Here are some links to the material I used this week:

Guided meditation by Andrea Fella: A Daylong in the Style of U Tejaniya

and the piece on Metta by Nyanaponika Thera.

Here is a link to the guided meditation that was used this week:

Wheel of Awareness Meditation – Dan Siegel

Here is a link to the talk that followed this meditation:

Neuro Science & Mindfulness – Dan Siegel

I will be away next week, but the groups will continue to meet at their respective times.  I will return the following week.

I’ve added a link to the website: (see Dharma Resources on the right side of the page) Working With Pain

This link will take you to a page on the IMC website which provides guided meditations and resources for working with pain, guided by Ines Freedman.  If you have difficulty with pain, I hope this will be helpful!

Ajahn Metta

Ajahn Metta of the Saranaloka Foundation in California and Amaravati Monastery in England will be visiting Modesto on February 6th, 2010.  There will be a day of meditation, meal offering, some chanting and Dhamma instruction and talk along with time for questions and answers.  The Insight Meditation Modesto sangha is sponsoring this event.  See the flyer for more details on this event, which is offered freely for all who would like to attend.  Donations are welcome and will be given to benefit the Saranaloka Foundation which is supporting the Theravada nuns in establishing a training monastery in Northern California.

Here is the link to the talk we listened to on Tuesday night by Joseph Goldstein:

Satipatthana Sutta – Part 43 – The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Thought, Part Three – Compassion by Joseph Goldstein

Here is the link to the talk we listened to last night:

Satipatthana Sutta – Part 40 – The Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Part Two – Joseph Goldstein

Here are links to the guided meditation and talk we listened to this evening:

Meditation Instructions – Steve Armstrong

The Mind – Myoshin Kelley

Here is a link to Sayadaw U Tejaniya’s Blue Booklet “Don’t look Down on the Defilements” which includes the handout on Right Attitude (scroll down to about the middle of the page).

The 6-week Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation course will be offered again in August.  The classes will start on August 5th and continue on Wednesday mornings from 10-11:30am at the UU Fellowship church at 2172 Kiernan Rd., Modesto as part of their religious education program.  If you missed the 6-week course or want a review or to catch a class you missed in the last series of the course, please come.  I will be not be using any recordings for this series, but will use the same handout materials from the previous course.