The sangha formed in 1988 or thereabouts. We didn't start this archive till
1999, so many years of activities are missing from this list. Also
see Sangha History.
| Date |
Activity After the Meditation |
Facilitator or Teacher |
1999
|
| 04/01/99
| Dharma talk and discussion.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/08/99
| Discussion about sangha bylaws draft.
|
|
| 04/15/99
| General discussion.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 04/22/99
| General discussion.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 04/29/99
| Discussion about sangha bylaws draft.
|
|
| 05/06/99
| Dharma talk and discussion.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 05/13/99
|
|
|
| 05/20/99
| Dharma talk and discussion.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 05/27/99
|
|
|
| 06/03/99
| Dharma talk and discussion.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 06/10/99
|
|
|
| 06/17/99
|
|
|
| 06/24/99
|
|
|
| 07/01/99
| Dharma talk.
| Doug Booth.
Doug has been co-teaching a beginning class in vipassana
meditation at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe for the
last 3.5 years. He is in the Community Dharma Leader
program at Spirit Rock.
|
| 07/08/99
|
|
|
| 07/15/99
| Dharma talk.
| Wadine Gibbons. Wadine has been co-teaching a beginning class in
vipassana meditation at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe for the
last 3.5 years. She is in the Community Dharma Leader
program at Spirit Rock.
|
| 07/22/99
| Membership meeting plan to set the by-laws
and elect the board of directors. There will be an abbreviated
sitting (15 minutes) and the rest of the time will be devoted
to the meeting. Eric will join us for the sitting and meeting.
|
|
| 07/29/99
| Suzanne will talk about her retreat at Spirit Rock.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 08/05/99
| Dharma talk and discussion.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/12/99
|
|
|
| 08/19/99
| Talk on the Brahamaviharas: Metta (Loving-kindness),
Karuna (Compassion), Mudita (Sympathetic Joy), and Upekkha (Equanimity).
| Laura Putney, sangha member
|
| 08/26/99
| Discussion
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 09/02/99
| Suzanne will talk about her retreat at Spirit Rock.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 09/09/99
| Discussion about Aging. Here's what Abhi says about it:
"Would like everyone to share how they feel about
old age. Since so many members of the sangha are still very young,
they may never have thought about their own aging before
or how their practice might affect the process."
| Abhi Hudson, sangha member
|
| 09/16/99
|
|
|
| 09/23/99
| Dharma talk.
| Wadine Gibbons. Wadine has been co-teaching a beginning class in
vipassana meditation at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe for the
last 3.5 years. She is in the Community Dharma Leader
program at Spirit Rock.
|
| 09/30/99
| Discussion.
| Hilary Heyl, sangha member
|
| 10/07/99
| Dharma talk.
| Geoffrey Landis, participant in the Community Dharma Leader program.
|
| 10/14/99
| Overview of comments that Eric made at the one-day retreat on
9/19/99 about the state of our sangha. Mel will poll participants about
thoughts/ideas about directions for the new board.
| Mel Schneider, sangha member and board member
|
| 10/21/99
| Maggie will talk about experiences on visits to two monasteries in Asia.
| Maggie Seeley, sangha member
|
| 10/28/99
| Sangha membership meeting
|
|
| 11/04/99
| Discussion
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 11/11/99
| Discussion
| Paula Stern, sangha member
|
| 11/18/99
| Short talk and discussion about equanimity.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 11/25/99
| Thanksgiving. No meeting.
|
|
| 12/02/99
| We will discuss The Five Wonderful Precepts as written
by Thich Nhat Hanh and we will discuss whether to chant the refuges on the
1st meeting of each month.
|
|
| 12/09/99
|
|
|
| 12/16/99
|
|
|
| 12/23/99
| Joe will talk about meeting with Joanna Macy.
| Joe Bottone, sangha member
|
| 12/30/99
| Discussion.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
2000
|
| 01/06/00
| Discussion.
| Will Arthur, sangha member
|
| 01/13/00
| Dharma teacher Daeja Napier will give a talk. Note: The
talk will be held before the meditation as Daeja will need to
leave early. (She starts teaching a retreat in Santa Fe the next day.)
| Daeja Napier
|
| 01/20/00
| Discussion about The Five Wonderful Precepts by Thich Nhat Hanh.
| Maggie Seeley, sangha member
|
| 01/27/00
| Dharma talk.
| Kelsan Kekyong, tibetan nun
|
| 02/03/00
| We will read together from a dharma book.
| Wynette Richards, sangha member
|
| 02/10/00
| Sangha membership meeting.
The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues regarding
the content and format of the Thursday night meetings, such as:
Whether to include aspects of practice such as chanting or
taking the precepts on Thursday nights.
Should we try to make a clearer distinction between leading
a discussion on Thursday nights and teaching the dharma? Do we
want to set up guidelines for the Thursday night talks? Should
teaching/dharma talks only be given by trained dharma teachers?
|
|
| 02/17/00
| Readings about the Five Precepts.
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 02/24/00
|
|
|
| 03/02/00
| Dharma talk.
| Trudy Goodman
Trudy is visiting the Santa Fe sangha for six weeks.
She has studied in the Zen and Vipassana traditions with Asian and
western teachers since 1974. She is the guiding teacher for
the Institute for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and leads retreats
and workshops nationwide.
|
| 03/09/00
| Dharma talk.
| Trudy Goodman
|
| 03/16/00
| Suzanne will talk about her trip to India.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 03/23/00
| We will read a dharma talk, Hindrances of the Householder,
by Jack Kornfield. The talk is available on-line at
http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/jk8p/jk8p_09.htm.
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
| 03/30/00
| Further discussion of Jack Kornfield talk read Mar 23.
(See above.) Print it and bring a copy with you if you'd like.
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
| 04/06/00
| Eric will give a dharma talk! (He'll be visiting NM.)
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/13/00
| We will listen to a taped dharma talk by Carol Wilson on
The Nature of Thought.
|
|
| 04/20/00
| We will listen to a taped dharma talk by Joseph Goldstein on
Non-Clinging.
|
|
| 04/27/00
| We will listen to a taped dharma talk by Sharon Salzberg on
Diligence.
|
|
| 05/04/00
| Group discussion on Engaged Buddhism as Self-Empowerment.
| Sandy Lee, sangha member
|
| 05/11/00
| Short video and group discussion on Retreat: The Practice Booster.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 05/18/00
| Maggie will read from Sharon Salzberg's book Lovingkindness:
The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and lead two short guided
meditations on Equanimity.
| Maggie Seeley, sangha member
|
| 05/25/00
| Discussion.
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 06/01/00
| Audiotaped dharma talk by Shaila Catherine Tromovitch, a teacher
who the Santa Fe Sangha is interviewing for the Resident Teacher position.
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 06/08/00
| Discussion
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 06/15/00
| Sangha membership meeting.
The agenda will include a discussion of the progress of the
Santa Fe Sangha's search for a resident teacher and our sangha's
role in the search, as well as continued discussion of the Thursday
night guidelines. Please call Sandy Lee (262-0720) or Judith Kidd
(266-6243) if you have additional proposed agenda items.
| Sandy Lee and Sherry Prud'homme, sangha members
|
| 06/22/00
| Dharma talk by Jitsudo, teacher at Hidden Mountain Zen Center,
Albuquerque.
Topic: The Three Pure Precepts and Social Action
| Judith Kidd, sangha member
|
| 06/29/00
| Short reading followed by facilitated discussion.
Topic: How Essential is a Belief in Rebirth and Karma to
Buddhist Practice?
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 07/06/00
| Short reading and discussion. Topic: Sangha.
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
| 07/13/00
| Readings and dialogue. Topic: Engaged Buddhism.
| Will Arthur, sangha member
|
| 07/20/00
| Discussion about Albuquerque's role in the search with Santa Fe for
a resident teacher.
| Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
|
| 07/27/00
| Short basic skills workshop on how to facilitate
a meeting (such as sangha membership meetings) and build consensus.
The two-session workshop will continue on Aug 3.
| Sherry Prud'homme, sangha member
|
| 08/03/00
| Continuation of workshop. See Jul 27 meeting above.
| Sherry Prud'homme, sangha member
|
| 08/10/00
|
|
|
| 08/17/00
| Eric Kolvig, who will be in Albuquerque to lead a sandwich retreat
Aug 18-27, will give a dharma talk. Everyone is
welcome -- including those not participating in the
retreat.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/24/00
| Eric Kolvig, who will be in Albuquerque leading a sandwich
retreat Aug 18-27, will give a dharma talk. Everyone is
welcome -- including those not participating in the
retreat.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/31/00
|
|
|
| 09/07/00
| Discussion. Topic: Sharing of Practice.
| Will Arthur, sangha member
|
| 09/14/00
| Talk and discussion. Topic: Concentration and Insight.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 09/21/00
| Dharma talk. Topic: My Journey: Practices of Non-clinging.
| Shaila Tromovitch,
dharma teacher under consideration for the resident teacher position in
Santa Fe
|
| 09/28/00
| Dharma talk. Topic: Desire for Enlightenment.
| Shaila Tromovitch
|
| 10/05/00
| Dharma talk.
| Shaila Tromovitch
|
| 10/12/00
| Discussion. Topic:
Psychology of Awakening: How Might Western Psychology
Serve Spiritual Purposes. Notes by John Wellwood.
| Anthea Mawby, sangha member
|
| 10/19/00
| Dharma talk and discussion. Topic:
The Five Pursuits of Householders, translated by Andy Olendzki,
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
| Doug Booth, community dharma leader in training from Santa Fe
|
| 10/26/00
| Sangha membership meeting.
| Suzanne Kryder and Paula Stern, sangha members
|
| 11/02/00
| Dharma talk and discussion.
| Doug Booth, community dharma leader in training from Santa Fe
|
| 11/09/00
| Dharma talk.
| Mark Coleman, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident
teacher position. Mark has been engaged in Buddhist
practice since 1984 and has taught meditation in UK, USA and India.
He teaches meditation to youth at risk and is taking an MA in
psychology.
|
| 11/16/00
| Dharma talk.
| Mark Coleman
|
| 11/23/00
| Thanksgiving. No meeting.
|
|
| 11/30/00
| Sangha discussion on "Talking about Teacher Candidates"
and sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Shaila Tromovitch.
| Hilary Heyl, sangha member
|
| 12/07/00
| Sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Mark Coleman.
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 12/14/00
| Talk: "Sharings about Jubilados, A Community for Conscious Aging".
| Sid and Abhi Hudson, Jubilados
|
| 12/21/00
| Open sharing and discussion.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 12/28/00
| Discussion
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
2001
|
| 01/04/01
| Listen to a taped talk by Shaila Tromovitch.
| Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
|
| 01/11/01
| Dharma talk.
| Daeja Napier, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident
teacher position. Daeja is founder of the Sati Foundation for
Mindfulness Training; she teaches Vipassana and Brahma Vihara
retreats throughout the country. She is also the mother of five
children.
|
| 01/18/01
| Listen to a taped talk by Mark Coleman.
| Wynette Richards, sangha member
|
| 01/25/01
| Suzanne will talk about the Community Dharma Leader Program.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 02/01/01
| Sangha membership meeting. (We will have a shorter sitting this
evening.) See the Membership
Meetings web page for more details.
| Mary Roy and Tam Saimons, sangha members
|
| 02/08/01
| Celebrate the adoption of Juan Fernando into the sangha and into the
home of Paul Tashjian and Sue George.
