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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Safety is our number one priority during these winter months and should difficult weather (snow, icy roads, etc.) make for poor driving conditions we will make every effort to send an email out by 5:30pm to notify you that the Center is canceling the evening program.
** We invite you to stay afterward to get to know other members of our Sangha Community. **
Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra
Posted By admin on January 8th, 2011
Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra (Shambhala), is a new dharma book about a pivotal figure in the transmission of Dharma to the West and “the teacher of our teachers.” Anagarika Munindra was Joseph Goldstein’s and Kamala Masters’ first teacher and one who also influenced Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Daniel Goleman, James Baraz, Christopher Titmuss, Christina Feldman, Sylvia Boorstein, Larry Rosenberg, Marcia Rose, and many others. He was responsible for teaching Dipa Ma and introducing her to his Western students. Munindra was greatly appreciated not only for his knowledge as a Pali scholar but most especially for his embodiment of Dharma, for being a living example of the qualities that lead to awakening, qualities that are part of everyday life. When asked, “Munindraji, what is Dhamma?” he used to say, “Dhamma is living the life fully.” He did not reserve practice for a special time, in a special place, on a special cushion, but for everywhere and in every moment. His open-minded, accessible, enthusiastic, friendly, and cheerful manner was inviting and encouraging. He inspired others to believe that, yes, it is possible here and now.
Living This Life Fully is organized into sixteen chapters, each one focusing on a quality essential for awakening. It is based on interviews with Munindra before his death in 2003, some of his early dharma talks, interviews with almost 200 people around the world who shared poignant and humorous remembrances, and other materials.
If you would like to learn more about Living This Life Fully, Attached is a PDF of the book cover with some details, which I hope you’ll be willing to download for the Recommended Readings list. You can also read excerpts (including Joseph’s foreword) at google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=LNnzrycgXPkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Living+This+Life+Fully&source=bl&ots=eym2l-pyms&sig=Jp24OY_4uVCqMPuVBCVl85q8CVY&hl=en&ei=b6_yTKCqJIz2swO34IGYCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#vProceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to establish a scholarship fund at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in memory of Munindra.
Awakening
Posted By admin on January 17th, 2010
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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