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2024-06-24 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Paths | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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2024-06-22 | Day 7 | Intensive | The 7 Factors of Enlightenment | Laurie Winnette and Ann Lipscomb
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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
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2024-06-21 | Day 6 | Intensive | The 7 Factors of Enlightenment | Laurie Winnette
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2024-06-20 | Day 5 | Intensive | The 7 Factors of Enlightenment | Laurie Winnette and Ann Lipscomb
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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…
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2024-06-19 | Day 4 | Intensive | The 7 Factors of Enlightenment | Laurie Winnette and Ann Lipscomb
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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
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2024-06-18 | Day 3 | Intensive | The 7 Factors of Enlightenment | Laurie Winnette and Ann Lipscomb
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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…
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2024-06-17 | Day 2 Intensive | The 7 Factors of Enlightenment | Laurie Winnette and Ann Lipscomb
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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
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2024-06-16 | Day 1 | Introduction | Intensive | The 7 Factors of Enlightenment | Laurie Winnette
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O00:00:27 - Laurie Opens the Intensive and Introduces 'The 7 Factors of Enlightenment'.By Appamada
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2024-06-18 I Inquiry I Responding to Pressure I Todd Bankler
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2024-06-16 | Ross Gay’s ‘Inciting Joy’ | with Ann Lipscomb
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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
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2024-06-11 I Inquiry I Who Says? I Joel Barna
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2024-06-09 | Dharma Talk | Light After Darkness | Robin Bradford
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2024-06-04 I Inquiry I Extending Ceremony I Josh Gifford
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2024-06-02 | Holy & Ordinary; Not Two | Ann Lipscomb
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00:00:40 - Ann Introduces and Offers Offers a Reading from 'Not Always So' by Susuki Roshi’ Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind’00:18:05 - Ann Invites Questions and CommentsBy Appamada
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2024-06-03 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Paths | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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2024-05-13 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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2024-05-27 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Depth in Practices continues reading and discussing Noble Truth, Noble Paths. Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to Appamada, please go to appamada.org an…
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2024-05-20 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Depth in Practices continues reading and discussing Noble Truth, Noble Paths. Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to Appamada, please go to appamada.org an…
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2024-05-28 I Inquiry I v I Flint Sparks by AppamadaBy Appamada
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2024-05-06 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Depth in Practices continues reading and discussing Noble Truth, Noble Paths. Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to Appamada, please go to appamada.org an…
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2024-04-29 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Depth in Practices continues reading and discussing Noble Truth, Noble Paths. Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to Appamada, please go to appamada.org an…
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2024-05-26 | Dharma Talk | Renunciation | Laurie Winnette
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2024-05-21 I Inquiry I Lingzhao and the Bodhisattva Way I Flint Sparks
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2024-05-19 | Dharma Talk | Realization Beyond | Realization.Sandra-Dogen-Shobogenzo
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2024-05-12 | Dharma Talk | A Reading from ‘Opening to Oneness’, by Nancy Baker | with Joel Barna
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2024-05-18 | Day 2/Part 2 | One Day Sit+ | Metta | Laurie Winette
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2024-05-18 | Day 2/Part 1 | One Day Sit + | Metta | Laurie winnette
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00:00:27 - Laurie Opens up Day 200:02:53 - Questions00:13:40 - Laurie describes the next exercise00:15:40 - Laurie Leads a 20 minute meditation00:38:29 - Questions for the small group exercises00:40:36 - Participants go into groups for 10 minutes00:40:46 - ReflectionsBy Appamada
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2024-05-17 | Day 1 | One Day Sit + | Metta | Laurie winnette
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00:00:33 - Welcome, and Guidelines for the intensive00:07:07 - Dharma Talk with Laurie Winnette00:27:13 - Laurie describes the meditation - Describe where you were? What was happening? How were you feeling before this other person (or pet) demonstrated lovingkindness to you?What did they do or say that caused you to feel their lovingkindness?Descri…
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2024-05-14 I Inquiry I Yes, your Buddha Nature is Real I Suzanne Kilkus
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2024-05-07 I Inquiry I The Gap Between I Joel Barna
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2024-05-05 | Dharma Talk | The Self Centred Dream | Ellen Hippard
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2024-04-28 | Dharma Talk | The Hindrances - 'Working with ill Will' | Sandra Medina Bocangel
