Thursday evening Info: On Thursday evenings online meditation on the next couple weeks, 5/16/2 & 5/23/24, there is a talk and discussion and sharing following meditation. Meditation is from 7:00 until 7:30 pm, with the talk and/or discussion ending at about 8:30 pm. The Thursday night talks explore topics related to meditation, with the current… Continue reading Sangha News 5/14/24
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Sangha News 4/30/24
Thursday evening Info: After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 5/2/24, Chris will give a talk on natural awareness practice and the Buddha’s teachings on awakening. In the practice of natural awareness we let go of much of the effort of doing, e.g., working to follow the breath or listen to sound, and explore… Continue reading Sangha News 4/30/24
Sangha News 4/16/24
Thursday evening Info: After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 4/18/24, Chris will give a second talk on the Buddha’s teachings on awakening. We’ll look at other practices that can help us to learn to weaken the sense of self-centeredness and to let go of some of the ways in which we experience clinging… Continue reading Sangha News 4/16/24
Sangha News 4/2/24
Thursday evening Info: After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 4/4/24, Chris will give a talk on the Buddha’s teachings on awakening. We’ll look at attitudes and practices that can help us to learn to weaken the sense of self-centeredness and to let go of some of the ways in which we experience clinging… Continue reading Sangha News 4/2/24
Sangha News 3/19/24
Thursday evening Info: After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 3/21/24, Chris will give a talk on the Buddha’s teachings on karma, which follow from dependent origination, the way that everything depends on causes and conditions. Karma can be seen as the causes and conditions that influence our lives, and also as the intentions… Continue reading Sangha News 3/19/24
Sangha News 3/5/24
Thursday evening Info: After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 3/7/24, Chris will give a talk on the Buddha’s teachings on emptiness, which follow from dependent origination, the way that everything depends on causes and conditions. Emptiness speaks to the lack of a self that is independent and unchanging. A positive way of examining… Continue reading Sangha News 3/5/24
Sangha News 2/20/24
Thursday evening Info: After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 2/22/24, Chris will give a talk that will discuss the Buddha’s teachings on the ways we construct our sense of self, and how that’s related to our incessant mental chatter, and to dependent origination, the Buddha’s main teaching on causes and conditions, and clinging… Continue reading Sangha News 2/20/24
New Treasurer Needed for Meditation Group
Li and C.T. have been supporting the meditation group as treasurer for the last two years, but need to step aside now. I’m very thankful for their support! Now IMMC, the non-profit corporation that is the support for the meditation group, needs a new treasurer. The job is not very demanding because our budget is… Continue reading New Treasurer Needed for Meditation Group
Sangha News 2/6/24
Thursday evening Info: After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 2/8/24, Chris will give a talk that will discuss the roles that we play in life, as parent, child, spouse, employee, and others, as well as the views that we hold about the way life should be. We tend to identify strongly with our… Continue reading Sangha News 2/6/24
Sangha News 1/23/24
Thursday evening Info: This week, during the Thursday night online meeting (1/25), Chris will give a talk on aspects of our body and mind that we tend to identify as “I, me, or mine”, and how that identification doesn’t serve us. The following week (2/1) we’ll have a discussion after meditation on those areas of… Continue reading Sangha News 1/23/24