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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...

Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. ~David Whyte

2024-07-15 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

00:10:19 - Poem - Accepting This 00:14:20 - Robin Offers Part 1 - Dharma Exercise - Writing 00:17:36 - Robin Offers Part 2 - Dharma Exercise - Sharing 00:18:38 - Participants Go Into Groups Of 2 for 15 Minutes 00:18:44 - Robin Invites Everyone to Share and Connect Accepting This Yes, it is true. I confess,
I have thought great thoughts,
and sung great songs—all of it
rehearsal for the majesty
of b...

2024-07-09 I Inquiry I Body of Compassion I Flint Sparks by Appamada

2024-07-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

2024-07-07 | Dharma Talk | Practice Discussion | Ann Lipscomb by Appamada

Sometimes ~ David Whyte Sometimes if you move carefully through the forest, breathing like the ones in the old stories, who could cross a shimmering bed of leaves without a sound, you come to a place whose only task is to trouble you with tiny but frightening requests, conceived out of nowhere but in this place beginning to lead everywhere. Requests to stop what you are doing right now, and to sto...

2024-07-01 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

00:02:00 - Koan - 'Not Helping' 00:08:47 - Exercise - in Groups of - 1. Reflect on the Koan for 5 minutes - 2. Speak to what it brings up in you, if anything 00:08:55 - Joel Invites Participants to Share Koan taken from : Zen Master Raven: Sayings and Doings of a Wise Bird - 2002 - Robert Aitken 'Not Helping' After a talk by Raven about the Precepts, Woodpecker said, “The Cowbird lays her eggs in...

2024-06-25 I Inquiry | Life and Death I Flint Spark by Appamada

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00:00:27 - Equanimity - The 7th Factor of Enlightenment 00:16:26 - Ann Invites Questions/Comments 00:21:12 - Part 2 - Laurie Offers a Reminder of the 7 Factors of Enlightenment 00:35:52 - Laurie Invites Comments/Reflections

00:00:31 - The 6th Factor of Enlightenment Concentration 00:22:33 - Reflections/Questions

00:00:29 - The Fifth Factor of Enlightenment - Tranquility (Passaddhi) 00:14:21 - Activities of Tranquility 00:14:59 - Disenchantment 00:17:43 - Restraint 00:26:10 - Part 2 with Laurie 00:26:41 - Dharma Activity on Tranquility 00:27:08 - A Practice on Remembering how to do Tranquility under Pressure 00:28:19 - Laurie Begins Leading the Guided Meditation to Recall Tranquility in the Body 00:33:59 -...