We will be meeting as usual for meditation on Tuesday, May 3 in Muller Chapel. Open meditation begins at 7:00 pm and the service begins at 7:30. Chris will be speaking on using suffering to cultivate compassion. (Also, in case you’re wondering, we will be meeting at the usual time during exam week.)
Tuesday evening, Adeesha gave an excellent talk on the meaning behind some of the chants that we do every week, specifically the “Qualities of the Buddha” and “Qualities of the Dhamma.” Personally, I learned a lot from his talk. Adeesha has generously made his notes available. If you’d like to practice, here is an mp3 file of the chants. All of the files referenced in this post are also available through the Liturgy page.
Our last Dhamma talk was on the Five Hindrances. I mentioned the “bowl of water” similes, which are given in the Sangaravo Sutta. Ñyanaponika Thera has assembled a selection of passages about the hindrances from the Pali Canon. This also includes a good introductory essay. Finally, there’s an excellent talk on the hindrances by Ajahn Dhiravamso.
We will be meeting as usual on the evening of Tuesday, April 19, in Muller Chapel. Open meditation at 7:00 pm; service begins at 7:30. Ron will be speaking on the five hindrances, the Buddha’s classification for everything that can go wrong in one’s meditation. We will, of course, also be discussing what you can do about those things.
We’ll be meeting as usual on the evening of April 12. 7:00 pm for open meditation and 7:30 for the service. Chris Accardo will be speaking on “Why We Meditate.” Hope to see you there.
After Adeesha’s excellent Dharma talk last night, I thought some of you might be interested in learning more about the Noble Eightfold Path. Adeesha specifically referenced the work of Bhikkhu Bodhi on this subject. For the canonical descriptions of the Path, see the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta and the Magga-vibhanga Sutta. Finally, there is an excellent book by Bhante Gunaratana on the Path.
We will be meeting as usual for meditation on Tuesday, April 5. Open meditation begins at 7:00 pm in Muller Chapel. The service proper begins at 7:30 pm. Adeesha Ekanayake will be speaking on the Noble Eightfold Path.
