Tag Archives: Buddhism
Discussion Notes March 3rd – The Art of Happiness (Chap 14 & 15)
Well we finished up our fourth book. How cool is that? So now we have two weeks of audio from the big sit to discuss then we are on to the next book, the classic “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.” It is almost a perfect time with the “Zen” focus of the Big Sit. For those [...]
Adjusting to the Big Sit – Just Twittery About It
Last week you heard me whine about some adjustments in my life regarding participating in the Big Sit (http://skillfulmeans.lotusbell.com/2009/02/23/the-big-sit-starts-today-creative-approaches-to-reality/) My loudest moaning and groaning was really about having to get up earlier in the morning (and getting to bed earlier) all in hopes for me to set a time for meditation that would help me [...]
Discussion Points for March 10th- “Big Sit” Dharma Talk Week 1
This post will be a little experiment for the March 10th SL Discussion Group. One of the group memebers recommended that we all contribute two discussion points from the audtios/videos we listen to. I have created this blog entry so that memebers can create comment entries with their discussion points. This weeks Dharma talk: http://community.tricycle.com/video/big-sit-dharma-talk-week1 [...]
Greetings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Buddhist Women
Our discussion group is currently reading a book that is co-authored by the Dalai Lama. Since I had not known much about His Holiness (or HH as we have called him for short) it has been a real interesting read not just from a general Buddhist belief perspective but also learning some thing about [...]
Discussion Notes February 24th – The Art of Happiness (Ch 12 & 13)
With this week we have a couple of announcements so I will see if I can list them all listed here. The next book has been selected to read, so get your orders out now. Dogen selection for our next book for discussion is Shunryu Susuki’s “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. A classic book about zen [...]
The “Big Sit” Starts Today! – Creative Approaches To Reality
In a recent post (The Big Sit – Wanna Share A Challenge?) I typed about my excitement to start this little personal challenge. It will be a challenge because as the Winter grays give their final pout, and the little green hope of the Spring starts to peek above the moss line, finding time [...]
Tonglen Practice – A Practice of Giving
Last night the topic of the practice of tonglen was brought up in our evening discussion. There is a short description of some of the practice in what Solari wrote up in the discussion points for chapter 11 that may help to describe the practice further. Someone also recommended that perhaps it would be a [...]
Discussion Notes February 17th – The Art of Happiness (Ch 10 & 11)
This week we had a bunch of time to chatter before the group got settled. I thought I would chop the discussion off just when things got interesting. Laughs… it certainly makes the conversation seem completely off the wall. These guys crack me up. Today’s discussions brought to you by the following smart tushes: [...]
