Reminder: Retreat deposit due Monday, Oct. 27

The One Dharma Meditation Retreat is coming up November 7-9, at Penuel Ridge Retreat Center, and deposits are due Monday evening.
The retreat’s theme is The Practice of Awakening. The path of Buddhism offers us a unique opportunity to awaken to our inherent wisdom, compassion, and open heartedness. Over time our perception of awakening can change [...]

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Reading for October 27

The Crafty Use of Labels
By Louis-Dominique Dubeau
Hello everyone, I am going to write a little bit about something I have noticed recently. I have started seeing how I use labels about myself as way to explain my behavior. What I’m talking about are excuses like “yeah my desk is a mess because, you know, [...]

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Study group meets tomorrow, Oct. 25

The One Dharma Study Group will meet this Saturday October 25th from 10am -11:30am at 12South Dharma Center. We will begin with 15 minutes of meditation. This week’s discussion will be The Third Noble Truth – The Cessation of Suffering. If you have any readings related to the Third Noble Truth that you would like to share, [...]

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How Sticky Are You?

By Lisa Ernst
When I was in my late teens and early 20’s I suffered from agoraphobia, which literally translates into “fear of the marketplace.” This is an apt description; I had arranged my life so that I would have no need to interact with humans in any way, shape or form, except for one thing [...]

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Reading for October 13

This week’s reading is a short Q&A with Sharon Salzberg on faith and trusting our own experience.
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
QUESTION: What is the difference between faith and belief?
SALZBERG: Beliefs, as I use the word, are constructs that contour our sense of the universe. I might believe in a future life, for example, and [...]

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Reading for October 6

From the Inside Out: Meeting Life With Your Whole Body
By Tara Brach
There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is [...]

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Thoughts on 2008’s Nashville Buddhist Festival

The 2008 Nashville Buddhist Festival is now over and we had a very nice event. The weather was perfect, as it has been every year so far.  One challenge we faced this year was competition from an amazing number of free local events on the same day, especially the Celebration of Cultures at Centennial Park. [...]

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