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Exploring Samadhi and Jhana in Buddhist Meditation with Richard Shankman

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Register   There is a wide range of views among teachers about the place of samadhi (concentration) in insight meditation. Some stress the importance of concentration while others teach that insight arises through mindfulness alone and do not give concentration any particular emphasis.Unraveling the mix of ideas about what proper concentration is and its place …

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Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World with Kevin Griffin

Insight Meditation Center 108 Birch St., Redwood City, CA, United States

In Person daylong at the Insight Meditation Center and online via Zoom. Register   Lovingkindness, or metta, is sometimes depicted as a simple “open your heart and love everybody” practice, but a closer look at the Buddha’s teachings reveals a more complex and nuanced picture. In a time of great conflict and contention in our …

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Realizing Our Embeddedness in Nature with Chris Ives

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Register We will explore Buddhist resources for helping us overcome our sense of being separate from nature and realizing our embeddedness in nature as nature.  Drawing especially from the Zen tradition, we will discuss such practices as directing our attention to our senses, giving ourselves fully to the breath and other actions (in Japanese, gūjin), …

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Learning to Help: A Buddhist Journey into Chaplaincy with Reverend Max Hokai Swanger, M.Div., BCC

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Online via Zoom Register to Receive Zoom Link and Other Information Max was raised Jewish and Presbyterian and later converted to Buddhism in College. After college, he lived in a Buddhist communities for fifteen years and ordained as a Zen Buddhist Priest. Later he began training to be a chaplain: first in the SATI program, …

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Right Listening — The Chaplain’s Empathic Stethoscope with Pamela Ayo Yetunde

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RegisterThe Noble Eightfold Path is a remarkable and inspirational "prescription" for individual healing.  Why individual?  Maybe because it is usually not written about as a relational path practice.  What if we used the "compass" of the Noble Eightfold Path to point us in the direction of enhancing our listening/understanding abilities when in the acts of …

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Sanathavihari Bhikkhu

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Register Sanathavihari Bhikkhu is a Mexican-American Theravāda monk at the Sarathchandra Buddhist Center in North Hollywood, a Sri Lankan center. He is a student of the late Dr. Bhante Madawela Punnaji, and the founder of Casa De Bhavana – an outreach project to bring the Dhamma to the Spanish-speaking world. He is also the co-author …

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A Conversation with Oren Jay Sofer and Liên Shutt

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Register  Oren Jay Sofer and Lien Shutt will have a conversation about their recently published books. Oren Jay Sofer, whose most recent work, “Your Heart Was Made For This“, will be released on Nov. 21. It applies the timeless wisdom of contemplative practice to today’s most pressing issues—such as the climate crisis, oppression, anxiety, and burnout. …

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Spiritual Friendship and Right View: An Exploration through Dharma Contemplation

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Gregory Kramer and Kim Allen   Please register for this class to get the Zoom link and other information   The Pāli suttas name the voice of another and wise attention as the key factors for the arising of right view, or wisdom. This defines speaking and listening practice as foundational to the Eightfold Path. …

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Event Series Stories of Inspiring Buddhist Women with Diana Clark

Stories of Inspiring Buddhist Women with Diana Clark

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Three Tuesday evenings: Jan 9, 16, 23; 5:30pm - 6:30pm Pacific; On Zoom Please register for this class to get the Zoom link and other information   Not only does Buddhism have a colorful history, but it also has been the spiritual practice of countless individuals. Naturally, the history and practitioners include women. Join us …

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