If you'd like, think of a prayer or blessing you might wish to offer
as part of the celebration.
Paul, Sue, and Juan Fernando can only stay till 7:30 so the schedule for
the evening may be arranged somewhat.
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 02/15/01
| Sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Daeja Napier.
| Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
|
| 02/22/01
| Dharma Talk.
| Wes Nisker, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident
teacher position.
Wes has practiced Buddhist meditation for 30 years
with various teachers in Asia and the West. He is the founder and
editor of the semiannual Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind, and
author of the books Buddha's Nature and Crazy Wisdom.
Wes teaches retreats and workshops in Buddhist meditation at Spirit Rock
Center in Fairfax, California, at U.C. Berkeley, Esalen
Institute, and other venues.
|
| 03/01/01
| Dharma talk by Wes Nisker
| Wes Nisker, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident
teacher position.
Wes has practiced Buddhist meditation for 30 years
with various teachers in Asia and the West. He is the founder and
editor of the semiannual Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind, and
author of the books Buddha's Nature and Crazy Wisdom.
Wes teaches retreats and workshops in Buddhist meditation at Spirit Rock
Center in Fairfax, California, at U.C. Berkeley, Esalen
Institute, and other venues.
|
| 03/08/01
| Dharma talk by Wes Nisker
| Wes Nisker -- see above.
|
| 03/15/01
| Sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Wes Nisker
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 03/22/01
| (1)
Michelle Goodman and Mikaela Barnes will talk and answer questions
about Santa Fe's experience with the teacher candidates.
(2)
Andy Wright and Michelle will talk about the consensus process
and how the joint-sangha meetings will be conducted.
| Michelle Goodman and Mikaela Barnes, Santa Fe sangha members,
Andy Wright, Albuquerque sangha member
|
| 03/29/01
| Discuss the ideas and suggestions that came out of the vision party
held in February.
Before our discussion of the Visioning process, Raj Morey, M.D. from UNM's
Health Sciences Center will briefly explain his research project on
long-term meditators. He is looking for nine meditators and nine people
who are interested in meditation but have not begun a practice.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 04/05/01
| Dharma talk by Trudy Goodman.
| Trudy Goodman, dharma teacher under consideration for the
resident teacher position.
Trudy has studied in Zen and vipassana traditions since
1974. She is a child psychologist and is on board of directors of
Barre Center for
Buddhist Studies.
|
| 04/12/01
| If there are any issues we'd like to discuss that come out of
the April 8 teacher selection meeting, we'll do that. Then, if
that doesn't take the whole hour, we'll discuss what we'd like to
do on Thursday nights. Some things to think about:
- Do you like go rounds with the talking stick or do you like to keep
things looser?
- Do you like breaking into small groups for some discussions?
- What topics would you like to discuss on Thursday nights?
- What guest teachers would you like to invite?
- Do you like to have guests from other Buddhist traditions or other
spiritual traditions?
- How can we grow our list of facilitators?
- What should we keep from last year's
Thursday Night Guidelines,
Working Draft. What would you like to change?
If we spend more than a few minutes on the teacher discussion we'll
either postpone the discussion about Thursday nights till some
other time or we'll start it and then continue it some other time --
so we'll have plenty of time for both discussions.
| Thursday night scheduling committee: Mary, Tam, and Wynette
|
| 04/19/01
| We'll read together from Pema Chodron's book
The Wisdom of No Escape.
| Zina Geller, sangha member
|
| 04/26/01
| Listen to a taped dharma talk by Joseph Goldstein, Liberation
Through Non-Clinging, from the Fall 2000 3-month retreat at
IMS.
| Sandy Lee, sangha member
|
| 05/03/01
| Discussion on the challenge of balancing wisdom and compassion
in life and practice.
| Mary Roy and Tam Saimons, sangha members newly returned from
backpacking retreat
|
| 05/10/01
| Dharma talk.
| Ralph Steele, dharma teacher and director of Life Transition
Institute in Santa Fe.
|
| 05/17/01
| Discussion about fetters.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 05/24/01
| Listen to a dharma talk on tape by Joseph Goldstein about
The Nature of Mind.
| Christine Hall, sangha member
|
| 05/31/01
| Sherry Prud'homme was invited as a sponsor of
Peacejam
to spend a week with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India,
April 20 through May 10. Peacejam brings together Nobel Peace
Prize Laureates and youth all over the world. Sherry will
talk about her journey to Dharamsala.
| Sherry Prud'homme, sangha member
|
| 06/07/01
| Sangha membership meeting. (We will have a shorter sitting this
evening.) See the Membership
Meetings web page for more details.
| Paul Tashjian, sangha member
|
| 06/14/01
| Discussion about Incorporating Practice into Daily Life.
People often view practice as time that is spent "on
the cushion". However, that view leads to an artificial
separation between practice and life. We will share
how we incorporate mindfulness and insight practice into our
daily activities.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member, and other members of the practice
group
|
| 06/21/01
| Listen to a taped dharma talk.
| Sandy Lee, sangha member
|
| 06/28/01
| General discussion
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 07/05/01
| Dharma talk
Postponed -- we hope a visit by Mark will be
rescheduled later. We had a discussion about expectations and impermanence
instead.
| Mark Coleman
Mark has been engaged in Buddhist practice since 1984 and has taught
meditation in UK, USA and India. He teaches meditation to youth at
risk and has an MA in psychology.
|
| 07/12/01
| Short dharma talk followed by discussion.
(The talk is part of Suzanne's fulfillment of requirements
for the CDL program at Spirit
Rock.)
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and community dharma leader
|
| 07/19/01
| 52 minute video documentary:
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana.
Note: We will have a shorter sitting this evening.
We'll sit from 6:30 to 7:00 and then view the video.
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 07/26/01
| Talk and discussion about Doug's prison work.
| Doug Booth, community dharma leader from Santa Fe
|
| 08/02/01
| We'll extend the practice period and do sitting and walking till 8:00.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 08/09/01
| Short dharma talk followed by discussion.
(The talk is part of Suzanne's fulfillment of requirements
for the CDL program at Spirit Rock.)
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and community dharma leader
|
| 08/16/01
| View/listen to a taped video talk by Joseph Goldstein.
Topic: Karma.
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 08/23/01
| Discussion. Topic: To be announced
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 08/30/01
| Dharma talk. Topic: Approaching Death Through Buddhism.
| Sensai Sydney Musai Walter, lay teacher at Albuquerque's Hidden Mountain Zen Center.
|
| 09/06/01
| Dharma talk.
| Shaila Catherine, new
resident teacher for Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
|
| 09/13/01
| Dharma talk.
| Shaila Catherine, new resident teacher for Santa Fe and Albuquerque
|
| 09/20/01
| We'll extend the practice period and do sitting and walking till 8:00.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 09/27/01
| We'll sit 30 minutes this evening (instead of 45).
After the sit, we'll discuss (and possibly decide)
whether to move to Nahalat Shalom.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 10/04/01
| We will join together for a Truth Mandala sharing process.
The Truth Mandala is a ceremony developed by Joanna Macy that
allows a group to express its fear, sadness, anger, confusion
and other reactions to a particular issue. Individuals can
either speak in the mandala, or they can choose to remain silent
and listen to others. Our sangha will build and use the Truth
Mandala to express our feelings about the terrorist attacks.
| Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
|
| 10/11/01
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 10/18/01
| We'll listen to a taped talk by Father Richard Rohr,
contemplative Franciscan Priest and founder of the Center for
Action and Contemplation. The approximately 30 minute talk was
given on Friday, October 5, and discusses recent events, putting them into
a fresh perspective. We may also listen to short 5 or 10 minute
taped talks by Rabbi Michael Lerner and others. There will
probably be time for some discussion afterwards.
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 10/25/01
| Dharma talk.
(On the following day, Friday, October 26, 9:30 to 11:00 am,
Shaila will meet with those who are able to come and have practiced
five or more years.)
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 11/01/01
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 11/08/01
| Revisiting the Precepts. Tam will do some readings about one
of the precepts and then we will discuss how that precept
works in our daily and ordinary lives. (This may be the beginning
of a series that we'll come back to from time to time.)
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 11/15/01
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 11/22/01
| We do not plan to meet on Thanksgiving, November 22.
|
|
| 11/29/01
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/06/01
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/13/01
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 12/20/01
| We'll extend the practice period and do sitting and walking till 8:00.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 12/27/01
| After-sit activity to be announced.
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
2002
|
| 01/03/02
| Short talk and then discussion about Mindfulness of Breathing.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 01/10/02
| Dharma talk.
(On the following morning, Friday, January 11, 9:30 to 11:00 am,
Shaila will meet with those who are able to come and have less
than five years of meditation experience.)
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 01/17/02
| Membership Meeting.
| Hilary Heyl, sangha member
|
| 01/24/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 01/31/02
| After the sitting, we'll hold a meeting to discuss, and possibly decide by
consensus, about the Thursday night meeting place.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 02/07/02
| Discussion about practice.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 02/14/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 02/21/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 02/28/02
| Discussion
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 03/07/02
| Discussion about cultivating patience
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 03/14/02
| Dharma talk.
(On the following morning, Friday, March 15, 9:30 to 11:00 am,
Shaila will hold a group interview for those with five or fewer years of
meditation experience.)
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 03/21/02
| Discussion
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
| 03/28/02
| We'll have a discussion about diversity in our sangha.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 04/04/02
| Dharma talk.
(On the following morning, Friday, April 5, 9:30 to 11:00 am,
Shaila will hold a group interview for those with five or more years of
meditation experience.)
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 04/11/02
| Discussion about practice.
| Fred McEnroe, sangha member
|
| 04/18/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 04/25/02
| Discussion
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
| 05/02/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 05/09/02
| Listen to tape from Mark VanLeit about his monastic life in Thailand.
| Betsy VanLeit.
|
| 05/16/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 05/23/02
| Reading and discussion
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 05/30/02
| Discussion
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 06/06/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 06/13/02
| Discussion: Cultivating Diversity in the Sangha: What are the First
Steps?
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 06/20/02
| Dharma talk
| Leigh Brasington
|
| 06/27/02
| Hilary and Mel will talk about their recent
vipassana meditation retreat with Stephen and Martine Batchelor.
| Hilary Heyl and Mel Schneider, sangha members
|
| 07/04/02
| No meeting due to holiday.
|
|
| 07/11/02
| Dharma talk
| Ajahn Amaro
|
| 07/18/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 07/25/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 08/01/02
| Discussion about Layers of Letting Go.
Mary will introduce the topic briefly and then open the floor for
discussion.
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 08/08/02
| Discussion about Using Noting While Meditating.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 08/15/02
| Discussion: What are insights and why do we meditate to get them?
Vipassana meditation is also known as "insight meditation" because
it leads to understandings about oneself and the
world which can occur on several different levels. Suzanne
will briefly describe the kinds of insights
that can occur and will then open the floor for sangha members to
discuss their experiences and insights.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 08/22/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 08/29/02
| Dharma talk
| Eugene Cash
|
| 09/05/02
| Dharma talk.
(On the following morning, Friday, September 6, 9:30 to 11:00 am,
Shaila will hold a group interview with those with five or fewer years of
meditation experience.)
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 09/12/02
| Talking circle with open discussion
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 09/19/02
| Dharma talk.
