The way of the Buddha is to know yourself; To know yourself is to forget yourself; To forget yourself is to be awakened by all things. Dogen – Thirteenth Century Zen Monk
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November Program Offerings – 2023
Posted By admin on February 24th, 2012
Taos Mountain Sangha offers ZOOM-ONLY meetings. To receive weekly updates, send message to tmsangha@gmail.com and you will be added to TMS email list.
Donations for the teachers and TMS are greatly appreciated. At these online events, we continue to depend on your generosity to sustain the teachings. Please be as generous as your circumstances allow.You can offer dana to the sangha by sending a check to Taos Mountain Sangha at POBox 2854, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557 or by donating online at Give Butter – Taos Mountain Sangha
EVENING SCHEDULE — 6:00 TO 6:30, sitting MEDITATION; 6:30-6:40, mindful movement or walking or continued sitting. 6:45-7:30 TALK, DISCUSSION, & FURTHER PRACTICE. On every evening, please mention if you’d like instructions for beginning practice.
November 1: Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Selah Chamberlain will lead meditation and on this topic: “Vicikiccha – What is this attitude called, ‘doubt’?”
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Selah has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1969 and taught Taijiquan (”TaiChi”) for several years in the 1970’s. He has practiced acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine since 1981. Selah has led beginning meditation classes at Taos Mountain Sangha and serves as an advisor to the TMS Board of Directors.
November 8: Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Sean Murphy will lead meditation and offer a dharma talk in a continuing series: “Self and Selflessness.”
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Sean is a lay Zen teacher (Dharma Holder) in the White Plum Lineage of Zen. The most recent edition of his One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories won the 2014 International Book Award in the Eastern Religions category. A graduate of Naropa University’s MFA writing program, Sean has practiced Zen meditation for 30 years, training with master teachers including Taizan Maezumi, John Daido Loori, Gerry Shishin Wick, and numerous others. The author of three novels, he is also a 2018 National Endowment of the Arts Fellow in Creative Writing. He is the co-founder and President of the nonprofit Sage Institute, which hosts a regular series of meditation workshops as well as an innovative Meditation Leader Training Program. Sean leads writing programs around the country. You can learn more about Sean’s work at https://www.murphyzen.com/
November 15: Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Jean Smith will lead meditation and offer a dharma talk a new series, The Four Foundations. Tonight: “The Body.”
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Jean has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1986 and has published nine books on Buddhism–including The Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation (with Arinna Weisman); The Beginner’s Guide to the Walking the Buddha’s Eightfold Path; Life Is Spiritual Practice (the Paramis); 12 Steps on Buddha’s Path (written anonymously as Laura S), as well as a novel, Himalayan Passage. Jean is a member of Taos Mountain Sangha, where she is a guest teacher. Jean leads the online Sober Sangha for Women and serves on the board of The Mountain Hermitage.
November 22: No Meeting. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
November 29: Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Jean Smith will lead meditation and offer a dharma talk a new series, The Four Foundations. Tonight: “Feeling Tones.”
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• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
• +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
Jean has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1986 and has published nine books on Buddhism–including The Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation (with Arinna Weisman); The Beginner’s Guide to the Walking the Buddha’s Eightfold Path; Life Is Spiritual Practice (the Paramis); 12 Steps on Buddha’s Path (written anonymously as Laura S), as well as a novel, Himalayan Passage. Jean is a member of Taos Mountain Sangha, where she is a guest teacher. Jean leads the online Sober Sangha for Women and serves on the board of The Mountain Hermitage.