2024-07-01 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

00:02:00 - Koan - 'Not Helping'

00:08:47 - Exercise - in Groups of - 1. Reflect on the Koan for 5 minutes - 2. Speak to what it brings up in you, if anything

00:08:55 - Joel Invites Participants to Share

Koan taken from :

Zen Master Raven: Sayings and Doings of a Wise Bird - 2002 - Robert Aitken

'Not Helping'

After a talk by Raven about the Precepts, Woodpecker said, “The Cowbird lays her eggs in the Wren’s nest and the two wrens have to hustle to feed the cowbird’s baby as well as their own. I don't see why the wrens stand for it, especially since the cowbirds baby is a lot bigger, and theirs has a huge appetite. Maybe the wrens are really Bodhisattvas, selflessly devoted to helping others”.

Raven said “They arn't helping the Cowbirds”

2024-06-25 I Inquiry | Life and Death I Flint Spark by Appamada

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00:00:27 - Equanimity - The 7th Factor of Enlightenment

00:16:26 - Ann Invites Questions/Comments

00:21:12 - Part 2 - Laurie Offers a Reminder of the 7 Factors of Enlightenment

00:35:52 - Laurie Invites Comments/Reflections

00:00:31 - The 6th Factor of Enlightenment Concentration

00:22:33 - Reflections/Questions

00:00:29 - The Fifth Factor of Enlightenment - Tranquility (Passaddhi)

00:14:21 - Activities of Tranquility

00:14:59 - Disenchantment

00:17:43 - Restraint

00:26:10 - Part 2 with Laurie

00:26:41 - Dharma Activity on Tranquility

00:27:08 - A Practice on Remembering how to do Tranquility under Pressure

00:28:19 - Laurie Begins Leading the Guided Meditation to Recall Tranquility in the Body

00:33:59 - Moving on to the Writing Aspect

00:34:45 - Participants Write for 5 Minutes, and Share together in Pairs for 3 Minutes

Tranquility in Action Practice

Practice for remembering/recollecting tranquility on the fly, when under pressure.

A. Think of a stressful situation that you may have experienced and maybe didn’t handle it as well as you might have.

B. Recall the meditation this morning that Ann offered.

C. With all that in mind, how would you respond to the original situation, to others and to the world?

Write about your experience and what you might change and/or your experience with the meditation.

Share with another person. Return to group for 5 min.

00:00:26 - Recap

00:01:24 - Energy - The Third Factor of Enlightenment

00:17:01 - Joy - The Fourth Factor of Enlightenment

00:25:41 - Ann introduces and Offers a Dharma Activity about - Joy - The fourth Factor of Enlightenment

00:27:43 - Ann Begins the guided Meditation

00:42:32 - Reflections

00:00:27 - Ann talks about the 2nd factor of enlightenment - Investigation

00:11:18 - Day 3 Part 2 - Laurie Introduces an Exercise

00:13:02 - Something that happened to you - Form - What happened - Just the facts

00:13:49 - Feeling - Just write Positive, negative, neutral

00:14:18 - Perception - Your perception of the event - Your view of the event

00:14:56 - Volition - Intention that arises out of this event

00:15:09 - Background consciousness - What was your background consciousness when it occurred

00:15:47 - 10 minutes to write - then 5 minutes each to share in Groups of 2

00:16:04 - Laurie talks about the - Five Aggregates

00:00:26 - Exercise 1 - Laurie Introduces an Exercise on Preparing to Become Mindful by Naming Present Moment Experience

00:08:54 - Exercise 2 - Ann Leads the Guided Meditation

00:08:19 - Ann Leads into the Guided Meditation

00:20:55 - Ann Invites Reflections