Registration is now open for a Zen retreat with Debra Seido Martin on Saturday, November 6th from 9:00 – 3:30 pm. The title is “We Are Still Here.” It will be virtual and the cost is $10. This retreat will be hosted by the Walla Walla Dharma Sangha, and registration will be opened on October 10th. To… Continue reading Upcoming Retreat With Debra Seido Martin Nov. 6th 2021
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Meeting News 10/4/21
We have three online meditations a week, on Wednesday morning, Thursday evening, and Saturday morning. The Zoom links for those meetings can be found on the Events Calendar and you will also find more detailed information below. You’re welcome to join us online for any of the 3 meetings each week. In addition to our… Continue reading Meeting News 10/4/21
Updated Resources For Meditation And Support
Rick Hanson provides a brief and clear introduction to the First Noble Truth and some ideas on how to relate to it and see how it’s expressed in our lives. You can find that article at his website: The First Noble Truth – The Truth of Suffering Gil Fronsdal gives a longer and more detailed introduction… Continue reading Updated Resources For Meditation And Support
Quote For The Week
“Having physical form, feelings, and perceptions means being touched continually by the pleasant and unpleasant things of this physical world. But we also experience suffering that does not derive from physical or biological situations. Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and distress derive from our reactions to the situations we experience, not the situations themselves.” ~ Gregory Kramer, Insight Dialogue:… Continue reading Quote For The Week
Meeting News 9/20/21
We have three online meditations a week, on Wednesday morning, Thursday evening, and Saturday morning. The Zoom links for those meetings can be found on the Events Calendar and you will also find more detailed information below. You’re welcome to join us online for any of the 3 meetings each week. In addition to our… Continue reading Meeting News 9/20/21
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
If people are interested in further exploring the connection between inner and outer transformation, Sharon Salzberg’s book “Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World” would be a good choice. She provides a great introduction to the book and the work of transformation through the “Real Change” podcasts, where she talks to activists, spiritual teachers,… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote For The Week
“I believe that many of us genuinely feel called to a vision of our lives in which inner and outer transformation are connected. Knowing that we don’t have to do everything, that there are many aspects to transformation, frees us to listen for a calling, for the very specific way in which we might live this… Continue reading Quote For The Week
Meeting News
We have three online meditations a week, on Wednesday morning, Thursday evening, and Saturday morning. The Zoom links for those meetings can be found on the Events Calendar and you will also find more detailed information below. You’re welcome to join us online for any of the 3 meetings each week. In addition to our… Continue reading Meeting News
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Here are some additional resources you may find useful:Here’s an article by Patricia Mushim Ikeda that discusses burnout and how and why we should be kind to ourselves and make sure we avoid it: I Vow Not to Burn Out. Many people are finding it difficult to navigate the current surge in COVID cases and… Continue reading Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Quote For The Week
“Following the principle of non attachment to outcome seems to present us with a radical spiritual paradox whenever we act in the world, whether as a meditator, parent, teacher, or activist: How can we act decisively, energetically, passionately, wisely, and compassionately while giving up our attachment to the results of our actions?” ~ Donald Rothberg, The Engaged… Continue reading Quote For The Week