2024-09-10 I Inquiry I So What I Trudy Johnston by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-09-09 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 24 Look Out for the Snake | Thomas Cleary by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-09-06 | Day 2/Part 2 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Sandra Medina Bocangel00:00:26 - Dharma Talk00:45:55 - Dharma Activity - In Pairs - 3 minutes to sit in silence - 5 minutes writing - 5 minutes each sharing - Write about any situation, with any particular person, or yourself, an encounter, and write about feelings thoughts, sensations in your…

00:00:26 - Robin opens the Intensive - ‘Trust in Mind’00:03:53 - Hsin Hsin Ming00:13:41 - Sitting and just noticing what arises00:16:02 - Reflections00:21:27 - Robin reads the Hsin Hsin Ming - and Joel reads the Translation of the Hsin Hsin Ming00:25:21 - Dharma Activity - Robin invites people, over the next few days, to write their own translation…

00:00:26 - Robin begins - Trust in MindO0:05:55 - Continuing with - Hsin Hsin Ming Translation - Robin and Joel00:31:33 - Robin Offers a Dharma Activity - writing your own version/interpretation of a segment of the Hsin Hsin Ming00:35:42 - Participants write for 20 minutes00:35:51 - Robin invites Participants to share what they wrote00:37:58 - 1st …

00:00:26 - Robin opens up the final talk of this intensive - Trust in Mind00:10:40 - Robin and Joel Choral Read Hsin Hsin Ming with Robin’s Interpretation00:18:01 - Robin Offers a dharma Activity - 3 minutes to sit - 15 minutes to write - and 5 minutes each to share (in pairs) - sharing what you wrote, or any experience you’ve had throughout the in…

00:00:26 - Sandra Opens up day 3 - Trust in Mind00:04:08 - Sandra Read the Hsin Hsin Ming00:31:10 - Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen Author - Mu Soeng00:32:28 - Dharma Activity - 3 minutes of silence - write for 10 minutes - 5 mins sharing (in pairs) - Write from a place of compassion and equanimity - noticing how your body feels…

For my names they are many,Trudy, child, tinker, mucky pup, daughter, sister, friend, schoolgirl,lover, student, drop out, nun, student,shop owner, Hema, teacher, wife, mother, housewife,student, counsellor, therapist, supervisor, trainer, grandmother, student, teacher, trainer, student, great grandmother, and now a new name, anda new family, that …

Join us on Monday nights: https://appamada.org/main-calendarLuzu Faces the Wall:Case: Whenever Luzu saw a monk coming, he would immediately face the wall. Nanquan, hearing of this, said, "I usually tell them to realize mastery before the empty aeon, to understand before the buddhas appear in the world; still I haven't found one or a half. Luzu that…

00:00:20 - Dharma Talk - Trust00:24:49 - Laurie Offers a Dharma Activity00:25:54 - Participants sit for 3 minutes, then share for 2 minutes each (Groups of 3) ( minutes total)00:26:06 - Laurie Invites FeedbackBy Appamada

“Losing the Trail”~Noah Charney.These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes. Yale University Press;New Haven and London: 2023. Pages 25-26. Following the trail is the easiest way to be lost. Sure, that trail might takes us to a preordained destination faster, but we’ll have no idea where we are when we get there. While we’re on the trai…

2024-08-26 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 22 Yantou's “Bow and Shout” | Thomas Cleary by AppamadaBy Appamada

Dharma Teachings for us today: • Suffering and dissatisfaction are woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • Freedom and beauty are equally woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • The liberating realizations of the Buddha ~ everything changes and everything is i…

2024-08-19 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 21 Yunyan Sweeps the Ground | Thomas Cleary by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-08-18 | Dharma Talk | Great Expectations | Ann Lipscomb00:00:26 - Dharma Talk - Great expectations00:20:09 - Ann Offers the Dharma Activity00:22:41 - Participants get into pairs for 22 minutes - 2 minute sit - 5 minutes to write - 15 minutes to share00:22:51 - Ann Invites FeedbackBy Appamada

Beautyland: A Novel: Marie-Helen BertinoBy Appamada

00:00:26 - The Universe Loves a Good Question00:07:11 - Sitting with Joko Beck00:09:10 - Reflections00:18:14 - Ellen continues with the Dharma Talk00:28:27 - Questions: 1/What has been a question that has guided your practice? 2/What has been your experience of asking questions?By Appamada

2024-08-12 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada

The way is long – let us go together;the way is difficult – let us help each other;the way is joyful – let us share it;the way is ours alone – let us go in love;the way grows before us – let us begin.R: recognizeA: acceptI: investigateN: non-identificationBy Appamada

00:00:48 - Becky opens up the session00:12:18 - Becky invites people to briefly share their experience with singing00:29:07 - Becky leads everyone in singing 'Simply Breathe'00:35:27 - Reflections on singing 'Simply Breathe' together00:42:43 - Sitting for 30 minutes00:43:19 - Becky leads everyone in singing The Four Practice Principles00:45:53 - Be…

00:00:26 - Dharma Talk - ‘Moshan Lioran- The Mountain and the Path’00:11:04 - Sitting Together - 'Like a Mountain'00:14:47 - Koan - Guanxi Xian00:21:34 - Jessica Invites Thoughts and DiscussionBy Appamada

