Sun, 8 January 2012
Dear Friends Tonight we are offered a very inspiring and empowering teaching on Right Effort. Right Effort is the first in the Concentration Triad of steps on the 8-fold path, the place where we are able and ready to collect our mind. At this point in our training, our mind begins to calm down. Right effort in Buddhist teaching is not hard labor. It is appropriate attention or appropriate effort. We will learn how to examine what we are being fed by others and what we are feeding ourselves. We are offered a clear, basic definition of mindfulness and you will share in the creation of helpful new acronyms-- THNYA and THAA. There is also a pop-quiz on the Prajana Dyad so be mindful! Best of all, you will be given the best homework in the world history of teaching-- the requirement to be lazy. The handout is here http://deerparkmonastery.org/teachings/moment-by-moment/course-material-week-6/view Enjoy
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Sun, 1 January 2012
Welcome Back and Happy New Year to our virtual Dharma classmates! We hope you enjoyed your holiday and were offered many beautiful opportunities to cultivate, enjoy, and share your practice. Tonight's class is on Right Action. Sr. Bich Nghiem shares that the practice of Right Action can help us be happier. Right action means right action of the body, the practice of being in touch with love and preventing harm, non-violence, and doing everything in mindfulness. She shares that our actions need to be good for ourselves and for others to be right action. If it is good for others and not good for ourselves or good for ourselves and not good for others, then it is not right action yet. We review the 1,2,3, and 5th mindfulness trainings. You will also learn how to share the dharma with snakes and our other animal friends. Enjoy your practice and see you next week.
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