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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February Program Offerings - 2012
Posted By admin on January 9th, 2012
February 9th: Thursday at 6:30pm: Meditation, talk by DaeJa Napier, guest teacher.
DaeJa Napier teaches Insight Meditation with a particular emphasis on the Brahma Viharas; lovingkindness; metta; compassion; karuna; joy; mudita; and equanimity; upekkha. She has studied and practiced in various Buddhist traditions for over thirty years and has been teaching for twenty. Her root teacher was the late Zen Master Seung Sahn. As a teacher, DaeJa views herself as a kalyana-mitta or spiritual friend. In recent years, her own practice has been enriched through intensive retreats under the guidance of Sayadaw U Janaka, Sayadaw U Pandita and Pa Auk Sayadaw. Dedicated to the balance of ancient Buddhist teachings and their applications in daily life, DaeJa maintained a formal practice while raising five children.
February 16th - Thursday at 6:30pm: Meditation, talk by Meri Lehtinen, Sangha member.
Meri Lehtinen has been practicing Vipassana meditation since the mid-70’s, initially at retreats in California, with Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Stephen Levine and Christopher Reed, and after a hiatus from the mid-80’s to the mid-90’s while working in Finland, again in the US with Marcia Rose, Eric Kolvig and others in Taos.
February 23rd - Thursday at 6:30pm: Meditation, talk by Sean Murphy, guest speaker. Subject, “No Time Like the Present”
Sean Murphy has been a Buddhist practitioner for more than 20 years, including many periods of monastic training. He teaches seminars in writing, meditation, and creativity for many organizations and is the founder of the Creativity and Consciousness program at the University of New Mexico in Taos. He is the author of the American Zen chronicle One Bird, One Stone, as well as three novels. His Hope Valley Hubcap King won the Hemingway Award for a First Novel. His most recent, The Time of New Weather, was released in paperback in 2008. www.murphyzen.com
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