Here is the link to the talk we listened to on 1/5/10:

Satipatthana Sutta – part 45 – The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Action/Right Livelihood by Joseph Goldstein

Additional reading:

IV. Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood from Bhikkhu Bodhi’s book The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering

Chapter 10: Virtue: The Five Precepts from Gil Fronsdal’s book The Issue at Hand

Additional talks:

Right Action: Five Precepts – Gil Fronsdal

Right Livelihood – Gil Fronsdal

There will be a New Year’s Eve sitting at Dean’s house.  If you’re interested in coming, please send me an e-mail and I’ll send you the particulars.

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

Satipatthana Sutta – Part 44 – The Noble Eightfold Path:Right Speech by Joseph Goldstein

Additional reading on Right Speech:

Chapter IV. Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood – from Bhikkhu Bodhi’s book The Noble Eightfold Path.

Here is the link to the talk we listened to tonight:

Satipatthana Sutta – Part 42 – The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Thought, Part Two – Lovingkindness by Joseph Goldstein

And here is a link to a recent KQED Forum show – an interview with Adams Phillips on his new book “On Kindness” – some interesting and thought-provoking ideas about kindness.

There is a great little newsletter that comes out once a week that suggests a simple practice to try each week that will bring you more joy, more fulfilling relationships, and more peace of mind and heart.  I thought you might want to check it out.  Here’s a link to sign-up for it:

Just One Thing

You can also check out the archive of past issues – to see what topics have been presented and if this is something you’d like to incorporate into your daily life practice.

I thought this was a great article about the cost of adding “stuff” to our lives. This is different than the cost of world resources, etc.  There is another website that has a video about that aspect.  This one is more about the cost to our own lives.   It’s a great exposition about the dukkha of material goods…

The True Cost of Stuff

Here is the link to the talk we listened to this evening:

Satipatthana Sutta – part 41 – The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Thought, Part One – Renunciation

and here is some additional reading on the topic:

Chapter III. Right Intention from The Noble Eightfold Path by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Here’s a wonderful article from the Chicago Tribune on how to transform the next 36 days into a season of gratitude…

Calendar of Gratitude: 37 Days of Thanks

Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving!