedom and beauty are equally woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • The liberating realizations of the Buddha ~ everything changes and everything is interdependent - help us understand this weaving an...

2024-08-19 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 21 Yunyan Sweeps the Ground | Thomas Cleary by Appamada

2024-08-18 | Dharma Talk | Great Expectations | Ann Lipscomb 00:00:26 - Dharma Talk - Great expectations 00:20:09 - Ann Offers the Dharma Activity 00:22:41 - Participants get into pairs for 22 minutes - 2 minute sit - 5 minutes to write - 15 minutes to share 00:22:51 - Ann Invites Feedback

Beautyland: A Novel: Marie-Helen Bertino

00:00:26 - The Universe Loves a Good Question 00:07:11 - Sitting with Joko Beck 00:09:10 - Reflections 00:18:14 - Ellen continues with the Dharma Talk 00:28:27 - Questions: 1/What has been a question that has guided your practice? 2/What has been your experience of asking questions?

2024-08-12 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

The way is long – let us go together; the way is difficult – let us help each other; the way is joyful – let us share it; the way is ours alone – let us go in love; the way grows before us – let us begin. R: recognize A: accept I: investigate N: non-identification

00:00:48 - Becky opens up the session 00:12:18 - Becky invites people to briefly share their experience with singing 00:29:07 - Becky leads everyone in singing 'Simply Breathe' 00:35:27 - Reflections on singing 'Simply Breathe' together 00:42:43 - Sitting for 30 minutes 00:43:19 - Becky leads everyone in singing The Four Practice Principles 00:45:53 - Becky begins to bring the class to a close - a...

00:00:26 - Dharma Talk - ‘Moshan Lioran- The Mountain and the Path’ 00:11:04 - Sitting Together - 'Like a Mountain' 00:14:47 - Koan - Guanxi Xian 00:21:34 - Jessica Invites Thoughts and Discussion

2024-08-05 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

2024-07-30 I Inquiry I Loving our Mortality I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

2024-07-29 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

2024-07-23 I Inquiry I Coming Home I Trudy Johnston by Appamada

2024-07-22 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodh by Appamada

00:01:14 - Poem - What is Our Life About - By Ezra Bayda (see Below) 00:17:39 - Laurie Explains the Dharma Activity (see Below on YouTube) 00:19:34 - Participants go into pairs for 26 minutes Exercise Get into pairs. Decide who will speak first Each person will take 10-15 minutes to do the clinging exercise separately Each person will share their experience of the exercise with the other for 5 min...