(On the following morning, Friday, September 20, 9:30 to 11:00 am,
Shaila will hold a group interview with those with five or more years of
meditation experience.)
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 09/26/02
| Sangha membership meeting. (We will have a shorter sitting this
evening.) See the Membership
Meetings web page for more details.
| Bonnie Kelly and DD Boone, sangha members
|
| 10/03/02
| Dharma talk and discussion about The Spiritual Practice of
Diversity
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 10/10/02
| Loving kindness series
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 10/17/02
| Talk/discussion about Disability and Diversity
| Christine Hall, sangha member
|
| 10/24/02
| Loving kindness series
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 10/31/02
| Loving kindness series
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 11/07/02
| Loving kindness series
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 11/14/02
| Loving kindness series
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 11/21/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 11/28/02
| Thanksgiving. No meeting
|
|
| 12/05/02
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 12/12/02
| We will spend the time after the sitting socializing and saying goodbye
to long-time sangha member, Sandy Lee. Sandy will be moving to St.
Louis in less than a week, so please come out and wish him well in this
new phase of his life.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 12/19/02
| Discussion about the death penalty and how it relates to buddhist
practice
| Tam Saimons and Don Tarbutton, sangha members
|
| 12/26/02
| No meeting due to holiday
|
|
2003
|
| 01/02/03
| Sila will lead the evening. Sila is the Thai monk at the
Wat Buddhasothorn Temple where we meet.
| The Venerable Sila
|
| 01/09/03
| Discussion
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 01/16/03
| Dharma talk
Note:The following morning, Friday, January 17, 9:30-11:00,
Shaila will lead a practice discussion/group interview group
for both experienced and new meditators at Bonnie's house. See
Friday Morning
Meetings for more information.
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 01/23/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 01/30/03
| Short talk/discussion about Annica (Impermanence)
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 02/06/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 02/13/03
| Short talk and discussion on
Understanding Dana as a Practice. Dana is a Buddhist word
that means generosity of heart.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 02/20/03
| Dharma talk
| Doug Booth, CDL from Santa Fe
|
| 02/27/03
| Presentation/discussion about diversity
| Don Tarbutton, sangha member, and others in the diversity group
|
| 03/06/03
| Discussion about some aspect of practice
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 03/13/03
| Sangha membership meeting.
Everyone welcome.
|
|
| 03/20/03
| Discussion about Cultivating Equanimity In Difficult Times.
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 03/27/03
| Reading from Bikkhu Boddhi's interview in Insight Magazine about
Western Teachings and then a discussion
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 04/03/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 04/10/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 04/17/03
| Discussion about Life after Shaila.
The board will present ideas that have come from discussions with
Shaila and Santa Fe and solicit ideas from members. Shaila's term
as resident teacher for the Albuquerque and Santa Fe sanghas will
end at the end of August.
| Christine Hall and Suzanne Kryder, sangha members
|
| 04/24/03
| Short talk and then discussion on the five training precepts --
avoiding killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, harmful speech, and
intoxicants.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 05/01/03
| Talk entitled The Unified Field.
| Kathleen O'Malley, sangha member
|
| 05/08/03
| Discussion
| Lydia Succi, sangha member
|
| 05/15/03
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 05/22/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 05/29/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 06/05/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 06/12/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 06/19/03
| Talk and discussion about the life of the Buddha
| John O'Keefe, sangha member
|
| 06/26/03
| Discussion about sangha members' wants and needs from spiritual community.
We welcome and value input from newcomers.
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 07/03/03
| We'll discuss a noting technique that Shaila
has taught. We'll all try the technique and then discuss noting.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 07/10/03
| Short talk and discussion about
maintaining equanimity under stress when individual freedom is
challenged in times of peril.
| Maggie Seeley, sangha member
|
| 07/17/03
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 07/24/03
| Potluck and shower for Shaila. This will be our last night
with Shaila -- at least for
quite a while! We'll have a vegetarian potluck at the temple. You are also
welcome to bring a dana contribution for Shaila's stay at the
The Forest Refuge. She will be in silent retreat there for a year
and will need to take personal supplies with her. For a list
of items that you might give as dana, you can email Deborah
Hill.
|
|
| 07/31/03
| Short and readings on the first precept, undertaking the training
to refrain from killing, followed by discussion.
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 08/07/03
| Short talk and then a discussion on The Jewel of Sangha.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 08/14/03
| Dharma talk.
| Woods Shoemaker, dharma teacher from Santa Fe.
Woods Shoemaker has been practicing vipassana since 1976. He studied Viniyoga in
Madras with TKV Desikachar where he began teaching yoga in 1978. He currently
teaches vipassana meditation.
|
| 08/21/03
| Suzanne Kryder will talk about finishing the
Community Dharma Leader (CDL) training.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 08/28/03
| Dharma talk.
| Ralph Steele, dharma teacher and staff member of the Life Transition Institute in Santa Fe
|
| 09/04/03
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 09/11/03
| Discussion on Practicing with Fear.
| Tam Saimons, sangha member,
|
| 09/18/03
| Reading, short talk and discussion about Engaged Spirituality and
possibly how evolutionary psychology relates to buddhism.
| Matt Pirritano, sangha member,
|
| 09/25/03
| Annual membership meeting and board election.
|
|
| 10/02/03
| Discussion on
Security and Weapons of Mass Delusion.
| Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
|
| 10/09/03
| Presentation on
Who are we without our stories? The Work of Byron Katie.
It is not our problems that cause us to suffer; it is our attachment to
thoughts about our problems. The presentation will consist of a brief
description of The Work of Byron Katie, often known only as The Work,
followed by actually doing The Work with volunteers. If you would like to
experience The Work of Byron Katie, and in order to save time, please
answer, as deeply as you can, the following questions using short and
simple sentences. Write them down and bring them with you to the sitting:
1. Who angers or saddens or disappoints you?
2. How do you want them to change? What do you want them to do?
3. What is it that they should or shouldn't do?
4. List your two greatest fears around this issue.
| Mel Schneider and Lana Wheeler, sangha members
|
| 10/16/03
| Readings and lead
a discussion about Being with Unpleasantness.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 10/23/03
| Dharma talk on Training the Mind with Love and Compassion.
| Khenpo Tsultrim, resident lama of the Tibetan Meditation Center, in Frederick, Maryland
|
| 10/30/03
| Dharma talk on Sangha as Spiritual Community.
| Don Tarbutton, former sangha member and Community Dharma Leader (CDL)
|
| 11/06/03
| Discussion about The many layers of right livelihood.
It will begin with a short 10 minute questioning of the nature
of our work, what we bring to it in terms of right understanding,
speech, action, etc., what it brings to us and how it helps/hinders
us in aligning our efforts with our hopes for the world.
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 11/13/03
| Talk and discussion
on Opening to the experience of Anatta (No Self). Anatta is
one of the three characteristics of all conditioned phenomena and,
for many people, it is the most difficult of the three to understand.
The talk will include guided reflections on anatta.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 11/20/03
| Dharma talk on Socially Engaged Buddhism.
| Don Tarbutton, former sangha member and Community Dharma Leader (CDL)
|
| 11/27/03
| No meeting because of Thanksgiving.
But, please note that on Monday, November 24,
Arinna Weisman, dharma teacher, will lead a sit and giving a dharma talk
same place, same time, but different day (Monday!).
Arinna is doing a residency in Santa Fe during November and we are
very fortunate to have her visit our sangha while she is in New Mexico.
|
|
| 12/04/03
| Discussion about sangha.
We will discuss how we individually, collectively, and collaboratively can
create a sangha that nourishes our spiritual practice and growth through
the practice of giving to the community. This continues a discussion that
began last June, as we began to look at what would happen when Shaila
left, and which has continued intermittently since then, including
at the recent membership meeting. We expect that the discussion will
be part of a series of meetings about what we want our sangha to be.
We would like the discussion to be from the perspective that what the
| Tam Saimons, sangha member, with help from Suzanne Sluizer and
Suzanne Kryder, sangha members.
|
| 12/11/03
| Discussion, topic to be announced.
| Monique Salhab, sangha member
|
| 12/18/03
| Dharma talk.
| Woods Shoemaker, dharma teacher from Santa Fe.
Woods has been practicing vipassana since 1976. He studied
Viniyoga in Madras with TKV Desikachar where he began teaching yoga
in 1978. He currently teaches vipassana meditation.
|
| 12/25/03
| No meeting because of the Christmas holiday.
|
|
2004
|
| 01/01/04
| There'll be no Thursday night meeting on January 1.
However, please join us for our annual New Year's retreat which starts on
New Year's eve (Wednesday) and continues through New Year's day (Thursday).
|
|
| 01/08/04
| Discussion, topic to be announced.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 01/15/04
| We'll listen to a taped dharma talk by dharma teacher Jack
Kornfield about Metta.
This will be the first in an eight month series on the four
brahmaviharas: loving-kindness (metta), compassion (karuna),
sympathetic joy (mudita), and equanimity (upekkha). We'll spend one
Thursday per month on this study.
| Joanne McEntire, sangha member
|
| 01/22/04
| Dharma talk
| Woods Shoemaker, dharma teacher from Santa Fe.
Woods has been practicing vipassana since 1976. He studied
Viniyoga in Madras with TKV Desikachar where he began teaching yoga
in 1978. He currently teaches vipassana meditation.
|
| 01/29/04
| Talk and discussion on mindfulness of the body.
| Jennifer Carson, sangha member
|
| 02/05/04
| Discussion on Metta.
This will be the second in our series on the brahmaviharas.
See Thursday Night Brahmavihara
Study.
| Sangha members Tim Wadsworth, Tam Saimons, and Suzanne Sluizer.
|
| 02/12/04
| Dharma talk based on the idea that the central purpose
of our lives is to seek meaning, to seek happiness. We'll look together at ten
unskillful actions to be avoided that lead to unhappiness (suffering) and
six wholesome actions for the good, positive actions we can undertake that
lead to happiness, for both our own welfare and for the benefit of others.
| Don Tarbutton, a former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives north of Santa Fe.
He was trained as a Community Dharma Leader (CDL) at Spirit Rock.
|
| 02/19/04
| Dharma talk.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 02/26/04
| Discussion/talk about Iraq.
| Kathleen O'Malley, sangha member
|
| 03/04/04
| Talk and discussion on Craving.
| Hilary Heyl, sangha member
|
| 03/11/04
| Dharma talk.
| Dharma teacher Norman Feldman.
|
| 03/18/04
| Taped dharma talk by Jack Kornfield on Compassion.
This will be the third in our series on the brahmaviharas.
See Thursday Night Brahmavihara
Study.
|
|
| 03/25/04
| Sangha membership meeting. See
Membership Meetings for more details.
| Sangha members Christine Hall and Vicki Gottlieb will fascilitate
the meeting.
|
| 04/01/04
|
Dharma talk the lojong, or mind training, teachings of
Tibetan Buddhism. These teachings give us inspired practical tools we
can use to work with our own most painful emotions. Combined with
tonglen meditation practice, they provide a powerful means for
uncovering genuine compassion and dissolving the barriers that keep us
from truly experiencing our own lives. Many thanks to Kristine Maltrud
for arranging this special event for us.
|
Jennifer Woodhull, teacher from the Shambala tradition
and a senior student of Pema Chodron.
|
| 04/08/04
| Dharma talk
| Dharma teacher Molly Swan
|
| 04/15/04
| Dharma talk on Sila, Harmonious Living.
|
Don Tarbutton, Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996.
