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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 -...

00:00:26 - Recap 00:01:24 - Energy - The Third Factor of Enlightenment 00:17:01 - Joy - The Fourth Factor of Enlightenment 00:25:41 - Ann introduces and Offers a Dharma Activity about - Joy - The fourth Factor of Enlightenment 00:27:43 - Ann Begins the guided Meditation 00:42:32 - Reflections

00:00:27 - Ann talks about the 2nd factor of enlightenment - Investigation 00:11:18 - Day 3 Part 2 - Laurie Introduces an Exercise 00:13:02 - Something that happened to you - Form - What happened - Just the facts 00:13:49 - Feeling - Just write Positive, negative, neutral 00:14:18 - Perception - Your perception of the event - Your view of the event 00:14:56 - Volition - Intention that arises out o...

00:00:26 - Exercise 1 - Laurie Introduces an Exercise on Preparing to Become Mindful by Naming Present Moment Experience 00:08:54 - Exercise 2 - Ann Leads the Guided Meditation 00:08:19 - Ann Leads into the Guided Meditation 00:20:55 - Ann Invites Reflections

O00:00:27 - Laurie Opens the Intensive and Introduces 'The 7 Factors of Enlightenment'.

2024-06-18 I Inquiry I Responding to Pressure I Todd Bankler by Appamada

00:00:27 - Ann Introduces the Talk 00:01:31 - Inciting Joy (the 1st Incitement) by Ross Gay 00:19:36 - Ann Introduces the Activity for the Connection Rooms 00:21:00 - Participants Discuss in Pairs for 20 Minutes 00:21:12 - Ann Invites Comments

2024-06-11 I Inquiry I Who Says? I Joel Barna by Appamada

00:00:31 - Light After Darkness 00:01:40 - The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul, and the Spiritual Life - John Tarrant 00:28:22 - Robin Invites Questions/Comments

2024-06-04 I Inquiry I Extending Ceremony I Josh Gifford by Appamada

00:00:40 - Ann Introduces and Offers Offers a Reading from 'Not Always So' by Susuki Roshi’ Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind’ 00:18:05 - Ann Invites Questions and Comments

2024-06-03 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Paths | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada