Reading for March 30

The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita)
This paramita is the enlightened quality of transcendental wisdom, insight, and the perfection of understanding. The essence of this paramita is the supreme wisdom, the highest understanding that living beings can attain—beyond words and completely free from the limitation of mere ideas, concepts, or intellectual knowledge. Beyond the limited confines [...]

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Spring retreat

One Dharma is partnering with Nashville Insight to hold a three and ½ day retreat at Penuel Ridge Retreat Center, May 14 – 17. The focus of this retreat is “deepening your practice” and is designed for those who wish to participate for the full duration of the retreat, arriving the evening of Wednesday [...]

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Reminder: study group meets tomorrow

The One Dharma study group will meet Saturday morning, March 28, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at 12South Dharma Center.
This is an excellent opportunity for casual conversation about the dharma and related Buddhist-themed topics.

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Reading for March 23

This week’s reading is from Joseph Goldstein. It’s a little longer than usual, but worth reading. Goldstein says that the tendency to compare oneself to others and feel unworthy is actually one of the toughest and last of the ego elements to be uprooted in the final stages of awakening.
The Suffering of Unworthiness and [...]

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Thursday practice reminder

One Dharma will meet for our twice monthly Thursday practice night this week, March 19, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the 12South Dharma Center. Our practice consists of 40 minutes of meditation, chanting and open discussion about practice. If this is your first time meditating with us, please plan to arrive 15 minutes for [...]

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Meditation eases minds in troubled times | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Lisa Ernst is featured today in The Tennessean, in an article on meditation’s applicability to the anxiety of the current economic climate.
“What I’m seeing is that as the uncertainty of the economy gets worse, there’s more interest in meditation to deal with stress,” said Lisa Ernst, an instructor with One Dharma Nashville, a local meditation [...]

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Reading for March 16

This week’s reading is the fifth of the Six Paramitas — concentration. A
component of this paramita is the jhanas, altered states of consciousness
which can arise during periods of strong concentration. The Jhanas are
naturally occurring states of mind. Their principle use in Buddhist
meditation is to generate ever increasing levels of concentration so when
the mind [...]

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Reading for March 2

For this week’s reading, we will focus on the third and fourth Paramitas – Patience and Joyous Effort
3) The Perfection of Patience (Kshanti Paramita)
This paramita is the enlightened quality of patience, tolerance, forbearance, and acceptance. The essence of this paramita of patience is the strength of mind and heart that enables us to face [...]

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