He studied with Eric Kolvig, and completed the
2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program through Spirit Rock in July 2003.
For more about Don and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don:
Faith in Action.
|
| 04/22/04
| Discussion on Karuna (Compassion).
This is part of our once-per-month series on the brahmaviharas.
See Thursday Night Brahmavihara
Study.
| Sangha members Tim Wadsworth, Tam Saimons, and Tom (oops Suzanne) Sluizer.
|
| 04/29/04
| Jay will share some of his recent reflections on
compassion and then open the floor for discussion.
| Jay Cutts, sangha member
|
| 05/06/04
| Taped dharma talk on Mudita (Sympathetic Joy) by Jack Kornfield.
This is part of our once-per-month series on the brahmaviharas.
See Thursday Night Brahmavihara
Study.
|
|
| 05/13/04
| Dharma talk and a discussion about Sitting Practice.
| Michael Freeman, founder and the director of
Southwest Sangha, an ecumenical, contemplative lay
monastery in southern New Mexico. He has studied and practiced Buddhist
meditation and psychology for seventeen years with both western and
eastern teachers. He lived in a Buddhist monastery for a year and a
half. Michael teaches, leads meditation retreats and facilitates group
process throughout the U.S.
|
| 05/20/04
| Discussion
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 05/27/04
| Discussion on Dharmic First Aid: Off-the-cushion practices
for when we are upset and caught up in our daily dramas, including
Tara Brach's "sacred pause" and guidelines recommended by Pema Chodren.
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 06/03/04
| Dharma talk on Wise Speech.
| Jean Smith
has practiced meditation since 1986. She has published eight books
on Buddhism, including The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's
Eightfold Path (author) and Breath Sweeps Mind (editor). She
lives in upper state New York, where she leads the High Peaks Sangha, and
Taos, New Mexico.
|
| 06/10/04
| Discussion on Mudita (Sympathetic Joy).
This is a part of our
Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study
series.
| Tam Saimons and Suzanne Sluizer, sangha members.
|
| 06/17/04
| Dharma talk.
|
Dr. Chanya Sutthiyano from Thailand, an abbott at a Thai wat
(temple) in California. Some of you
may remember Dr. Sutthiyano from last year, when he visited Albuquerque and
spoke to the sangha.
|
| 06/24/04
| Watering the Flowers, a discussion about and offering of gratitude.
| Mary Roy, sangha member
|
| 07/01/04
| Discussion on Interdependence.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 07/08/04
| There's sitting and walking meditation. Why not listening and speaking
meditation? Gregory Kramer developed Insight Dialogue ten years ago
to provide guidelines for a practice that works with communication and
relationship challenges. Suzanne Kryder, Albuquerque sangha member and
CDL (Community Dharma Leader), will give an overview of Insight Dialogue,
lead us in some practice, and answer questions about Gregory's upcoming
retreat here, October 28-31. Read more about Insight Dialogue at www.metta.org.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and CDL.
|
| 07/15/04
| We'll listen to a taped dharma talk by dharma teacher Jack
Kornfield about Upekkha (Equanimity).
This will be part of our Thursday
Night Brahmavihara Study.
| Tam Saimons and Suzanne Sluizer, sangha members.
|
| 07/22/04
| Dharma talk on Equanimity in a Time of Chaos.
|
Don Tarbutton, Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996.
He studied with Eric Kolvig, and completed the
2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program through Spirit Rock in July 2003.
For more about Don and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don:
Faith in Action.
|
| 07/29/04
| No program was set before the meeting. The group had a good discussion
about the hindrances.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 08/05/04
| Discussion on Upekkha (Equanimity)
This will be part of our Thursday
Night Brahmavihara Study.
| Tim Wadsworth and Lenore Kitani, sangha members
|
| 08/12/04
| Go-Round on Wisdom vs. Compassion Practice
| Hilary Heyl, sangha member
|
| 08/19/04
| Dharma talk.
| Dharma teacher Daeja Napier who will be in Santa Fe for a residency
August 6-27.
Daeja has studied and practiced in various Buddhist traditions including
Zen and Vipassana for thirty years and has been teaching for fifteen. Her
root teacher is Zen Master San Sunim. Her teaching and practice have been
influenced by Punjaji of Lucknow, India and the teachers of the Insight
Meditation Society, Barre, MA, particularly Joseph Goldstein. She is
the guiding teacher of many Sanghas across the United States, and has
served as the Dharma teacher of the Buddhist Fellowship at Phillips
Exeter Academy for eleven years. Daeja is the mother of five children.
|
| 08/26/04
| Presentation by Mel (Maryhelen) Snyder on Empathy as Spiritual
Practice. A couple of our sangha members participated in a day-long
workshop with Mel in which she taught a way of enhancing our ability to
listen to others with empathy. She calls what she taught becoming
-- a process in which one person listens deeply to another and then
speaks what they heard back to the listened-to person as if they'd
become the person. A back-and-forth dialog is continued in
which the listened-to person often feels heard in a particularly helpful
and satisfying way. Our sangha members had such a rewarding experience
at the workshop that they asked Mel if she would be willing to share
becoming with our sangha, and Mel has generously agreed. Empathy
is foundational to the compassion and joy-in-others'-happiness-and-success
practices that we do. In Mel's presentation you may expect her to
elucidate becoming by explanation and demonstration and to offer
us the opportunity to practice and experience it in both the listener and
listened-to roles. | Mel Snyder (not to be confused with our own Mel
Schneider!) is a highly regarded psychologist in Albuquerque, a leader
in the Quaker community here, and was the key figure in introducing and
fostering Re-evaluation Co-counseling to the city. She is knowledgeable
regarding Buddhism and has done much deep spiritual work, including
years of study with J. Krishnamurti.
|
| 09/02/04
| Taped dharma talk by Sharon Salzburg.
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
| 09/09/04
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine, who was our teacher
2001 to 2003, has recently returned from ten months of intensive silent
retreat practice.
|
| 09/16/04
| Sangha Membership Meeting. This will be our
Annual Meeting where we will select 5 new board members. See
Membership Meeting for more details.
| Joanne McEntire, sangha member
|
| 09/23/04
| Short talk and then discussion on Intuition, Synchronicity,
and Grace.
| Don Tarbutton, former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives
north of Santa Fe. Don has been a Vipassana practitioner and student
of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric
, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership
program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don
and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
|
| 09/30/04
| We'll listen to a tape of a Gregory Kramer dharma
talk. Greg explains how his talking and listening meditation process titled
Insight Dialogue relates directly to the Buddha's teachings. An interesting
talk for everyone to hear, but particularly if you're thinking about sitting the retreat with Greg Kramer
October 28-31.
Please note that, this evening, we will be meeting at Vicki's home.
| Sandy Lee, sangha member
|
| 10/07/04
| Jason Siff, head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project will visit our sangha
and give a dharma talk. Jason will visit us while doing a teacher-in-residence
program in Santa Fe September 19-October 17.
| Jason Siff
|
| 10/14/04
| We'll have a very informal meeting. We'll sit together and
then either socialize or have a discussion, whichever the
group prefers. (Ended up discussing work of Jason Siff -- see above.)
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 10/21/04
| We'll hold a special meeting to discuss our upcoming teacher
residency in February.
| Christine Hall and Fred Herman, sangha members
|
| 10/28/04
| We won't sit at the Wat. However, Gregory Kramer has invited everyone
to join those doing the retreat at the Canossian Center to attend the
Thursday evening sitting and dharma talk there.
| Greg Kramer
|
| 11/04/04
| Talk and discussion about Taking Refuge After the Election.
We have seen plenty of polarization and passion during
this election year. Eric will ask the sangha to share what we are
feeling after November 2. He will talk about liberating qualities of
the teachings and the practice that can help us anchor in the dharma
after the election, and he will lead a guided metta meditation.
| Eric Kolvig, sangha member (this evening)
|
| 11/11/04
| Dharma talk.
| Lila (Kate) Wheeler. Lila will visit
us while she is doing a residency with the Santa Fe sangha. Lila learned
Vipassana meditation from Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein in 1977 and
has been leading shorter retreats around the United States for nearly 20
years. She has practiced with Western and Asian teachers from a variety
of traditions in the US, Burma, India, Thailand and Europe. She's also a
writer of fiction and journalism. Her most recent publication is Nixon
Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction, an anthology
of other writers' stories published in spring 2004 by Wisdom Publications.
|
| 11/18/04
| Talk and lead a discussion
on Dana. If you have the time, it would be helpful to read:
Dana and Teacher Support
before the meeting.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 11/25/04
| No meeting because of Thanksgiving.
|
|
| 12/02/04
| Dharma talk
| Lila Wheeler. See 11/11/04 for biography.
|
| 12/09/04
| We'll continue the discussion about dana started on November 18.
If you have the time and haven't done so already,
it would be helpful to read this before the meeting: Dana and
Teacher Support.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 12/16/04
|
We'll practice insight dialogue, which was presented
by Gregory Kramer at a recent retreat. Insight dialogue is the
mindful practice of speaking and listening, usually done in small
groups. You can read more about insight dialogue at
www.metta.org.
| Joanne McEntire and Terry Thompson, sangha members
|
| 12/23/04
| We'll listen to a taped dharma talk by Jack Kornfield on
The Last Teachings of the Buddha.
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 12/30/04
| A celebration and ceremony of dana and the Wat Buddhasothorn.
| Vicki Gottlieb, sangha member
|
2005
|
| 01/06/05
| Talk about The Buddhist Perspective on the Death Penalty.
| Don Tarbutton, a former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives
north of Santa Fe. He has been a Vipassana practitioner and student
of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric
Kolvig, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership
program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don
and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
|
| 01/13/05
| We'll hold a discussion on the state of our sangha and what we want/need from
it. We will discuss how we individually, collectively and
collaboratively can create a sangha that nourishes our spiritual
practice and growth through the practice of giving to the community.
This is a continuation of past discussions on two topics: what we
want our sangha to be and dana (giving/generosity).
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 01/20/05
| We'll listen to a tape by Tara Brach on
Radical Self-Acceptance and say a few words. This will
be followed by group conversation if there is time.
Tara Brach is co-leading a retreat in Albuquerque with James Baraz April
21-26. She teaches at retreats all over North America and is also widely
known for her recent book, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with
the Heart of a Buddha. Tara founded the Insight Meditation Community of
Washington DC and is the senior teacher there.
|
Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member
|
| 01/27/05
| Dharma talk.
| Jason Siff, head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project.
Jason will be do a residency with our sangha during June 2005.
|
| 02/03/05
|
Taped dharma talk by Larry Rosenberg,
the founder of the Cambridge Insight
Meditation Center and a regular teacher at IMS.
| Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
|
| 02/10/05
| Taped talk by dharma teacher Christopher Titmus.
| Joanne McEntire, sangha member
|
| 02/17/05
| Suzanne Kryder will talk about her recent retreat in Burma.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and Community Dharma Leader
|
| 02/24/05
| Matthew Flickstein, who'll be doing a residency in Santa Fe,
will visit our sangha and give a dharma talk.
Later note: Matthew became ill and could not meet with us.
