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8/18/2013 – A Religion of Nothing ?
Michael guided our reflections today, utilizing a few brief passages from the ancient Sammaditthi Sutta: The Discourse on Right View (in the Buddha’s Middle Length Discourses) http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.009.ntbb.html and a dharma talk by Gil Fronsdal on “The Absence of Mistrust,” in which Gil proposes that Absence of Mistrust might lead to a more profound engagement with life than even the… Read more
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8/11/2013 – The Dhammapada
Payton guided our reflections today on the Dhammapada, a central book in the Buddhist canon, well characterized in the words of Jack Kornfield, which Payton quoted: “These teachings are as true now as the moment they were offered from the Buddha’s own lips. One page, one verse alone, as the power to change your life.… Read more
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8/4/2013 – Anatta/No-Self: other perspectives
Margaret guided our further investigation of the crucial concept of No-Self today, drawing on a number of sources. The most ancient of these sources is the brief Anatta Lakkhana Sutta (The Discourse on the Not-Self Characteristic), from the Samyutta Nikaya, available at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/wheel017.html#s2 The concept was further clarified in excerpts from a recent talk by Joseph… Read more
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7/14/2013 – Anatta / NoSelf
As we began a new series of explorations, Joey guided our reflections today on No Self, drawing from a number of sources. Kathleen Dowling Singh’s book “The Grace in Dying,” pages 21 & 31-39 offered an overview of our psychological development as a sequence of separations, distinguishing self from other, which takes us away from… Read more
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7/7/2013 – Equanimity (10th Parami)
Sam led our session on the Tenth (and final) Perfection – Equanimity, drawing on many sources. Christina Feldman’s talk on Equanimity from January 2 of this year can be found at http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/44/talk/18108/ from which were excerpted: 14:38-37:02 and 48:39-end. Highlights were: Mustard seed story starting at 22:20, “…you must be a dog” starting at 27: 38, Billy Collins… Read more
