Tuesday, April 2 at DBT

In The Sun My Heart, Thay wrote “Around us, life bursts forth with miracles – a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, rain-drops.  If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.”  Marge will guide us in contemplating the miracles we experience when living in awareness, in mindfulness.

Sunday, March 31 at UU

Anita will facilitate

Tuesday, March 26 at DBT

Tree will share about mindfulness, challenging dynamics and strong emotions.

Sunday, March 24 at UU

We will contemplate parts of the Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, a Buddhist scripture on simplicity, generosity and compassion.  Marge will focus on the aspects of this sutra that address simple living.

Here is a chant of the sutra.

Tuesday, March 19 at DBT

Keith will share about mindful eating.

Here is a description from Thay about how to eat mindfully.

Sunday, March 17 at UU

Dave will share about Right Thinking.

Here is a Dharma talk by Thay, What is Right Thinking.

Tuesday, March 12 at DBT

We will have a chance to study, practice and share about what Thay and Buddha have described as the “Five Faculties” and the “Five Powers.”

Here is a Dharma talk by Phap Huu that discusses them and they are also presented in “The Heart of Buddha’s Teaching” for those who may be interested.

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Pete

Sunday, March 10 at UU

Steve will share about working with our difficult feelings.

Tuesday, March 5 at DBT

Heather will share about mindfulness of the body in the body, the first of the Four Establishments of Mindfulness.

For further reading: Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

Here is a guided meditation (starts 3 minutes in) from Thay Phap Hai that we will practice with.