Christie Bates of Deep South Dharma studies Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 62, The Great Exhortation to Rāhula. 

When speaking to his son, the Buddha's meditation instruction - at least in this Sutta - begins and ends with non-identification and certain qualities of heart, including lovingkindness/good will. After this Sutta Study, the episode includes a guided lovingkindness practice with Christie.*

The upcoming retreat mentioned in this episode will take place at The Homestead Education Center in Starkville, MS on Friday, March 20 - Sunday, March 22, 2020. You can get more information and registration for the retreat by visiting Flowering Lotus Meditation. 

*Christie Bates is a minister (Acharya Passatininna) of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order and co-founder of Deep South Dharma. Deep South Dharma has a local practice group in Oxford MS and stays connected with our extended sangha through this podcast.

For information about our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page.

We are always happy to answer brief questions via the podcast or our website contact page, but if you are interested in individual contemplative direction with Christie, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website and/or the Passati Counseling & Direction Facebook page.

"Many of us are caught in a bind of feeling privileged but not powerful."  Acharya Christie Bates offers reflections on radical shifts in perception that may lead us to useful intentions as humanity faces a new decade.

Christie Bates is a minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order* and co-founder of Deep South Dharma.

For information about our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page.

To explore individual contemplative direction with Christie, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website and/or the Passati Counseling & Direction Facebook page.

*Ordained "Dharmacharya Passatininna" by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa, Co-Abbots of Heartwood Refuge, a Buddhist monastery and retreat center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

In this holiday talk Christie supports us in cultivating joy to give us energy for addressing suffering over the long haul, through the vicissitudes or "8 worldly winds." Upcoming retreat announcement. Information about Christie's friend Jim Ramsey and WayToGo Transit.

Christie Bates is a minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order* and co-founder of Deep South Dharma.

For information about our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page.

To explore individual contemplative direction with Christie, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website and/or the Passati Counseling & Direction Facebook page.

*Ordained "Dharmacharya Passatininna" by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa, Co-Abbots of Heartwood Refuge, a Buddhist monastery and retreat center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

This podcast returns with a new episode on Sunday, January 5, 2020.

Acharya Christie Bates on a community's experience of grief. Facing impermanence, we are inspired to seek refuge in that which does not change.

Christie Bates is a minister of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order* and co-founder of Deep South Dharma.

For information about our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page.

To explore individual contemplative direction with Christie, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website and/or the Passati Counseling & Direction Facebook page.

*Ordained "Dharmacharya Passatininna" by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa, Co-Abbots of Heartwood Refuge, a Buddhist monastery and retreat center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Practical advice for establishing practice. Managing "longing and dejection for the world." Mindfulness of your hula-hoop, Mindful engagement in the arts. Mindfulness of energy. Sound quality improves greatly after 1.5 minutes into the talk. Christie originally gave this talk in Nashville, TN in May 2018.

Christie Bates is a Dharmacharya of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa.

For information about our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page.

To explore individual contemplative direction with Christie, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website or like the Passati Counseling & Direction Facebook page.

This episode is release early for those who may have some extra practice time over the long weekend. Includes a brief talk, a guided compassion & gratitude practice, and a simple metta song (good will, lovingkindness) that can be used anytime. 

Christie Bates is a Dharmacharya of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa.

To register for the December 5-8, 2019 retreat "Training the Heart, Lifting Your Voice" with Acharya Christie Bates and Acharya Dr. Maureen Hall, go to the retreat page at Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center.

For information about our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page.

To explore individual contemplative direction with Christie, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website or like the Passati Counseling & Direction Facebook page.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Byron Ray Simpson. 

Remembering conversations with Byron and Venerable Pannavati's encouragement not to be timid in doing good in the world, Christie tackles a question about selflessness that arose in Wednesday's Book Study this week. 

Christie Bates is a Dharmacharya of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order, ordained by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa.

To register for the December 5-8, 2019 retreat "Training the Heart, Lifting Your Voice" with Acharya Christie Bates and Acharya Dr. Maureen Hall, go to the retreat page at Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center.

For information about our weekly offerings and other events, visit the Deep South Dharma website and subscribe, or like the Deep South Dharma Facebook page.

To explore individual contemplative direction with Christie, visit the Passati Counseling & Direction website or like the Passati Counseling & Direction Facebook page.

Inspired by MN Sutta 46, this talk helps us be deliberate about choosing actions based on the results we want. 

Acharya Christie Bates is a Buddhist minister and co-founder of Deep South Dharma.

If you're interested in Christie's next weekend retreat in December, "Training the Heart, Lifting Your Voice," you can see details and register HERE

In addition to this role, Christie is available as a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Services Provider to residents of Tennessee and Mississippi via her psychotherapy practice, Passati Counseling & Direction.

Continuing last week's consideration of sīla, Christie takes a closer look at the importance and value of the 5th Precept. For those who struggle with abstinence and those who don't.

Acharya Christie Bates is a Buddhist minister and co-founder of Deep South Dharma.

In addition to this role, Christie is available as a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Services Provider to residents of Tennessee and Mississippi via her psychotherapy practice, Passati Counseling & Direction.

Sure, "wisdom and compassion are like two wings of a bird." In this episode, Christie asks, "Where's the bird? And furthermore, what is the bird?" Plus an important update on the December 2019 retreat at Heartwood Refuge. 

Acharya Christie Bates is a Buddhist minister and co-founder of Deep South Dharma. 

In addition to this role, Christie is available as a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Services Provider to residents of Tennessee and Mississippi via her psychotherapy practice, Passati Counseling & Direction.