A Zen retreat with Debra Seido Martin on Saturday, November 5th from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm is now open for registration. This retreat will be hosted by the Walla Walla Dharma Sangha. The retreat is slated to be a hybrid retreat, with some people attending the in-person retreat in Walla Walla, and others joining… Continue reading Upcoming Zen Retreat with Debra Seido Martin
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Meeting News 10/2/22
The current series of Thursday night talks are exploring topics related to meditation in more detail, starting with the approaches recommended for developing mindfulness. The talks for the next couple of months will be based on the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha’s discourse on the foundations of mindfulness. In that discourse the Buddha gave a clear description… Continue reading Meeting News 10/2/22
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
In mindfulness of the mind we come to know the “tides and wave patterns” of our thoughts and emotions. There is a good introduction to this practice in an article by Stephanie Noble, that relates it to being mindful of the body and mindful of the pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral aspect of each moment. You can find… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote for the Week
“When we sit or walk in silence, hearts and minds open, we offer a large container for the ocean of thoughts and emotions to show us its tides and wave patterns, and to eventually quiet down. Even if it doesn’t quiet down, it is seen with greater clarity.“ Stephanie Noble -Third Foundation of Mindfulness –… Continue reading Quote for the Week
Meeting News: 9/19/22
The current series of Thursday night talks are exploring topics related to meditation in more detail, starting with the approaches recommended for developing mindfulness. The talks for the next couple of months will be based on the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha’s discourse on the foundations of mindfulness. In that discourse the Buddha gave a clear description… Continue reading Meeting News: 9/19/22
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Here is a brief article by Kim Allen that describes feeling-tones (vedana), and why they’re so important in mindfulness practice: The Power of Feeling Tone. There is a resource page that lists a number of articles, guided meditations, and recorded talks on mindfulness of feeling-tones. You can find that page here: Common Ground Meditation The Introduction to the… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote for the Week
“The definition of ‘feeling tone’ [Vedana] in Buddhism is deceptively simple: It is the quality of a given experience of being pleasant, unpleasant, or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant. When we first hear it, we may almost shrug. So what?… Vedanā is so close, we often don’t distinguish it. And yet it drives so much of our behavior. Without the light… Continue reading Quote for the Week
Beginning Meditation Classes
The next series of Beginning Meditation classes is coming next month, beginning on Oct 2, 2022. Our Beginning Meditation classes are presented in a four-part series, and will be conducted online via Zoom. The classes are intended to work together to provide an introduction to meditation or serve as a useful “touchstone” for more experienced… Continue reading Beginning Meditation Classes
Meeting News 9/5/22
The current series of Thursday night talks are exploring topics related to meditation in more detail, starting with the approaches recommended for developing mindfulness. The talks for the next couple of months will be based on the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha’s discourse on the foundations of mindfulness. In that discourse the Buddha gave a clear description… Continue reading Meeting News 9/5/22
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Larry Rosenberg provides a good description of approaches to practicing with awareness of death as a way to re-orient our priorities in life, and through that awareness let go of some of the pettiness that we may experience in our relationships with others. You can find that article here: Death Awareness. A related practice that can be… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support