Reading for June 2

Reminder: One Dharma Nashville will begin meeting in its new space at
12 South Dharma Center this Monday, June 2. We’re at 2301 12th Avenue
South (the building which houses Serendipity, at the intersection with
Linden), on the second floor. Enter using the steps at the back of the
building and the door at the top on the right.
Parking [...]

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Reminders/Parking

This coming Monday, May 26, is Memorial Day, and One Dharma Nashville will not be meeting for meditation. We will resume on Monday, June 2, in our new space, 12 South Dharma Center, at 2301 12th Ave. South, Suite 202.
To access the space, you will need to go to the back of the building and [...]

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In Buddhist news

The Karmapa is in the U.S. for his first visit

clipped from www.nytimes.com

Young Spiritual Leader Arrives in New York, Ready to Teach and Be Taught

The 22-year-old living Buddha seemed joyfully aware to feel no jet lag whatsoever. So far. “Maybe tonight,” he said in English on Thursday. “But not yet.” He had just arrived at a [...]

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We’re now on Facebook

For any One Dharma members on Facebook, we’ve created a public Facebook group called One Dharma Nashville. Feel free to look us up and join. Another means of continuing the conversation.

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In Buddhist news

clipped from digital-dharma.net

UN Vesak celebrations begin in�Hanoi

The much awaited United Nations Day of Vesak celebrations in Vietnam which began today were an amazing spectacle of religious and ritual festivity at Hanoi, with thousands of Buddhists from the world over gathering at the Capital’s National Convention Center to spread Buddha’s message of peace, love and harmony.
Over [...]

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Reading for May 19

Turn Your Thinking Upside Down
By Pema Chödrön
We base our lives on seeking happiness and avoiding suffering, but the best thing we can do for ourselves—and for the planet—is to turn this whole way of thinking upside down. Pema Chödrön shows us Buddhism’s radical side.
On a very basic level all beings think that they should be [...]

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Buddhism and science

David Brooks, the conservative columnist, has an interesting column today speculating on recent trends in scientific research that appear to support altruistic spiritual ideas and the Buddhist understanding of the nature of the self. He refers to these researchers as “neural Buddhists.” A few quotes below, but the whole article is worth reading.

clipped from www.nytimes.com

The [...]

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In Buddhist news

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com

Monks back on front line to aid cyclone victims
But they say military is curbing their efforts, even as it fails to deliver aid

KYI BUI KHAW, Myanmar – The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar’s military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food, shelter and [...]

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Reading for May 12

Apple Orchard
by Ajahn Chan
If you ask people why they were born, they probably would have a lot of trouble answering, because they’re sunk in the world of the senses and sunk in becoming. For example, suppose we had an orchard of apple trees that we were particularly fond of. That’s becoming for us if we [...]

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For those concerned about Burma

The NYTimes has published a short list of agencies planning on contribution to disaster relief.

clipped from thelede.blogs.nytimes.com

Myanmar Disaster Relief: How to Contribute
By Robert Mackey

For readers interested in contributing to help victims of the cyclone in Myanmar, here is an alphabetical list of contact information and links for some agencies that plan to provide relief. The [...]

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