2024-08-05 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-07-30 I Inquiry I Loving our Mortality I Suzanne Kilkus by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-07-29 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-07-23 I Inquiry I Coming Home I Trudy Johnston by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-07-22 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodh by AppamadaBy Appamada

00:01:14 - Poem - What is Our Life About - By Ezra Bayda (see Below)00:17:39 - Laurie Explains the Dharma Activity (see Below on YouTube)00:19:34 - Participants go into pairs for 26 minutesExerciseGet into pairs. Decide who will speak firstEach person will take 10-15 minutes to do the clinging exercise separatelyEach person will share their experie…

Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. ~David WhyteBy Appamada

2024-07-15 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada

00:10:19 - Poem - Accepting This00:14:20 - Robin Offers Part 1 - Dharma Exercise - Writing00:17:36 - Robin Offers Part 2 - Dharma Exercise - Sharing00:18:38 - Participants Go Into Groups Of 2 for 15 Minutes00:18:44 - Robin Invites Everyone to Share and ConnectAccepting ThisYes, it is true. I confess,I have thought great thoughts,and sung great song…

2024-07-09 I Inquiry I Body of Compassion I Flint Sparks by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-07-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada

2024-07-07 | Dharma Talk | Practice Discussion | Ann Lipscomb by AppamadaBy Appamada

Sometimes ~ David WhyteSometimesif you move carefullythrough the forest,breathinglike the onesin the old stories,who could crossa shimmering bed of leaveswithout a sound,you cometo a placewhose only taskis to trouble youwith tinybut frightening requests,conceived out of nowherebut in this placebeginning to lead everywhere.Requests to stop whatyou a…

2024-07-01 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada

00:02:00 - Koan - 'Not Helping'00:08:47 - Exercise - in Groups of - 1. Reflect on the Koan for 5 minutes - 2. Speak to what it brings up in you, if anything00:08:55 - Joel Invites Participants to ShareKoan taken from :Zen Master Raven: Sayings and Doings of a Wise Bird - 2002 - Robert Aitken'Not Helping'After a talk by Raven about the Precepts, Woo…

2024-06-25 I Inquiry | Life and Death I Flint Spark by AppamadaBy Appamada

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00:00:27 - Equanimity - The 7th Factor of Enlightenment00:16:26 - Ann Invites Questions/Comments00:21:12 - Part 2 - Laurie Offers a Reminder of the 7 Factors of Enlightenment00:35:52 - Laurie Invites Comments/ReflectionsBy Appamada

00:00:31 - The 6th Factor of Enlightenment Concentration00:22:33 - Reflections/QuestionsBy Appamada

00:00:29 - The Fifth Factor of Enlightenment - Tranquility (Passaddhi)00:14:21 - Activities of Tranquility00:14:59 - Disenchantment00:17:43 - Restraint00:26:10 - Part 2 with Laurie00:26:41 - Dharma Activity on Tranquility00:27:08 - A Practice on Remembering how to do Tranquility under Pressure00:28:19 - Laurie Begins Leading the Guided Meditation t…

00:00:26 - Recap00:01:24 - Energy - The Third Factor of Enlightenment00:17:01 - Joy - The Fourth Factor of Enlightenment00:25:41 - Ann introduces and Offers a Dharma Activity about - Joy - The fourth Factor of Enlightenment00:27:43 - Ann Begins the guided Meditation00:42:32 - ReflectionsBy Appamada

00:00:27 - Ann talks about the 2nd factor of enlightenment - Investigation00:11:18 - Day 3 Part 2 - Laurie Introduces an Exercise00:13:02 - Something that happened to you - Form - What happened - Just the facts00:13:49 - Feeling - Just write Positive, negative, neutral00:14:18 - Perception - Your perception of the event - Your view of the event00:1…

00:00:26 - Exercise 1 - Laurie Introduces an Exercise on Preparing to Become Mindful by Naming Present Moment Experience00:08:54 - Exercise 2 - Ann Leads the Guided Meditation00:08:19 - Ann Leads into the Guided Meditation00:20:55 - Ann Invites ReflectionsBy Appamada

O00:00:27 - Laurie Opens the Intensive and Introduces 'The 7 Factors of Enlightenment'.By Appamada

2024-06-18 I Inquiry I Responding to Pressure I Todd Bankler by AppamadaBy Appamada

00:00:27 - Ann Introduces the Talk00:01:31 - Inciting Joy (the 1st Incitement) by Ross Gay00:19:36 - Ann Introduces the Activity for the Connection Rooms00:21:00 - Participants Discuss in Pairs for 20 Minutes00:21:12 - Ann Invites CommentsBy Appamada

2024-06-11 I Inquiry I Who Says? I Joel Barna by AppamadaBy Appamada

00:00:31 - Light After Darkness00:01:40 - The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul, and the Spiritual Life - John Tarrant00:28:22 - Robin Invites Questions/CommentsBy Appamada

2024-06-04 I Inquiry I Extending Ceremony I Josh Gifford by AppamadaBy Appamada