Suzanne Kryder talked more about her retreat in Burma.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and Community Dharma Leader
|
| 03/03/05
| We'll continue our ongoing discussion on Dana: Dana, digging a
little deeper.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 03/10/05
| Grove Burnett will
give a dharma talk. Grove will visit
Albuquerque while doing a residency in Santa Fe.
| Grove Burnett, co-director
of the Vallecitos Mountain Refuge. He has practiced environmental law
since 1972 and is co-founder of the Western Environmental Law Center,
a public interest firm dedicated to protecting the natural resources
and environment of the West. Grove has devoted the last 20 years to
intensive training and practice in the Buddhist meditation tradition,
training with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
|
| 03/17/05
| We'll listen to part of a tape and discuss Tara Brach's work
on Radical Self-Acceptance.
Tara Brach, along with James Baraz, will lead a retreat in
Albuquerque in April.
| Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member
|
| 03/24/05
| Grove Burnett will give a dharma talk.
| Grove Burnett, see March 10 above.
|
| 03/31/05
| Sangha membership meeting.
|
|
| 04/07/05
| Dharma talk
| Dharma teacher Grove
Burnett. Grove will visit Albuquerque while doing
a residency in Santa Fe. Grove is co-director of the Vallecitos
Mountain Refuge. He has practiced environmental law since 1972 and is
co-founder of the Western
Environmental Law Center, a public interest firm dedicated to
protecting the natural resources and environment of the West. Grove
has devoted the last 20 years to intensive training and practice in
the Buddhist meditation tradition, training with Jack Kornfield and
Joseph Goldstein.
|
| 04/14/05
| Dharma talk
| Grove Burnett, see April 7.
|
| 04/21/05
| Tape by Sharon Salzberg and lead a discussion on Loving Kindness.
(First of three part series, April 21, April 28, May 5.)
| Sangha members Terry Thompson and Joan Granger
|
| 04/28/05
| Tape by Sharon Salzberg and lead a discussion on Loving Kindness.
(Second of three part series, April 21, April 28, May 5.)
| Sangha members Terry Thompson and Joan Granger
|
| 05/05/05
| Concluding discussion on Loving Kindness based on a taped dharma talk by
Sharon Salzberg. (Third of three part series, April 21, April 28, May 5.)
| Sangha member Joan Granger
|
| 05/12/05
| Taped dharma talk by Sharon Salzburg about Metta.
|
|
| 05/19/05
| Talk and discussion on Non Harming and the First Five Precepts.
| Sanga member Maggie Seeley.
|
| 05/26/05
| Kathleen will talk about her recent trip to Iraq.
| Kathleen O'Malley, sangha member
|
| 06/02/05
| Discussion about
Two Aspects of Practice from Suttas and Other Readings.
| Sangha member Fred McEnroe
|
| 06/09/05
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff,
head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project will give a dharma talk.
He will be in Albuquerque for a residency with our sangha June 8-30.
|
| 06/16/05
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff.
|
| 06/23/05
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff.
|
| 06/30/05
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff.
|
| 07/07/05
| Short talk and then discussion on Opening to Vulnerability and Fear
in our Practice.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 07/14/05
| We'll listen to a taped dharma talk -- the first dharma talk of
April 2005 Tara Brach/James Baraz retreat here in Albuquerque.
|
|
| 07/21/05
| Dharma talk
| Daeja Napier.
|
| 07/28/05
| Don Tarbutton will talk about his experience over the last eleven
months participating in the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies Chaplaincy
Training Program. This introductory program serves as preparation
and discernment for people who are considering a possible career
in professional chaplaincy including the possibility of serving a
local sangha in a pastoral role. The program provides basic training
in spiritual care: attending the sickand dying, performing weddings,
memorials and other ceremonies and offering spirtual direction for lay
practitioners. Also, Don wanted people
to know that the Sati Center is now accepting applications for the
Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program for September 2005 - July 2006.
People can contact Don for more information, 505-583-2152
or karuna newmexico.com.
| Don Tarbutton, a former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives
north of Santa Fe. He has been a Vipassana practitioner and student
of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric
Kolvig, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership
program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don
and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
|
| 08/04/05
| Discussion about Intention based on Jamez Baraz retreat CD.
| Vicki Gottlieb, sangha member
|
| 08/11/05
| Discussion about Right Speech in Today's World.
| Maggie Seeley, sangha member
|
| 08/18/05
| Dharma talk. Also Eric will offer 20 minute interviews between 4
and 6 pm, before the sitting and dharma talk. Alexcia, the interview
coordinator for Eric's visits, will provide a sign-up schedule on
Thursday nights before the dates of Eric's visits -- or contact
Alexcia directly at 265-6206.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/25/05
| Short talk and then discussion on Opening to Vulnerability and Fear
in our Practice.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 09/01/05
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 09/08/05
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 09/15/05
| Taped dharma talk by Eric Kolvig.
| Terry Thompson, sangha member
|
| 09/22/05
| Membership meeting. See
Membership Meetings for more details.
|
|
| 09/29/05
| Discussion on
The Inclination of the Mind Toward Silence.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 10/06/05
| Talk and discussion on Meditation.
| Maggie Seeley, sangha member
|
| 10/13/05
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 10/20/05
| Short talk, reading and discussion on Happiness.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 10/27/05
| Dharma talk
| Arinna Weisman
|
| 11/03/05
| Discussion on Letting go of the desire
to become
| Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
|
| 11/10/05
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/17/05
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff,
head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project.
|
| 11/24/05
| Thanksgiving Day. We won't meet on this evening.
|
|
| 12/01/05
| Dharma talk
| Diana Lightmoon. Diana is currently in teacher training with Jason Siff.
|
| 12/08/05
| Suzanne Kryder just returned from a 3-week
pilgrimage to India to see the four holy sites of the
Buddha: Lumbini, Nepal where he was born; Bodh Gaya
where he reached enlightenment; Sarnath where he gave
his first teaching; and Kushinagar where he died.
She'll describe some of her experiences and show a
few photos from the trip.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 12/15/05
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/22/05
| Short talk and then discussion about
Meditation, Concentration and Wisdom.
| Ted Ulinski, sangha member
|
| 12/29/05
| Hilary Heyl will share her experience attending
Jason Siff's retreat in early November and will lead a discussion
about Jason's work.
| Hilary Heyl, sangha member
|
2006
|
| 01/05/06
| We will reflect on intentions for our practice in the coming
year, similar to the western idea of making resolutions.
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 01/12/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 01/19/06
| A Consensus Workshop - what it is and how do we get there
| Fred Herman and Suzanne Kryder, sangha members.
|
| 01/26/06
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 02/02/06
| Dharma talk
| Diana Lightmoon. Diana is currently in teacher
training with Jason
Siff.
|
| 02/09/06
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 02/16/06
| Dharma talk
| Daeja Napier
|
| 02/23/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 03/02/06
| Sangha membership meeting.
|
|
| 03/09/06
| Bonnie Duran, who recently completed three months on retreat, will lead a
discussion of the joys, challenges and opportunities for intensive
meditation practice.
| Bonnie Duran
|
| 03/16/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric
Kolvig, dharma techer
|
| 03/23/06
| Dharma talk on The Seven Concentric Circles of Spiritual
Development.
Note: The talk is available on CD. Cost per CD is $5.
Proceeds go to the sangha. Available with each CD, or separately for
free, is a one-page outline of the talk, listing the Seven Circles
and major subtopics. CDs are available from Sandy Lee on Thursday
evenings or you can contact him at slee cs.unm.edu.
| Dharma teacher Matthew Flickstein.
He has been practicing and
teaching vipassana meditation for over twenty-five
years. At one time, he was ordained as a monk in the
Theravadan Buddhist tradition. His primary teacher
has been Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, a Buddhist monk
for over fifty-eight years and author of the highly
regarded book, Mindfulness in Plain English. Matthew
co-founded the Bhavana Society Meditation Center in
West Virginia with Bhante Gunaratana in 1982. Matthew
has published two books, Journey to the Center,
A Meditation Workbook and Swallowing the River
Ganges: A Comprehensive Practice Guide to the Path of
Purification, through Wisdom Publications.
|
| 03/30/06
| Dharma talk
| Jason
Siff
|
| 04/06/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/13/06
| Dharma talk
| Grove Burnett, founder of the Western Environmental Law
Center, a public interest environmental law firm. He has litigated many
important environmental cases in the Southwest, including
the reintroduction of the endangered Mexican Wolf (the Lobo) back into
the wild. Grove is also co-founder of the Vallecitos Mountain Refuge, a
wilderness ranch and contemplative center for the nonprofit and activist
community, located 45 miles west of Taos. Grove has trained extensively
in the Buddhist traditions for over 25 years with Jack Kornfield, Joseph
Goldstein, and Thich Nhat Hanh. He is currently completing a 4 year
intensive teacher training program with Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock. In
addition to teaching retreats at Vallecitos, he teaches retreats with
Steven Smith, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein, including meditation
retreats for the Yale Law School and the Insight Meditation Society.
|
| 04/20/06
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 04/27/06
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 05/04/06
| Walking the Talk, a discussion on the effects of practice
in our daily life.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 05/11/06
| Small group discussions about
What is going on in my meditation practice?
| Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
|
| 05/18/06
| Getting to Know Your Sangha.
Some of us who have been a part of the AVS for a number of years are
happy to see many new faces at our Thursday evening get-togethers
and we would enjoy getting to know you - and allowing you to know
us - better. Recent-comers: What got you to our Thursday
night meetings? What were/are you hoping to find and how might the
Sangha better help you meet your needs? Longer-time members:
What do you love about our AVS? Are there ways it disappoints you? In
addition to our Thursday evening programs and other announced events,
many of us "old-timers" find pleasure in our less formal associations
and friendships with one another. Association on a regular basis with
others seeking to live lives informed and nourished by Dharma can be an
invaluable support to living the Dharma. Community has been integral to
Buddhism from its inception. Let's think together how we might better
serve each other. Tentative format: Small group sharing; large
group discussion; time for unstructured socializing. Cookies.
| Mel Schneider, sangha member.
|
| 05/25/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 06/01/06
| Dharma talk
| Martine Batchelor
|
| 06/08/06
| Dharma talk
| Diana
Lightmoon.
|
| 06/15/06
| Ted Ulinski will lead a discussion on Awareness.
Ted will begin with a brief reading from the Satipatthana Sutra
(The Foundations of Mindfulness). Ted has pulled together the
following recommendations and website addresses for those who
would like to do some reading on the topic of awareness or clear
comprehension: Bhikku Nanamoli and Bhikku Bhodi's translation of the
Majjhima Nikaya, The Middle Length Discourse of the Bhudda.
Another translation, though not as good, but free, can also be read
at the Access to Insight website. Recommended background
reading is Soma Thera, The Way of Mindfulness, Nyanaponikha
Thera, The Heart of Bhuddist Mediation, and Sadawaya N
Silanadana, Four Foundations of Mindfulness. These can
be read at BuddhaSasana English Articles.
| Ted Ulinski, sangha member
|
| 06/22/06
| Presentation and discussion on
Bringing It All Back Home. It's about experiential
truth, self, other, and getting back to where we once belonged.
| Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member.
|
| 06/29/06
| Dharma talk
| Stephen Batchelor
|
| 07/06/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 07/13/06
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 07/20/06
| We'll listen to a taped talk by Ajahn Amaro and then hold a discussion.
| Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
|
| 07/27/06
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 08/03/06
| We'll listen to a recorded dharma talk by Donald Rothberg on The
Dharma of Difficult People. Many of us have come across the
teaching that difficult people are Buddhas, sent to teach us.
