Thursday evening Info: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore the Buddha’s teachings on the Eightfold path that leads to the end of stress and suffering. A resource that we’ll draw on for the talks and discussion is the book Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness by Bhante Gunaratna. We’ll also provide links to resources… Continue reading Sangha News 12/24/24
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Jay Michaelson talks about the holidays as a time of joy, and also as a difficult time for many people. Much of that difficulty results from cultural expectations of what it means to be happy during the holidays, and trying to make it happen. He has found that he is much more likely to be… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote for the Week
There is a subtle joy that emerges simply from yielding; from letting go the urge to be happy in a certain way, to celebrate the season in a certain way. This is familiar from meditation: as soon as I stop trying to relax, I can relax. As soon as I stop trying to feel joy,… Continue reading Quote for the Week
No Online Meditation on 1/1/25
We hope everyone is still enjoying the holidays. Just a reminder that the online Zoom meditation group will not meet on New Years Day, Wednesday Jan. 1st. However, the in-person group has decided they will meet for meditation on New Years Day. Here’s a link to that meditation if you care to join us. May… Continue reading No Online Meditation on 1/1/25
Sangha News 12/10/24
Thursday evening Info: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore the Buddha’s teachings on the Eightfold path that leads to the end of stress and suffering. A resource that we’ll draw on for the talks and discussion is the book Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness by Bhante Gunaratna. We’ll also provide links to resources… Continue reading Sangha News 12/10/24
Meditation Support Group Meets at Tri-City Cancer Center 12/19
Our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center will be held next Thursday, December 19, 2024. The Cancer Center is located at 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick. The sessions, which are held on the third Thursday of each month, are meant for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their caregivers. The session this month will begin at 12:00 pm at the Cancer Center in… Continue reading Meditation Support Group Meets at Tri-City Cancer Center 12/19
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Insight Dialogue is the practice of learning to be mindful while speaking and listening. The Insight Dialogue guidelines are a great supplement to the Buddha’s teachings on wise speech. The guidelines are simple phrases that we can call to mind in the middle of a conversation to foster wise communication. You can find those guidelines… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote for the Week
The guideline Attune to Emergence is an invitation to make impermanence itself the object of practice, to attune to the rising and vanishing of experience. It encourages us to step into “don’t know mind,” placing ourselves at the edge of where we don’t know what is going to happen next, internally or relationally. Attune to… Continue reading Quote for the Week
Sangha News 11/26/24
Thursday evening Info: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore the Buddha’s teachings on the Eightfold path that leads to the end of stress and suffering. A resource that we’ll draw on for the talks and discussion is the book Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness by Bhante Gunaratna. We’ll also provide links to resources… Continue reading Sangha News 11/26/24
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Oren Jay Sofer has a post on his website that includes suggestions on how to navigate holiday conversations. He looks at some of the problems that might arise for us in family conversations during the holidays, especially when family members disagree about religion and politics. He posted the article in December 2023, but the situations… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support