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Archive for April, 2009

Of interest

Posted in Buddhist News on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Guided by a passionate leader, a new research institute hopes to draw lessons from Buddhism to study altruism and make the world a better place. The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education will study the biological roots of benevolent behavior and investigate whether mental exercises derived from the centuries-old tradition of Buddhist compassion [...]

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Reading for April 27

Posted in Readings on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The View From Cold Mountain
Poems of Han-shan and Shih-Te
Wanting to go to the eastern cliff
setting out now after how many years
yesterday I used the vines to pull myself up
but halfway there wind and mist made the going tough
the narrow path grabbed at my clothes
the moss so slippery I couldn’t proceed
so I stopped right here beneath [...]

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Reminders

Posted in Events on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our Saturday study group will meet this Saturday, April 25,  10 – 11:30 a.m. This week’s topic is “dana” (generosity) one of the six paramitas.  There will also be an opportunity to identify future discussion topics of interest. This is an open meeting and everyone is welcome to attend. There is no cost, but donations [...]

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Reading for April 19

Posted in Readings on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week’s reading is about mindful eating, which may seem like a no brainer to those of us who meditate regularly, but in reality, how many meals do any of us eat truly mindfully? Here’s a brief reflection on mindful eating from Zen teacher Jan Chozen Bays. This segment really only scratches the surface, but [...]

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Reading for April 13

Posted in Readings on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When you contemplate the body by being within the body, you should not engage in all sorts of ideas about it; the same when you contemplate feelings by being within feelings, you should enter in without ideas; the same applies to contemplating the mind by being within the mind and contemplating thoughts by being within [...]

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Nashville Meditation Retreat, May 14 – 17

Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Deepening Your Practice
One Dharma Nashville and Nashville Insight are partnering to offer a spring meditation retreat at Penuel Ridge Retreat Center.  The focus of this retreat is “deepening you practice” and is designed for those who wish to participate in the full 3 ½ days of the retreat, arriving between 6:30 and 7:30 the evening [...]

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