Donald Rothberg talks about his thinking and work with this
practice. Followed by a discussion.
| Elizabeth Rapaport, sangha nember
|
| 08/10/06
| We'll listen to portions of a Pema Chodron CD with time for
related group sharing and discussion.
| Mel Schneider, sangha member
|
| 08/17/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/24/06
| Dharma talk
| Diana Lightmoon, licensed psychotherapist, massage therapist and Certified Rosen
Method Bodywork Practitioner. She has been practicing meditation
for 17 years. She is currently in teacher training with Jason Siff of
the Skillful
Meditation Project. She also teaches meditation to
men and women incarcerated in New Mexico prisons through Heart Mountain Prison
Project.
|
| 08/31/06
| Short talk and discussion on Mindfulness in the Work Place.
| Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
|
| 09/07/06
| It's Only A Dream, a discussion about impermanence.
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 09/14/06
| Discussion about The Four Noble Truths.
| Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member
|
| 09/21/06
| Guided meditation using
a CD by Sharon Salzberg entitled Guided Practice/06king with
Hindrances followed by a discussion of five hindrances: desire,
aversion, sleepiness, restlessness and doubt.
| Lydia Maestas, sangha member
|
| 09/28/06
| We'll hold a membership meeting.
The agenda will include our annual board election.
|
|
| 10/05/06
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 10/12/06
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 10/19/06
| Dharma talk
Don says: "The topic will be the
Perfection of Truth. The talk will be an adaptation of a sermon
I gave on the Power of Truth to an interfaith audience for Sunday morning
chapel service at the Veterans Hospital in Seattle. I want to demonstrate
how I was able to be inclusive of the teachings of the Buddha in that
pretty Christian setting."
|
Don Tarbutton, former Albuquerque sangha member.
He has been a Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996.
He studied with Eric Kolvig, and participated
in the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program at Spirit Rock.
Don has recently completed a year-long Buddhist chaplaincy training
program following by a year-long internship in the Clinical
Pastoral Education program at the Veteran's Administration hospital
in Seattle.
|
| 10/26/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/02/06
| Short talk and then discussion about Obstinate Views.
| Ted Ulinski, sangha member
|
| 11/09/06
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 11/16/06
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 11/23/06
| No meeting this evening because of Thanksgiving holiday.
|
|
| 11/30/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/07/06
| Discussion on Buddhist Contemplative Practice
| Hilary Heyl, sangha member
|
| 12/14/06
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/21/06
| Recorded dharma talk by Bhante Gunaratana
about the five dharmas worth contemplating followed by
a discussion
| Ted Ulinski, sangha member
|
| 12/28/06
| Dharma talk
| Shaila Catherine
|
2007
|
| 01/04/07
| Discussion about Generosity
| Kathryn Turnipseed, sangha member
|
| 01/11/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 01/18/07
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 01/25/07
| General membership meeting
| Kathryn Turnipseed, sangha member
|
| 02/01/07
| Dharma talk.
| Diana Lightmoon. Diana is a teacher with the Skillful Meditation Project, training with
Jason Siff.
|
| 02/08/07
| Continuation (from Jan 4) of discussion about Generosity
| Kathryn Turnipseed, sangha member
|
| 02/15/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 02/22/07
| Discussion on Putting the horse before the cart: Sila and its place in dharma practice
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 03/01/07
| Talk on Three Characteristics of Experience as realized
through the Four Levels of Mindfulness.
| Laura Wright.
Laura has been teaching meditation classes, workshops, seminars,
and retreats since 1997. She worked closely with her main Dharma teacher,
Pujari (Ed) Keays, for eight years, and has also studied with Matthew
Flickstein, recently completing his Advanced Teachers Training Program.
Laura's passion for Theravada Buddhism is apparent in her teachings and is
obvious in her recently published book, Reflective Journaling, A Guide to
Personal and Spiritual Growth.
|
| 03/08/07
| Dharma talk
| Matthew Flickstein
|
| 03/15/07
| Dharma talk
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/22/07
| Dharma talk
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/29/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/05/07
| We'll listen to and then discuss a recording of a dharma
talk by Ajahn Amaro on Knowing vs. Thinking
| Ron Stillman, sangha member
|
| 04/12/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/19/07
| Dharma talk
| Jason
Siff
|
| 04/26/07
| Discussion on Evil begets Evil. Good Begets Good,
verses 1 and 2 of the Dharmapada.
| Ted Ulinski, sangha member
|
| 05/03/07
| We'll watch a video of Joseph Goldstein dharma talk about
Concepts and Reality.
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 05/10/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 05/17/07
| Dharma talk
| Brian Lesage.
Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years.
He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism.
He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent
intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana
Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar
(Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S.
He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety
of settings for the general population and has also taught
adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of
Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides
meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic
approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various
difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress.
He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig
|
| 05/24/07
| Dharma talk
| Bhante Kossagautamo, a visiting monk to the Wat
|
| 05/31/07
| Listen to a CD dharma talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu on The Sublime Attitudes.
| Ken Munoz, sangha member
|
| 06/07/07
| Dharma talk.
| Laura Wright, who has been teaching meditation (vipassana) workshops
and retreats since 1997, and is a published author. Her teaching reflects
her Buddhist based practice and her eight years of close study with her
Dharma teacher, Pujari Keays. Laura has recently studied intensively
with Matthew Flickstein.
|
| 06/14/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 06/21/07
| Discussion about
the three refuges (the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha),
the practice of chanting the refuges, and
the five precepts undertaken by householders:
(1) non-harming,
(2) not stealing, taking only that which is freely offered,
(3) not indulging in sexual practices that would bring harm to self or others,
(4) speaking only that which is true and helpful
(5) refraining from alcolhol and drugs that cloud the mind.
| Joan Granger, sangha member
|
| 06/28/07
| Dharma talk
| Jason
Siff
|
| 07/05/07
| Dharma talk
| Bhante Dhammaratana Thera
|
| 07/12/07
| Dharma talk
| Bhante Dhammaratana Thera
|
| 07/19/07
| Dharma talk
| Bhante Dhammaratana Thera
|
| 07/26/07
| Dharma talk about
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Spiritual Approach to Peacemaking
in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
| Dharma teacher Stephen Fulder. Dr. Fulder was born in
London in 1946 and has worked professionally and has had many books
published in the field of natural medicine and medicinal plants. He
is founder and senior teacher of the Israel Insight Society, the
main Vipassana and dharma teaching organization in Israel, and
has been teaching retreats, classes and courses for 13 years. He
is co-founder and teacher of Middleway and Akoda, Jewish-Arab
organizations that carry out dharma inspired peace activities and
also teach peace leadership, in Israel and the Palestinian areas.
|
| 08/02/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/09/07
| Dharma talk
| Writer and long-time Zen student Natalie Goldberg
|
| 08/16/07
| Talk about The Teachings of the Buddhas,
the first in a series of five talks. See The Salient Teachings of the Buddha
for more information.
| Laura Wright, who has been teaching meditation (vipassana) workshops
and retreats since 1997, and is a published author. Her teaching reflects
her Buddhist based practice and her eight years of close study with her
Dharma teacher, Pujari Keays. Laura has recently studied intensively
with Matthew Flickstein.
|
| 08/23/07
| Dharma talk.
| Shaila Catherine
|
| 08/30/07
| Dharma talk about The Progress of Insight.
| Brian Lesage, who has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years.
He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism.
He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent
intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana
Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar
(Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S.
He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety
of settings for the general population and has also taught
adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of
Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides
meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing, a naturalistic
approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various
difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress.
He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig.
|
| 09/06/07
| Talk about The Four Sublime or Heavenly
Abidings, the second in a series of five talks. Please see The Salient Teachings of the Buddha
for more information.
| Laura Wright, who has been teaching meditation (vipassana) workshops
and retreats since 1997, and is a published author. Her teaching reflects
her Buddhist based practice and her eight years of close study with her
Dharma teacher, Pujari Keays. Laura has recently studied intensively
with Matthew Flickstein.
|
| 09/13/07
| Community Night Program on Spiritual
Friendship or Kalyana Mitta. It will be a
combination of 20 minutes of a recorded dharma talk by
Carol Wilson, some reading by me from Bikkhu Bhodi and
then a short small group chat using some questions to
spur conversation.
|
|
| 09/20/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 09/27/07
| Membership meeting
|
|
| 10/04/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 10/11/07
| Dharma talk about Karma and Rebirth,
the third in a series of five talks. See The Salient Teachings of the Buddha.
| Laura
Wright
|
| 10/18/07
| Community Night Program on Generosity.
| Kempton Lindquist, sangha member
|
| 10/25/07
| Dharma talk
| Lila Kate Wheeler.
Lila learned Vipassana meditation from Sharon Salzberg
and Joseph Goldstein in 1977 and has been leading shorter retreats
around the United States for nearly 20 years. She has practiced with
Western and Asian teachers from a variety of traditions in the US,
Burma, India, Thailand and Europe. She's also a writer of fiction and
journalism. Her most recent publication is Nixon Under the Bodhi
Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction, an anthology of other
writers' stories published in spring 2004 by Wisdom Publications.
|
| 11/01/07
| Dharma talk on Generosity
| Brian Lesage.
Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years.
He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism.
He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent
intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana
Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar
(Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S.
He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety
of settings for the general population and has also taught
adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of
Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides
meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic
approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various
difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress.
He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/08/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/15/07
| Dharma talk about The Four Noble Truths or What's Suffering
Got to Do With It,
the fourth in a series of five talks. See The Salient Teachings of the Buddha.
| Laura Wright
|
| 11/22/07
| Thanksgiving. No meeting this week.
|
|
| 11/29/07
| Dharma talk
|
| 12/06/07
| Community night.
We'll listen to 20 minutes of a terrific talk by Carol Wilson on Dosa (or
Aversion) from the 2006 fall IMS retreat and then have small group discussions
guided by a few talking points about the topic.
| Valerie Roth, sangha member.
|
| 12/13/07
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/20/07
| Dharma talk on The Three Bases for Making Merit or
Happiness, the fifth in a series of five talks. See The Salient Teachings of the Buddha.
| Laura
Wright
|
| 12/27/07
| Community night. Sangha members Andrea Escher and Kathryn Turnipseed
will share some of their experiences sitting the 6-week intensive
meditation retreat at Insight Meditation Society from which they
recently returned. They will each speak for 10 minutes and then
answer any questions. Then the group will break into small groups
for discussion.
| Sangha members Andrea Escher and Kathryn Turnipseed
|
2008
|
| 01/03/08
| Dharma talk on Renunciation.
| Brian Lesage.
Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years.
He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism.
He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent
intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana
Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar
(Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S.
He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety
of settings for the general population and has also taught
adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of
Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides
meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing?, a naturalistic
approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various
difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress.
