Sometimes, realizing that an experience is impermanent, we can relax with how it is, including its coming and going. Other times, seeing that change is inevitable helps us to let go of clinging to how things are or resistance to change. And sometimes recognizing that we are all equal in being subject to aging, sickness,… Continue reading Quote for the Week
Author: Jon Swanson
Insight Meditation Group Film Series begins on October 4
Please join us Friday Oct. 4th from 7-9pm in the Parish Hall at All Saints for our first Sangha movie night! We will be showing ” The Monk and the Gun”. The movie will start promptly at 7pm and there will be an optional discussion afterwards. The show, refreshments and fellowship are free, donations will be… Continue reading Insight Meditation Group Film Series begins on October 4
Sangha News 10/1/24
Thursday evening Info: The Thursday night talks will pause through October 10, resuming October 17. 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… Continue reading Sangha News 10/1/24
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Heidi Bourne, with Pacific Mindfulness, provides a good introduction to wise view that relates it to the other elements of the Eightfold path and introduces some of the important elements of wise view, principally the laws of cause and effect, and of impermanence. You can find her post here: The Noble Eightfold Path; Wise View… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote for the Week
View represents our core assumptions and premises that create our very perception of the world and ourselves. How we think, speak, and act is controlled by our view. We always have some view directing and controlling our actions, even if that view is unconscious. The view we operate from can be constantly shifting from circumstance… Continue reading Quote for the Week
Beginning Meditation Classes~Oct 20 – Nov 17, 2024
Our next series of Beginning Meditation classes will start on Sunday, October 20, 2024 and will continue for 5 Sunday afternoons. The classes will be conducted in person at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue, Richland, in the Parish Hall (except for 11/10 when we’ll meet in the Multipurpose Room). There is no charge for the… Continue reading Beginning Meditation Classes~Oct 20 – Nov 17, 2024
Sangha News 9/17/24
Thursday evening Info: The Thursday night talks will pause through October 10, resuming October 17. 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… Continue reading Sangha News 9/17/24
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Lion’s Roar has a good introduction to the Eightfold path, and then provides links to articles on each aspect of the Eightfold path by teachers from several Buddhist traditions. You can find the introductory article and links here: What is the Eightfold Path? Gaylon Ferguson’s article in Lion’s Roar summarizes the Eightfold path and points… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote for the Week
From the beginning, the path of awakening includes all aspects of our human lives: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social. The aim is a mindful life. This means that our relationship to our consumerist economic system, our parenting, and our politics are all part of the path. This approach to living fully is outlined in… Continue reading Quote for the Week
Meditation Support Group Meets at Tri-City Cancer Center
Our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center will be held on September 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 will begin at 12:00 pm at the Cancer Center in the Fireside Room.… Continue reading Meditation Support Group Meets at Tri-City Cancer Center