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2024-09-23 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 26 Yangshan Points to Snow | Thomas Cleary by Appamada

Links for two sources quoted from:

Walking Around

~ Pablo Neruda

https://poets.org/poem/walking-around

Everything Is Enlightenment

~Joan Sutherland

https://www.lionsroar.com/everything-is-enlightenment/

00:00:26 - Dharma Talk

00:05:13 - Qualities that help to guide our actions - 1. Brahmavihara's: Loving kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity

00:05:35 - 2 - A sense of Humour. 3 - Honesty. 4 - A sense of Curiosity. 5 - Independence/Agency. 6 - A sense of self worth. 7 - Creativity

00:07:04 - Joel offers an Experiment -

00:08:21 - Participants Write for 3 Minutes -Choose one of these qualities, that, if you were to be in any kind of difficult situation, could Imagine approaching that person, that shares that value with you. - How would you tell this person about the times that this value has guided your actions.

00:08:30 - Reflections

00:16:44 - Joel Continues

00:18:30 - Joel Offers another writing activity - What can I learn with the other involved in this situation, what is the most compassionate, helpful and liberating thing I can learn

00:19:44 - Participants write for 1 minute

00:19:57 - Reflections

What Joel offered was adapted from “Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides" Author Geoffrey L. Cohen

Buddhist underlying values:

• Loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity

• Sense of Humor

• Honesty

• Bringing a sense of curiosity and learning to life’s challenges

• Independence or agency and a sense of self-worth

• Creativity

00:00:26 - Jon-Eric outlines the talk

00:04:16 - The Skandhas - a buddhist framework for the mind

00:11:41 - The Kleshas (also known as Mental afflictions)

00:17:01 - Hakomi

00:20:57 - Guided Meditation - 8 minutes

00:27:52 - Jon-Eric Invites Reflections

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2024-09-09 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 24 Look Out for the Snake | Thomas Cleary by Appamada

00:00:26 - Robin begins - Trust in Mind

O0:05:55 - Continuing with - Hsin Hsin Ming Translation - Robin and Joel

00:31:33 - Robin Offers a Dharma Activity - writing your own version/interpretation of a segment of the Hsin Hsin Ming

00:35:42 - Participants write for 20 minutes

00:35:51 - Robin invites Participants to share what they wrote

00:37:58 - 1st Sharing/interpretation of a segment of the Hsin Hsin Ming

00:42:41 - 2nd Sharing/Interpretation

00:45:27 - 3rd Sharing/Interpretation

00:46:29 - 4th Sharing/Interpretation

00:49:41 - 5th Sharing/Interpretation

00:00:26 - Robin opens up the final talk of this intensive - Trust in Mind

00:10:40 - Robin and Joel Choral Read Hsin Hsin Ming with Robin’s Interpretation

00:18:01 - Robin Offers a dharma Activity - 3 minutes to sit - 15 minutes to write - and 5 minutes each to share (in pairs) - sharing what you wrote, or any experience you’ve had throughout the intensive - what you are feeling in your body

00:18:08 - Sharings and Reflections

00:28:48 - Hsin Hsin Ming - Popcorn Style - Each Participant takes any line and speaks it into the circle