We’ll continue our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center in May. The Cancer Center is located at 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick and the next meeting will be Thursday,2/19/2026. 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… Continue reading
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Sangha News 2/11/26
Thursday Evening Meditation & Talk: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore five faculties that the Buddha suggested would help us to better understand the distress we sometimes encounter in life and to explore ways in which we can decrease it. They include confidence, energy, mindfulness, gathering the mind, and wisdom. These faculties support… Continue reading
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Gil Fronsdal gives a brief introduction to the role of wisdom as one of the five faculties suggested by the Buddha for the practice of meditation. As Gil explains, the faculties are helpful in developing any skill in life, including the practice of meditation. Wisdom provides us with the ability to know what is helpful… Continue reading
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A mind that’s confident, engaged, mindful, and focused can develop discernment [wisdom], the fifth faculty. Discernment helps us determine which movements of the mind and heart, which thoughts and feelings, are useful. What can we let go of? What should we develop further? The Five Faculties ~ Gil Fronsdal
Sangha News 1/28/26
Thursday Evening Meditation & Talk: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore five faculties that the Buddha suggested would help us to better understand the distress we sometimes encounter in life and to explore ways in which we can decrease it. They include confidence, energy, mindfulness, gathering the mind, and wisdom. These faculties support… Continue reading
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Shaila Catherine, the principal teacher of Insight Meditation South Bay, is one of the foremost teachers of samadhi, or concentration meditation in the West. She translates samadhi as concentration, the most common translation. Her website includes a good introduction to the meaning of concentration and ways in which to practice it and develop it. You… Continue reading
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Concentration is a central feature of a contemplative life, cultivated through formal meditation practice and also through many daily activities such as drawing, kayaking, skiing, music, cooking and research. Learning or observing anything — whether a technical repair of a computer, a creative pursuit in art, a masterful move in dance, or simply quieting the mind… Continue reading
Sangha News 1/13/26
Introducing a new teacher for Insight Meditation of the Mid-Columbia The upcoming meditation class series will be taught by Chris Murray and Fabiola Robinson. Fabiola will be helping lead the meditation group now. I (Chris) was diagnosed with leukemia five years ago, and recently found I need to start treatment in mid-January. I feel fortunate… Continue reading Sangha News 1/13/26
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
The “Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation” from Gil Fronsdal and the Insight Meditation Center provides a great introduction to mindfulness and the various ways we can apply mindfulness in meditation. Mindfulness is not just watching the breath, but a clear awareness of whatever arises, including bodily sensations, thoughts, and emotions. You can find the introduction here:… Continue reading
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Mindfulness relies on an important characteristic of awareness: awareness by itself does not judge, resist, or cling to anything. By focusing on simply being aware, we learn to disentangle ourselves from our habitual reactions and begin to have a friendlier and more compassionate relationship with our experience, with ourselves and with others. Introduction to Mindfulness… Continue reading