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Reading for August 3

Posted in Readings on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Excerpted from Awake in the Heartland
by Joan Tollifson
Will we put an end to terrorism through anger, hatred, and violence? Can we bomb it out of existence? Is there any other option? I honestly don’t know. There may be situations where violence is actually the least violent and most sensible option. I do know for sure [...]

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Reading for July 27

Posted in Readings on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Insight and Liberation
by Michele McDonald-Smith
This practice is really all about facing change. By patiently putting in our time with the mindfulness practice, we will see for ourselves the intense transformation that happens within. We see that how we are reacting to the pleasure and pain in our lives does change. Before I did this practice, [...]

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Reading for July 20

Posted in Readings on July 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Are You Ready to Lose Your World?
by Adyashanti
There is a very famous poem written by the third patriarch of Zen, Seng-ts’an, called the Hsin-Hsin Ming, which translates as Verses in Faith Mind. In this poem Seng-ts’an writes these lines: “Do not seek the truth; only cease to cherish opinions.”  This is a reversal of the [...]

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Reading for July 13

Posted in Readings on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

How to Understand Suffering
by Ajahn Chah
“If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the [...]

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Saturday study group

Posted in Events on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our Saturday study group will meet on July 11, 10 – 11:30 p.m. at the 12South Dharma Center. The study is based on Pema Chodron’s CD “Happiness.” This is an open group and everyone is welcome to attend. For questions, email rana_mukherji@yahoo.com. Please note that the study meeting scheduled for July 25 has been postponed [...]

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Reading for Monday July 6

Posted in Uncategorized on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The One Who is Not too Busy
By Norman Fischer
You keep a to-do list, but you can’t get through it by the end of the day, and you’re frustrated because you feel like you haven’t been able to get enough done. You find that things take longer than you thought they would. And when people ask [...]

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