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Hello! Thanks to everyone attending this week and, especially, to Laura F. for leading the Vajrasattva practice on Wednesday.
This week’s links are (again) split into separate posts because the forum keeps telling me off…
Monday: Venerable Lozang Yonten – Meditation on the Foundation of All Good Qualities
Wednesday: Vajrasattva Meditation (.pdf file that Jackie sent to the Discovering Buddhism students last September)
Next week, there’ll be sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9am as usual.
We can cover more of the earlier lamrim topics, and there’s been a request for more Vajrasattva practice. If anyone has a meditation that they would like to lead, you are welcome to do that.Have a good weekend!
Thursday:
Guided Meditation Mind and Rebirth – Bhikshuni Thubten ChodronWednesday:
Express Meditation – Finding the I Meditation – Venerable Robina CourtinHi everyone, and thanks again for your patience with this.
Katrin – I’ve found the links online. Thanks for pointing me towards them.
Here are links to the meditations we followed (in separate posts because the forum doesn’t seem to like me posting multiple links!)
Monday:
A Simple Vajrasattva Meditation: Purification with the Four Opponent Powers – Venerable Lozang YontenHere the joining details again (which haven’t changed).
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 9am UK time
Meeting ID: 979 3195 4336
Passcode: 8Lpvs2Hi everyone,
Thanks for attending this week. I apologise to anyone who had difficulty joining on Zoom (I know at least two people who have). I’ve removed the waiting room to see if that gets around the problem.
On Monday and Wednesday, we listened to more of Alan Wallace’s guided meditations (recordings 34 and 67, accessible via the link posted last week).
Today, we watched a guided meditation from Venerable Lozang Yonten, which is on YouTube: Retreat: The Four Close Placements (recording 4b).
Next week, we are meeting again on Zoom at the same times (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday at 9am UK time). The joining details haven’t changed – I’ll repost them if and when the forum lets me do it!
Have a good weekend! And Katrin, I hope you’ve managed to sort out your problem accessing last weekend’s teachings.
Diana
So this week, we covered 2 of the 4 Close Placements of Mindfulness.
Thanks to Laura for leading on the body on Monday and presenting the recording Geshe-la on Wednesday (link is in Laura’s post above).
Today, we listened to Alan Wallace – Guided Meditation on Mindfulness of Feelings (The link leads to recordings of the whole workshop – we listened to part 31).
Next week, it’ll be more on the 4 Close Placements. Same times (9am on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) and same joining details.
Have a good weekend!
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!
