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2024-07-14 | Dharma Talk | Accepting Love | Robin Bradford
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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…
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2024-07-09 I Inquiry I Body of Compassion I Flint Sparks
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2024-07-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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2024-07-08 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada
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2024-07-07 | Dharma Talk | Practice Discussion | Ann Lipscomb
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2024-07-02 I Inquiry I No Comment I Flint Sparks
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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…
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2024-07-01 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi
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2024-07-01 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by AppamadaBy Appamada
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2024-06-30 | Dharma Talk | 'Not Helping' | Joel Barna
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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…
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2024-06-25 I Inquiry | Life and Death I Flint Spark
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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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00:00:31 - The 6th Factor of Enlightenment Concentration00:22:33 - Reflections/QuestionsBy Appamada
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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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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
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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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Rev. Choro Antonaccio;, Dharma Talk, Saturday May 25, 2024, Austin Zen CenterBy Rev. Choro Antonaccio;
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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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00:01:39 - A reading from ‘Opening to Oneness: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to the Zen Precepts, Nancy Baker00:20:53 - Reflections and QuestionsBy Appamada
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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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ShiOn Pat Yingst;, Dharma Talk, Saturday May 18, 2024, Austin Zen CenterBy ShiOn Pat Yingst;
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2024-05-14 I Inquiry I Yes, your Buddha Nature is Real I Suzanne Kilkus
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Rev. Daigan Gaither;, Dharma Talk, Saturday May 11, 2024, Austin Zen CenterBy Rev. Daigan Gaither;
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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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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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