Great video worth watching: Embracing Others, Embracing Myself

Posted on July 21, 2011 by dharmadancer

This is a great video worth watching!

TED Video: Embracing Otherness, Embracing Myself

Worth a Listen

Posted on July 5, 2011 by dharmadancer

Gil gave an excellent talk on the Atthakavagga, considered to be the oldest text of the teachings from the historical Buddha. It’s worth listening to.

Other talks by Jacques Verduin

Posted on July 1, 2011 by dharmadancer

Here are some links to talks by Jacques Verduin that you might want to hear:

From Sacramento Insight:

05-19-11 Sitting in the Fire with Jacques Verduin

Talks from IMC

Talks on Dharmaseed

And an article from Weekend America: Victims Visiting Prison

And a video (thanks, Reva, for letting me know about it):

Guided meditation by Jacques Verduin – June 28, 2011

Posted on June 29, 2011 by dharmadancer

Here is the first part of the evening with Jacques Verduin, which was a guided meditation:

Unfortunately, the second half of the evening’s recording was lost. Just another instance of anicca…

New website for social activities with Modesto Dharma friends

Posted on June 28, 2011 by dharmadancer

A website has been created for Modesto area Dharma friends and practitioners to connect and meet-up for social activities. This is not necessarily exclusive to the Insight Meditation community, but is open to those who are following the Buddhist path in whatever tradition they practice.

Check out the website here: http://modestodharmafriends.wordpress.com/

The first planned social activity is this Thursday, June 30th at Queen Bean in Modesto. See the website for details.

Special visit by Jacques Verduin on Tuesday, June 28th

Posted on June 23, 2011 by dharmadancer

Jacques Verduin will be visiting us on Tuesday, June 28th to talk about his work with the Insight Prison Project. Please let anyone who might be interested in hearing about this project know. Here’s a link to The Dhamma Brothers website to learn more about the project in Alabama prisons which is based on a program by S.N. Goenka – which is different than what Jacques has been doing, but Jacques is interested in doing something similar (but not necessarily in Goenka’s format) in California.

Worth watching

Posted on June 22, 2011 by dharmadancer

This is a beautiful and wise piece on forgiveness:

We raised $250 for the IRC

Posted on June 22, 2011 by dharmadancer

Dear all,

Thank you for your generosity for the Insight Retreat Center – we raised $250 for the IRC. Also, there was a lot of generosity in helping with setting the room up and cleaning up and putting it back to order at the end of the day. Much gratitude to all of you for your practice and generosity!