He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig
|
| 01/10/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 01/17/08
| Community night
|
|
| 01/24/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura
Wright
|
| 01/31/08
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 02/07/08
| Community night on The Experience of Compassion
| Fred Herman, sangha member
|
| 02/14/08
| Community night on Compassion Practice in our Work and Daily
Life
| Debra Serrino, sangha member
|
| 02/21/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura
Wright
|
| 02/28/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 03/06/08
| Dharma talk
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/13/08
| Community night with topic Right Speech.
| Valerie Roth, sangha member
|
| 03/20/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 03/27/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura
Wright
|
| 04/03/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/10/08
| Community night with topic Sympathetic Joy.
| Kempton Lindquist, sangha member
|
| 04/17/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura Wright
|
| 04/24/08
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 05/01/08
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 05/08/08
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 05/15/08
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 05/22/08
| Dharma talk
| Jason Siff
|
| 05/29/08
| Dharma talk on Compassionate Action.
Please note that Eric will donate all the dana
from the evening to the Foundation for the People of Burma.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 06/05/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 06/12/08
| Community night on topic Motivations for Practice.
| Debra Serrino, sangha member
|
| 06/19/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura
Wright
|
| 06/26/08
| Community night on topic Equanimity.
| Valerie Roth, sangha member
|
| 07/03/08
| Dharma talk, the first in a four-part series on
The Seven Factors of Awakening.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 07/10/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 07/17/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura Wright
|
| 07/24/08
| Dharma talk, the second in a four-part series on
The Seven Factors of Awakening.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 07/31/08
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 08/07/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/14/08
| Dharma talk, the third in a four-part series on
The Seven Factors of Awakening.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 08/21/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura
Wright
|
| 08/28/08
| Community night on topic Attachment
| Tam Saimons, sangha member
|
| 09/04/08
| Community night on topic The Importance of Sangha.
| Sangha members Kathryn Turnipseed, Valerie Roth, and Debra Serrino
|
| 09/11/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 09/18/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura
Wright
|
| 09/25/08
| Community night on topic Refuge in the Sangha, A Sharing Circle
| Sangha members Mark Steele and Kelly Klein
|
| 10/02/08
| Dharma talk, the final talk in a four-part series on
The Seven Factors of Awakening.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 10/09/08
| Dharma talk
| Laura Wright
|
| 10/16/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 10/23/08
| Dharma talk, 1st in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 10/30/08
| Dharma talk, 2nd in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 11/06/08
| Dharma talk, 3rd in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 11/13/08
| Dharma talk, 4th in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 11/20/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/27/08
| Thanksgiving -- no meeting
|
|
| 12/04/08
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/11/08
| Dharma talk on What Really Matters:
Meditative stillness and meditative action
| Laura Wright
|
| 12/18/08
| Community night on Gratitude, with sharing circle
| Tam Saimons
|
| 12/25/08
| Christmas -- no meeting
|
|
2009
|
| 01/01/09
| New Year's Day, no meeting
|
|
| 01/08/09
| Community night on the First Noble Truth
| Valerie Roth
|
| 01/15/09
| Community night on the Second Noble Truth
| Tam Saimons and Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 01/22/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 01/29/09
| Community night on the Third Noble Truth
| Kempton Lindquist and Fred Herman
|
| 02/05/09
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 02/12/09
| Community night on the Fourth Noble Truth
| Tiska Blankenship and Valerie Roth
|
| 02/19/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 02/26/09
| Community night panel, Reflections on the Four Noble Truths
|
|
| 03/05/09
| Dharma talk on Triple Jewel: Buddha.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/12/09
| Dharma talk on Triple Jewel: Dharma.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/19/09
| Dharma talk on Triple Jewel: Sangha.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/26/09
| Dharma talk
| Santikaro
|
| 04/02/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/09/09
| Community night on The Historical Roots of Buddhism
| Debra Serrino
|
| 04/16/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/23/09
| Community night on The First Precept, Refraining from Killing
| Gary and Debra Serrino
|
| 04/30/09
| Community night on The Second Precept, Refraining from Stealing
| Kempton Lindquist and Tam Saimons
|
| 05/07/09
| Community night on The Third Precept, Refraining from Sexual
Misconduct
| Valerie Roth and Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 05/14/09
| Dharma talk
| Brian Lesage
|
| 05/21/09
| Dharma talk on Climate Change: Our Deteriorating Atmosphere.
How do we Respond?
| Grove Burnett
|
| 05/28/09
| Community night on The Fourth Precept, Refraining from False
Speech
| Ken Munoz and Kelly Klein
|
| 06/04/09
| Dharma talk on topic Faith and Devotion
| Brian Lesage on Faith and Devotion
|
| 06/11/09
| Community night on The Fifth Precept, Refraining from the Use of
Intoxicants
| Tam Saimons and Andrea Escher
|
| 06/18/09
| Community night on The Parami of Generosity (Dana)
| Tam Saimons and Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 06/25/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 07/02/09
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 07/09/09
| Community night on The Parami of Virtue (Sila)
| Kempton Lindquist and Tiska Blankenship
|
| 07/16/09
| Community night on The Parami of Renunciation (Nekkhamma)
| Valiere Roth and Tam Saimons
|
| 07/23/09
| Community night on The Parami of Wisdom (Panna)
| Fred Herman and Gary Serrino
|
| 07/30/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/06/09
| Community night on The Parami of Energy (Viriya).
We will listen to a recording by Joseph Goldstein. To
accommodate the whole talk, the sitting will be shortened to
30 minutes.
|
|
| 08/13/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 08/20/09
| Community night on The Parami of Patience (Khanti)
| Valerie Roth and Kempton Lindquist.
|
| 08/27/09
| Community night on The Parami of Truthfulness (Sacca)
| Joan Granger and Ken Munoz
|
| 09/03/09
| Community night on The Parami of Determination (Aditthana)
| Kathryn Turnipseed and Andrea Escher
|
| 09/10/09
| Dharma talk on Buddhist Ethics in a Post 9/11 Era
| Brian Lesage
|
| 09/17/09
| Community night on The Parami of Loving Kindness (Metta)
| Fred Herman and Gary Serrino.
|
| 09/24/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 10/01/09
| Dharma talk
| Lila Kate Wheeler
|
| 10/08/09
| Community night on The Parami of Equanimity (Upekkha)
| Christine Hall and Mark Steele.
|
| 10/15/09
| Dharma talk on The Lay Buddhist
| Stephen
Batchelor
|
| 10/22/09
| Dharma talk on Our Relationship to Time.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 10/29/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/05/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/12/09
| Community night on Contentment
| Valerie Roth
|
| 11/19/09
| Community night on Gratitude
| Tam Saimons
|
| 11/26/09
| Thanksgiving, no meeting
|
|
| 12/03/09
| Dharma talk
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 12/10/09
| Dharma talk on Our Relationship to Thinking.
| Brian Lesage
|
| 12/17/09
| Community night with sharing circle on Reflections on 2009 and
Aspirations for 2010
| Fred Herman
|
| 12/24/09
| Christmas Eve, no meeting
|
|
| 12/31/09
| New Year's Eve, no meeting
|
|
2010
|
| 01/07/10
| Community night on Mindfulness, Part 1
| Valerie Roth
|
| 01/14/10
| Community night on Mindfulness, Part 2
| Valerie Roth
|
| 01/21/10
| Community night on First Foundation of Mindfulness
| Tam Saimons
|
| 01/28/10
| Community night on Second Foundation of Mindfulness
| Fred Herman
|
| 02/04/10
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 02/11/10
| Community night on Third Foundation of Mindfulness
| Debra Serrino
|
| 02/18/10
| Dharma talk on The Fourth Foundation: The Hindrances
| Brian Lesage
|
| 02/25/10
| Dharma talk on The Fourth Foundation: The Aggregates
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/04/10
| Dharma talk, the first in a four-week series on
Master Your Mind.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 03/11/10
| Dharma talk, the second in a four-week series on
Master Your Mind.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 03/18/10
| Dharma talk, the third in a four-week series on
Master Your Mind.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 03/25/10
| Dharma talk, the last in a four-week series on
Master Your Mind.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 04/01/10
| Dharma discussion on Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
| Kempton Lindquist
|
| 04/08/10
| Dharma discussion on Aspects of the Noble Eightfold Path
|
|
| 04/15/10
| Dharma discussion on Aspects of the Noble Eightfold Path
|
|
| 04/22/10
| Dharma discussion on
Factors of the Eightfold Path: Engaged Buddhism and Right View;
right view perspective/sangha aspirations; David Loy; David Brazier,
| Tiska Blankenship, Anne Arkin and Ann Harrison
|
| 04/29/10
| Dharma talk on Right Speech, Part 1
| Brian Lesage
|
| 05/06/10
| Dharma talk on on Right Speech, Part 2
| Brian Lesage
|
| 05/13/10
| Dharma talk
| Richard Shankman
|
| 05/20/10
| Dharma discussion on Factors of the Eightfold Path:
Engaged Buddhism and Right View; Bhikkhu Bodhi; Thicht Nhat Hanh;
Stephen Batchelor
| Christine Hall, Sandra Schroder, Judith Kidd
|
| 05/27/10
| Dharma discussion on Right Concentration
| Fred McEnroe
|
| 06/03/10
| Dharma discussion on Right Effort
| Tam Saimons
|
| 06/10/10
| Dharma discussion on Right Intention
| Valerie Roth
|
| 06/17/10
| Dharma talk
| Abhaya Sandra Kopka, community dharma leader from Dixon, NM
|
| 06/24/10
| Dharma discussion on Right View
| Kempton Lindquist
|
| 07/01/10
| Dharma discussion on Generosity
| Valerie Roth
|
| 07/08/10
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 07/15/10
| Dharma discussion on Generosity
| Andrea Escher
|
| 07/22/10
| Dharma discussion on Generosity
| Ken Munoz
|
| 07/29/10
| Dharma talk on Our Relationship to the Stories of Buddhism
| Brian Lesage
|
| 08/05/10
| Guided meditation (via recording) by
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia on
The Triple Gem
| Kempton Lindquist
|
| 08/12/10
| Dharma discussion on The Triple Gem
|
|
| 08/19/10
| Dharma discussion on The Triple Gem
|
|
| 08/26/10
| Dharma discussion on The Well of Discontent and How We Cap It
| Tam Saimons
|
| 09/02/10
| Dharma discussion on The Discontent of Desire
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 09/09/10
| Dharma talk on Upadana: The Buddha's Teaching on Attachment.
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 09/16/10
| Dharma talk on Upadana: The Buddha's Teaching on Attachment.
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 09/23/10
| Dharma talk on Upadana: The Buddha's Teaching on Attachment.
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 09/30/10
| Dharma talk on Upadana: The Buddha's Teaching on Attachment.
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
|
| 10/07/10
| Dharma discussion
| Valerie Roth
|
| 10/14/10
| Discussion on A Year of Dancing With Life: Kalyana Mitta and
the Four Noble Truths, facilitated by members of
the Kalayana Mitta group, who will present their experience of how
their practice has deepened during the 10 months of studying
Phillip Moffitt's book, Dancing with Life.
| Kalayana Mitta group
|
| 10/21/10
| Discussion on Aspiration
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 10/28/10
| Dharma talk
on Ascent: Joy in series on
The Transpersonal Journey.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/04/10
| Dharma talk on Descent: Pain in series
on The Transpersonal Journey.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/11/10
| Dharma talk on Peace at the End: Equanimity in series
on The Transpersonal Journey.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/18/10
| Dharma talk on Beyond the End: The Deathless, Compassion, Return
in series on The Transpersonal Journey.
