Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s not free, but this workshop may offer participants an opportunity to learn more about mindfulness or strengthen an existing practice.
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Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health to offer ‘Practicing Mindfulness: The Master Skill for Happiness’ workshop beginning Sept. 9
Mindfulness is a way of relating directly to whatever is happening in your life, [...]
Posted in Events on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Next Monday, September 1 is Labor Day, so One Dharma won’t meet for meditation. We do have several new things in the works, however. We are going to start a dharma study group beginning Saturday September 6 from 10 a.m. until 11:30 or so. Tea will be available. The exact format and frequency of this [...]
Posted in Events, Uncategorized on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are several Buddhist events coming up starting in September. Alaya Dhyana, one of our 12South Dharma Center sanghas, will have a weekend retreat September 5 – 7. For more information, go here. There will be a Tibetan Puja Ceremony at the Unity Center. More information is provided here. The Nashville Buddhist festival is happening [...]
Posted in Readings, tagged eightfold path on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s focus is “Right Action.” The Five Precepts are part of Buddha’s instruction on right action.
4. Right Action
The second ethical principle, right action, involves the body as natural means of expression, as it refers to deeds that involve bodily actions. Unwholesome actions lead to unsound states of mind, while wholesome actions lead to sound [...]
Posted in 12South Dharma Center on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who missed the 12South Dharma Center open house, we have some nice photos of the event courtesy of Paul Felton. To see them, click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dharmaguerilla/sets/72157606480237965/.
As many of you know by now, the 12South Dharma Center has a website, which includes various resources related to the center and participating groups. One [...]
Posted in Readings, tagged eightfold path, speech on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s Eightfold Path focus is on Right Speech.
3. Right Speech
Right speech is the first principle of ethical conduct in the eightfold path. Ethical conduct is viewed as a guideline to moral discipline, which supports the other principles of the path. This aspect is not self-sufficient, however, essential, because mental purification can only be achieved [...]
Posted in Events on August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This Saturday, August 9, the Nashville Shambala Center is holding a one day retreat at the 12South Dharma Center. All are welcome to attend on a donation basis. More information is available here: http://dharmacenter.webnode.com/products/turning-the-mind-into-an-ally/
