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Hi everyone!
Thanks to Diane and Laura for leading last week and thanks to Thursday’s attendees for listening to my muddled thoughts on emptiness for half an hour.
It seems like we’re settled on 9am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, at least until the Lamrim retreat at the end of the month.
The meditation homework over the summer is more lamrim meditation, so feel free to come along with any topics you would like to contemplate!
Thanks to Laura for running the sessions and to Bill and anyone else leading the meditations.
This week, the Zoom sessions will be Monday 28th, Wednesday 30th and July 1st at 9am, same link/login details as above.
This week’s topics are Concentration meditation and reflections on emptiness
Thank you to everyone who participated this week. Thank you to Bill for leading on Monday, and thank you to those who came along on Wednesday and Thursday for their patience with me.
The topic for next week is Patience.
I will be away on Wednesday and Thursday. I will probably be able to open the Zoom sessions, but it’s unlikely that I will be able to participate – please start without me!
The joining information is still the same:
Dates: Monday 21 June, Wednesday 23 June, Thursday 24 June – 9am (UK time)
https://zoom.us/j/97931954336?pwd=YVpIOFcrVWtIYnZQZEdTNTJZZkxWZz09
Meeting ID: 979 3195 4336
Passcode: 8Lpvs2Have a great weekend.
No problem, Jared. Good luck with the move!
Thanks to Diane and Laura C for leading meditations this week and thank you to the Wednesday attendees for putting up with my attempt at doing the same!
Next week’s meditation homework is contemplating the benefits of practising generosity, morality and effort.
Same joining details as before:
Date: Monday 14 June 2021, Wednesday 16 June 2021, Thursday 17 June 2021
Link: Click here to join
Meeting ID: 979 3195 4336
Passcode: 8Lpvs2Also, during the last teaching weekend, Mary Ellen mentioned a Bay Area study group. So you might have another option.
Hi Laura F.,
I just saw your post about joining the session late. Quite a few of us attend the Jamyang Leeds morning prayers session so we don’t usually start meditating at exactly 9am.
So if the prayers do end after 9am, please still feel free to join us in the meditation session afterwards!
Another week over – thank you to Jared and Bill for this week’s meditations and to everyone who came along on any of the days.
We’re meeting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week to start on the Six Perfections meditation homework. Same link/meeting details as before.
See you in the teachings!
So dates for next week:
Times: Monday 31 May 2021, 9am (UK time)
Wednesday 2 June 2021, 9am (UK time)
Thursday 3 June 2021, 9am (UK time)Same joining details as always:
Link: https://zoom.us/j/97931954336?pwd=YVpIOFcrVWtIYnZQZEdTNTJZZkxWZz09
Meeting ID: 979 3195 4336
Passcode: 8Lpvs2There isn’t any homework set for next week, so feel free to suggest topics from any of the Basic Programme weekends that you’d like to cover.
Ok, then we’ll have the next session on Thursday 27 May at 9am (UK time).
Starting next week (on bank holiday Monday!), I’ll open the Zoom session on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and we’ll see how it goes.
(The forum is still acting oddly when I try to post, so apologies if this ends up being a repeat).
Thank you to everyone who has led a meditation session so far (Laura, Lars, Bill and Jared). It has made a huge difference over what I can manage on my own.
I’m fine with Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. There will be occasional days that I can’t do, but we’ll worry about that if/when they happen. There is no pressure to come to every session.
Should we start the extra Wednesday session next week? We have quite a busy day this week, with the Precepts that morning, plus Morning Prayers and the Nagarjuna teaching in the evening. On the other hand, it would be an auspicious day to start…
Yes, the plan is to meet every Monday and Thursday. We’ll keep this thread up to date with any changes, though.
All the best!
Hi Katrin,
We are meeting again on Thursday at 9am. The plan is for Bill to lead us on a meditation on self-cherishing/cherishing others.
Time: Thursday, 20 May 2021, 9am (UK time)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97931954336?pwd=YVpIOFcrVWtIYnZQZEdTNTJZZkxWZz09Meeting ID: 979 3195 4336
Passcode: 8Lpvs2Just keeping the Zoom link handy for everyone….
Topic: BP Informal Meditation Group
Time: Monday, 17 May 2021, 9am (UK time)Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97931954336?pwd=YVpIOFcrVWtIYnZQZEdTNTJZZkxWZz09Meeting ID: 979 3195 4336
Passcode: 8Lpvs2Jared, there was someone on the West Coast who couldn’t join UK morning meditations because of the time difference – I’ve posted a comment in the Jamyang Facebook group to let them know about this.