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 11/25/10
| No meeting due to Thanksgiving holiday
|
|
| 12/02/10
| Metta Sutta
| Valerie Roth
|
| 12/09/10
| Tam Saimons will talk about highlights from her recent 31 nights at the
Forest Refuge
| Tam Saimons
|
| 12/16/10
| Dharma discussion on Dana
| Kathryn Turnipseed.
|
| 12/23/10
| Dharma discussion on Winter Solstice: Darkness and Light
| Andrea Escher
|
| 12/30/10
| Dharma discussion on Brahmaviharas
| Valerie Roth.
|
2011
|
| 01/06/11
| Dharma discussion on Metta
| Tam Saimons
|
| 01/13/11
| Dharma discussion on Metta
| Tam Saimons
|
| 01/20/11
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 01/27/11
| Dharma discussion on Karuna
|
|
| 02/03/11
| Dharma discussion on Karuna (Compassion)
| Valerie Roth
|
| 02/10/11
| Dharma discussion on Mudita (Sympathetic Joy)
| Tam Saimons
|
| 02/17/11
| Dharma talk on Upekkha (Equanimity)
| Brian Lesage
|
| 02/24/11
| Dharma discussion on Upekkha (Equanimity)
| Valerie Roth
|
| 03/03/11
| Dharma discussion on The 8 Vicissitudes: Gain and Loss,
Honor and Dishonor, Praise and Blame, Pleasure and Pain
| Ken Munoz
|
| 03/10/11
| Dharma discussion on Greed
| Andrea Escher
|
| 03/17/11
| Extended meditation period (6:30 to 7:30) followed by general practice
discussion
|
|
| 03/24/11
| Dharma discussion on Defilements
| Valerie Roth
|
| 03/31/11
| Dharma discussion on Faith
| Elisa Ganade
|
| 04/07/11
| Dharma discussion on Factors of Enlightenment
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 04/14/11
| Dharma discussion on Factors of Enlightenment
| Valerie Roth
|
| 04/21/11
| Extended meditation period (6:30 to 7:30) followed by general practice
discussion.
|
|
| 04/28/11
| Dharma discussion on Factors of Enlightenment
|
|
| 05/05/11
| Dharma discussion on Factors of Enlightenment: Energy
|
|
| 05/12/11
| Dharma discussion on Hindrances
| Ken Munoz
|
| 05/19/11
| Extended meditation period (6:30 to 7:30) followed by general practice
discussion.
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 05/26/11
| Dharma discussion on Hindrances
| Tam Saimons
|
| 06/02/11
| Dharma talk on The Spiritual Practice of Forgiveness
| Brian Lesage
|
| 06/09/11
| Dharma discussion on Hindrances: Restlessness
| Elisa Ganade
|
| 06/16/11
| Extended meditation period (6:30 to 7:30) followed by general practice
discussion.
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 06/23/11
| Dharma discussion on Precepts
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 06/30/11
| Dharma discussion on Precepts
| Tam Saimons
|
| 07/07/11
| Update about The Community Dharma
Leader Path. Our CDL-in-training will share her experience in
this program and explain its focus. Questions welcome.
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 07/14/11
| Discussion about the Dedicated Practitioner Program.
| Andrea Escher
|
| 07/21/11
| Extended meditation period (6:30 to 7:30) followed by general practice
discussion.
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 07/28/11
| Dharma talk
|
DaeJa Napier
|
| 08/04/11
| Dharma talk
| Anam Thubten
|
| 08/11/11
| Dharma discussion on The First Noble Truth
| Ken Munoz
|
| 08/18/11
| Extended meditation period (6:30 to 7:30) followed by general practice
discussion.
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 08/25/11
| Dharma discussion on The First Noble Truth
| Tam Saimons
|
| 09/01/11
| Dharma talk
| Richard Shankman
|
| 09/08/11
| Dharma discussion on The Second Noble Truth
| Andrea Escher
|
| 09/15/11
| Extended meditation period followed by discussion
| facilitated by Tam Saimons
|
| 09/22/11
| Dharma talk
| Arinna Weisman
|
| 09/29/11
| Dharma discussion on Awakening Our Hearts:
Exploring Authentic Relationships Across Differences, a
continuation of the discussion started at the retreat with
Arinna and Kitsy this past weekend
|
|
| 10/06/11
| Dharma talk on Healing and Awakening on the Spiritual Path
| Brian Lesage
|
| 10/13/11
| Before the silent meditation, we will do a special metta chant
for Joan Granger. Joan was the founder of our sangha, back in the
late 1980s. Joan is very ill and may be nearing her last days. She
loved the metta chant. The chant will be in English and written
copies will be available for people who don't know the chant. After
the sitting, we'll have a dharma talk on Personal Healing
on the Spiritual Path: Becoming Aware of Spiritual Bypassing
| Brian Lesage
|
| 10/20/11
| Dharma talk
on Awakening: The Transpersonal Aspect of the Spritual Path
| Brian Lesage
|
| 10/27/11
| Dharma talk
on Family and Lineage on the Spiritual Path
| Brian Lesage
|
| 11/03/11
| Dharma talk
| Ajahn Dhammadina
|
| 11/10/11
| Discussion on Sila/Ethical Conduct
| Kempton Lindquist
|
| 11/17/11
| Extended meditation period followed by discussion
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 11/24/11
| Thanksgiving. No Thursday meeting this week.
|
|
| 12/01/11
| Discussion on Sila/Ethical Conduct
| Tam Saimons
|
| 12/08/11
| Dharma talk on Awakening and the Cultivation of the Path
| Susie Harrington
|
| 12/15/11
| Extended meditation period followed by discussion
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 12/22/11
| Discussion on Metta/Lovingkindness
| Kempton Lindquist
|
| 12/29/11
| Discussion on Karuna/Compassion
| Andrea Escher
|
2012
|
| 01/05/12
| Discussion on Mudita/Sympathetic Joy
| Elisa Ganade
|
| 01/12/12
| Talk on Reflections on Practice: Turning Towards
| Fred Herman
|
| 01/19/12
| Memorial service for Joan Granger, who started our sangha in the late
1980s
| Eric Kolvig
|
| 01/26/12
| Dharma talk on Where is the "I" in our practice?
| Karen Waconda-Lewis. Karen is a native from Isleta/Laguna
Pueblo. After initiation, she brought the native medicine into
an urban American Indian health clinic in Albuquerque, NM and
continues to expand the program to local hospitals, Indian
Health Service, VA Hospital and surrounding organizations.
She is a graduate of Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader and
regularly provides dharma teachings with integration of native
teachings throughout NM, nationally and Insight Meditation
Society-staff and teacher training. She has interconnected the
native teachings with Vipassana teachings into ceremonies and
sweat lodges. She is co-founder of the Annual Indigenous and
Native Healer¿s Silent Retreats and Albuquerque POC and Allies
Sangha.
|
| 02/02/12
| Dharma talk
| DaeJa Napier
|
| 02/09/12
| Dharma talk
| Andrea Fella
|
| 02/16/12
| Dharma talk on Emptiness
| Brian Lesage
|
| 02/23/12
| Dharma talk on Emptiness
| Brian Lesage
|
| 03/01/12
| Discussion on Dharma and Recovery
| Victoria Tietje
|
| 03/08/12
| Discussion on Paramis
| Valerie Roth
|
| 03/15/12
| Extended meditation period followed by discussion
| Kathryn Turnipseed
|
| 03/22/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Generosity
| Ken Munoz
|
| 03/29/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Virtue
| Valerie Roth
|
| 04/05/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Renunciation
| Andrea Escher
|
| 04/12/12
| Discussion on Forgiveness
| Fred Herman
|
| 04/19/12
| Dharma talk
| Ani Konchog Dadron.
|
| 04/26/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Wisdom
| Kempton Lindquist |
| 05/03/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Effort
| Tam Saimons
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| 05/10/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Patience
| Elisa Ganade
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| 05/17/12
| Extended meditation period
| Valerie Roth
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| 05/24/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Truth
| Ken Muñoz
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| 05/31/12
| Dharma talk on Paramis: Resolve
| Valerie Roth
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| 06/07/12
| Dharma talk on Faith and Confidence on the Spiritual Path
| Brian Lesage
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| 06/14/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Kindness
| Tam Saimons
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| 06/21/12
| Dharma talk on Introduction to the Jhanas
| Leigh Brasington
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| 06/28/12
| Discussion on Paramis: Equinamity
| Fred Herman
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| 07/05/12
| Dharma talk on Five Daily Reflections: Introduction
| Valerie Roth
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| 07/12/12
| Dharma talk
| Daeja Napier
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| 07/19/12
| Extended meditation period
| Valerie Roth
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| 07/26/12
| Dharma talk on Five Daily Reflections: Aging
| Valerie Roth
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| 08/02/12
| Discussion on Five Daily Reflections: Illness
| Tam Saimons
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| 08/09/12
| Discussion on Five Daily Reflections: Death
| Andrea Escher
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| 08/16/12 |
Extended meditation period
| Kathryn Turnipseed
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| 08/23/12 |
Discussion on Five Daily Reflections: Loss
| Tam Saimons
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| 08/30/12 |
Discussion on Five Daily Reflections: Actions
| Ken Muñoz
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| 09/06/12 |
Dharma talk on Insight into What? - Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta - The Three Characteristics
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
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| 09/13/12 |
Dharma talk on Insight into What? - Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta - The Three Characteristics
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
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| 09/20/12 |
Dharma talk on Insight into What? - Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta - The Three Characteristics
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
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| 09/27/12 |
Dharma talk on Insight into What? - Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta - The Three Characteristics
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
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| 10/04/12 |
Dharma talk on Discovering Dharma
| Valerie Roth
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| 10/11/12: |
Dharma talk on Discovering Dharma, Part II
| Valerie Roth
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| 10/18/12: |
Dharma talk on Dharma & Daily Life: Our Relationship to Money
| Brian Lesage
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| 10/25/12: |
Dharma talk with visiting teacher
| Gina Sharpe
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| 11/01/12: |
Dharma talk on Dharma & Daily Life: Our Relationship to Politics
| Brian Lesage
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| 11/08/12
| Discussion on Satipatthana Sutta
| Ken Muñoz
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| 11/15/12 |
Extended meditation period
| Kathryn Turnipseed
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| 11/22/12 |
Dharma talk on Gratitude
| Valerie Roth
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| 11/29/12 |
Discussion on Recovery and the Dharma
| Victoria and Ashley
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| 12/06/12: |
Meditation followed by discussion on Goodness—the Ground of Lovingkindness |
Fred Herman
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| 12/13/12: |
Meditation followed by discussion on The Practice as Felt in the Body |
Andrea Escher
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| 12/20/12: |
Extended meditation period followed
by discussion |
Kathryn Turnipseed
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| 12/27/12: |
Meditation followed by talk |
Valerie Roth
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| 01/03/13: |
Meditation followed by talk on An Intregated Path
| Valerie Roth
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| 01/10/13: |
Meditation followed by talk on Path of Faith
| Valerie Roth
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| 01/17/13: |
Extended meditation period (see info below*)
| Fred Herman
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| 01/24/13: |
Meditation followed by talk
| DaeJa Napier
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| 01/31/13: |
Meditation followed by talk on Path of Generosity
| Valerie Roth
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| 02/07/13: |
Meditation followed by talk on Right Speech
| Fred Herman
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