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00:25:45 - Please Call Me By My True Names By Thich Nhat Hanh (see Below)00:30:53 - Sandra Invites QuestionsUnhindered: A Mindful Path Through the Five Hindrances - By Gil fronsdalePoem: Please Call Me By My True NamesBy Thich Nhat Hanh in October 2004Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow—even today I am still arriving.Look deeply: every second I a…
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2024-04-30 I Inquiry I I Now Fully Avow I Flint Sparks
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2024-04-23 I Inquiry I The Genuine I Flint Sparks
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2024-04-22 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Depth in Practices continues reading and discussing Noble Truth, Noble Paths. Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to Appamada, please go to appamada.org an…
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2024-04-15 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Depth in Practice continues reading and discussing Noble Truths, Noble Path.Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to Appamada, please go to appamada.org and …
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2024-03-25 | Depth in Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 20 Not Knowing, part 2 | Thomas Cleary
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Depth in Practice spends a second week discussing Case 20: Dizang asked Fayan, "Where are you going?" // Fayan said, "Around on pilgrimage." // Dizang said, "What is the purpose of pilgrimage?" // Fayan said, "I don't know." //Dizang said, "Not knowing is most intimate.”Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to …
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2024-04-21 | Dharma Talk | Readings & Teachings from 'Not Always So' | Stephanie Seiler and J.Barna
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00:00:27 - Readings and Teachings from 'Not Always So' by Shunryu Suzuki00:11:02 - Joel Invites participants to Pracitce with the Breath whilst Sitting Zazen00:11:44 - Participants sit for 5 Minutes00:12:06 - Stephanie Says a few words about her Practice00:23:13 - Poem - Dirge in Woods by George Meredith (See Below)00:24:20 - Poem - A Parting Guest…
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2024-04-16 I Inquiry I Direct Pointing Out Instructions I Suzanne Kilkus
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2024-04-14 | Dharma Talk | Fearlessness | Ann Lipscomb
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00:02:00 - A short reading from ‘Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki 00:03:50 - Reading from: Seeds for a Boundless Life: Zen Teachings from the Heart by Zenkei Blanche Hartman 00:05:33 - The Niagara River By Kay Ryan (see below)00:08:50 - The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac by Mary Oliver 00:15:47 - Peonies by Mary Oliver …
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2024- 04-09 I Inquiry I The Hum of the Refrigerator I Josh Gifford
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2024-04-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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2024-04-07 | Not Two - Part 3 | Becoming who you are | Written and narrated by Peg Syverson
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00:00:43 - Recap of the Book so Far00:07:23 - Peg Begins Reading ‘Not Two’ - Part 3 - Chapter 10 - Becoming who you areBy Appamada
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2024-04-06 | Day 7/Part 2 | Forms as Roles and Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
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00:00:33 - Flint and Peg Begin00:06:12 - 'What if You Knew' - By Ellen Bass00:10:22 - Peg describes an Activity 'Walk and Talk'00:11:46 - Participants Walk In Pairs for 30 Minutes00:11:55 - Reflections/CommentsWhat if You KnewWhat if you knew you'd be the last to touch someone?If you were taking tickets, for example,at the theater, tearing them,giv…
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2024-04-06 | Day 7/Part 1 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks and Peg Syverson
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00:46:03 - Joy Chose You - By Donna AshworthJOY CHOSE YOUJoy does not arrive with a fanfareon a red carpet strewnwith the flowers of a perfect lifejoy sneaks inas you pour a cup of coffeewatching the sunhit your favourite treejust rightand you usher joy awaybecause you are not ready for heryour house is not as it should befor such a distinguished g…
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2024-04-05 | Day 6 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
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00:21:22 - Peg Invites Questions/Reflections00:32:10 - Taco TimeBy Appamada
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2024-04-04 | Day 5/Part 2 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
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00:00:27 - Flint and Peg Describe the Activity for small Groups of 300:03:00 - The Sangha Brings forth Questions for Flint and PegBy Appamada
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2024-04-04 | Day 5/Part 1 | Integrated Intensive | Forms and Roles as Practice | Flint Sparks
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00:00:27 - Dharma Talk00:20:46 - Poem - Another theory of Time00:28:30 - ReflectionsAnother Theory of Time- Marie HoweSo, I tell my daughterwe are eating dinner, reading through the book of storiesI'm worried about Jason. If I seem distracted, that's what's on my mind.And she says, Take it out of your mind,then dips and eats a dumpling, and says, B…
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2024-04-03 | Day 4 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Head Student Sandra Medina Bocangel
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2024-04-02 | Day 3/Part 2 | Forms and Roles as Practice | Peg Syverson and Flint Sparks
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00:00:33 - Peg Reads a Poem ‘Enlightenment’ by Vijay Seshardi00:05:54 - Offering Comprehensive Instruction on Posture/Sitting Zazen00:32:51 - Questions/Reflections00:35:00 - Peg Offers Instruction on a Practice (Groups of 3) - 'Narrating on Present Moment Experience Whilst Sitting in the Zazen Posture'00:37:48 - Participants Join Groups of 3 for 10…
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