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2023-11-07 I Inquiry I Loving for the Sake of Love I Laurie Winnette by Appamada

2023-11-05 | Class 10 | ‘I Vow to Not Disparage the Triple Treasures’ | with John Cooley &Joel Barna

00:00:26 - Joels invites Everyone to Sit for 10 Minutes

00:00:47 - Sitting for 10 Minutes

00:01:01 - Introductions

00:04:47 - Joel Names the 10th Precept: ‘I Vow to Not Disparage the Triple Treasures’- and Talks About the Grief Ceremony Held at Appamada Earlier that Day

00:14:03 - John Cooley begins with the 10th Precept - ‘I Vow to Not disparage the Triple Treasures - Buddha, Dharma, Sangha’

00:18:38 - Questions: 1. John Invites any Initial Impressions of this Precept - 2. Any Idea Why this Precept is Often Left Aside

00:22:17 - Terminology, and Some Definitions of 'Disparage'

00:23:35 -A Brief Outline of Pegs Talk on 'Do Not Disparage the Triple Treasure'- ( It can be found here: - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c03ced75ffd204418037b7a/t/5c5f519653450a883a1ad0a4/1549750678199/Do+Not+Disparage+the+Triple+Treasure.pdf

00:27:05 - Refuges as the Foundation of all Bodhisattva Vows

00:28:28 - Susuki Roshi comments on work called Shushogi - A collection of Dogen's essential Teachings

00:40:07 - The Three treasures are Understood in Myriad Ways

00:44:01 - Not Disparaging the Triple Treasures

00:51:55 - John Invites Any Impressions/reflections

00:57:34 - John Introduces the Writing Exercise/Prompts -

00:58:06 - Writing Prompts

00:59:07 - Participants Write for 10 Minutes

00:59:13 - Reflection on the Prompts/Writing Exercise

01:06:24 - John Begins to draw the class to a close

01:13:03 - John Closes the class by Reading the Precept one more time, along with Dogen's Capping Phrase

The 10th Precept wit Dogen’s Capping Phrase:

I vow not to Disparage the Three Treasures

To expound the Dharma with this body is foremost

The virtue returns to the ocean of reality

It is unfathomable

We just accept it with respect and Gratitude

MB

2023-10-31 I Inquiry I Guishan’s Open Heart I Joel Barna by Appamada

2023-10-24 I Inquiry I Accepting My True Names I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

2023-10-17 I Inquiry I Responsibility as a function of Light I Suzanne Kilkus by Appamada

00:00:26 - Three Koans with Joel Barna

00:29:46 - Meeting with Joel

TimeStamps

00:00:26 - Announcements

00:01:57 - Dharma Talk 'Resuming Big Mind'

00:12:38 - Todd Invites Questions

TimeStamps and Poem by David Whyte

00:00:26 - Joel Opens up the Meeting

00:02:20 - Joel Talks About the Precept ‘Taking Up the Way of Supporting Life and Not Killing’

00:15:06 - Poem by David Whyte - No Path

00:17:43 - Joel Guides Us All Into Sitting for 10 Minutes

00:19:01 - Robin Talks About the Precept ‘I Vow to Take Up the Way of Supporting All Life’, and Discusses the use of Language around the Precepts

00:29:20 - Robin Invites Comments

00:44:45 - Robin Introduces the Topics for the breakout Room Exercises

00:45:26 - !st Question - Is a “no kill” animal shelter working if animals suffer due to poor living conditions?

00:46:26 - 2nd Question - Can someone following the precepts eat meat?

00:47:19 - 3rd Question - Can one consume fossil fuels (drive a car, fly in a plane) knowingly contributing to climate crisis?

00:47:37 - 4th Question - Is euthanasia – the “painless killing of a patient with an incurable disease” – okay?

00:48:47 - Guidance for Connection Rooms - In Groups for 15 Minutes - sit for 1 minute - Discuss from the heart. Actively listen. Speak to essence. Notice what’s simultaneously happening in your body - where is there tightness, where is there heat, maybe boredom, withdrawal - just notice

00:51:16 - Robin Invites Reflections

01:05:17 - The Next Precept - To Not Disparage the Triple Treasures

No Path ~David Whyte

There is no path that goes all the way.

Not that it stops us looking
for the full continuation.

The one line in the poem
we can start and follow
straight to the end.

The fixed belief we can hold,

facing a stranger that saves
us the trouble
of a real conversation.

But one day you are not
just imagining an empty chair

where your loved one sat.
You are not just telling a story

where the bridge is down and there’s
nowhere to cross.

You are not just trying
to pray to a God you imagined
would keep you safe.

No you’ve come to the place
where nothing you’ve done

will impress and nothing you
can promise will avert

the silent confrontation,
the place where

your body already seems to know
the way having kept

to the last its own secret
reconnaissance.

But still, there is no path
that goes all the way

one conversation leads
to another

one breath to the next
until

there’s no breath at all

just
the inevitable
final release
of the burden.

And then
your life will
have to start
all over again
for you to know
even a little
of who you had been.

~David Whyte

2023-10-10 I Inquiry I A pocket of emptiness I Trudy Johnston by Appamada

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