Moment by Moment Class #1: Right Mindfulness--The First Offering by Deer Park Monastic Dharma Teachers During Winter Retreat
11/28/11 • 64 min
This winter a group of Monastic Dharma Teachers here at Deer Park will offer a course based in the Buddhas Teaching on the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path.
Nov 27, 2011 This winter's course - Moment by Moment: will be an opportunity to enjoy walking meditation through some of the vistas of central Buddhist teachings and practices. If we look deeply at the Buddhist Dharma, we see concentric circles- at the very heart of the circles lies the Four Noble Truths . All of the foundational teachings and practices spring from this source. Out of the Four Noble Truths emerge the Noble Eightfold Path , the Buddha's guidance for realizing transformation in body, speech and mind at a fundamental level. From the various steps of the Noble Eightfold Path spring a multitude of sutras, practices and commentaries.
During this course, we will enjoy sharings on each of the Truths and the steps of the path; we will be offered concrete practices to apply at home and we will have suggested readings and reflections , as appropriate. These will be available on theDeer Park Monastery website.
The three month winter retreat is a time of focused attention and deep looking . It is also a time of simplifying, of settling ... a time of recognizing how we use our energy in our daily life. Most of all it is a time of allowing ourselves to settle- to settle into our experience of the moment.
Making the commitment to attend this class- even knowing all of the challenges- is one way to bring that element of focused intention into our lives- even if we cannot spend ninety days in a practice center.
When:
Sunday afternoon at 3 pm, weekly
first session: November 27, last session: February 19
Where: in the Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall, Deer Park Monastery
or online Deer Park Dharma Cast:http://deerpark.libsyn.com/
How long: each session will be one hour
Why: because we like to
You can follow the course offerings and suggested ‘homework’ by going to http://deerparkmonastery.org/community/moment-by-moment
This winter a group of Monastic Dharma Teachers here at Deer Park will offer a course based in the Buddhas Teaching on the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path.
Nov 27, 2011 This winter's course - Moment by Moment: will be an opportunity to enjoy walking meditation through some of the vistas of central Buddhist teachings and practices. If we look deeply at the Buddhist Dharma, we see concentric circles- at the very heart of the circles lies the Four Noble Truths . All of the foundational teachings and practices spring from this source. Out of the Four Noble Truths emerge the Noble Eightfold Path , the Buddha's guidance for realizing transformation in body, speech and mind at a fundamental level. From the various steps of the Noble Eightfold Path spring a multitude of sutras, practices and commentaries.
During this course, we will enjoy sharings on each of the Truths and the steps of the path; we will be offered concrete practices to apply at home and we will have suggested readings and reflections , as appropriate. These will be available on theDeer Park Monastery website.
The three month winter retreat is a time of focused attention and deep looking . It is also a time of simplifying, of settling ... a time of recognizing how we use our energy in our daily life. Most of all it is a time of allowing ourselves to settle- to settle into our experience of the moment.
Making the commitment to attend this class- even knowing all of the challenges- is one way to bring that element of focused intention into our lives- even if we cannot spend ninety days in a practice center.
When:
Sunday afternoon at 3 pm, weekly
first session: November 27, last session: February 19
Where: in the Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall, Deer Park Monastery
or online Deer Park Dharma Cast:http://deerpark.libsyn.com/
How long: each session will be one hour
Why: because we like to
You can follow the course offerings and suggested ‘homework’ by going to http://deerparkmonastery.org/community/moment-by-moment
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Together We Are One: A Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh at Deer Park Monastery
This very special Dharma Talk by Thay is offered by the wonderful Plum Village Monastery Online. We encourage you to visit http://pvom.org/ for more of these wonderful teachings. Here is an excerpt from the website. "This is the final Dharma talk offered by Thay in the Together We Are One Retreat at Deer Park Monastery on the North American Tour, on September 11th, 2011. Thay shares compassion, love, and great understanding: Understanding of suffering allows compassion to arise, and the energy of compassion can be very healing. You feel much better after having understood your own suffering. And your own suffering reflects somehow the suffering of the world. That is why once you have understood your own suffering, it is much easier and easier to understand his suffering, her suffering. And when you are able to see the suffering in him and in her you're no longer angry. He goes on to share about right view and how it can free us from notions of being and non-being. He finishes the talk discussing what is right action.'
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Moment to Moment Class #2: Right View with Sister Bich Nghiem
Dear Dharmacast Family:
We hope you are having a wonderful winter (or summer depending on where you are) and are enjoying the fruits of your practice. We continue with the Moment to Moment exploration with today's class on Right View. The handout can be found at http://deerparkmonastery.org/teachings/moment-by-moment/course-material-week-2/view and it is highly encouraged that you download and review this. It provides much wonderful information and insightful suggested practice ideas and reflection questions that can be put to very beneficial use by an individual or a sangha. We learn from Sr. Bich Nghiem how to bring the joy of practice into our daily life. She also offers a reminder that, at their base, all views are wrong views (having only one point of viewing) but that, through practice, the quality of our views can always be improved.
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