Here are links to the recorded session in Modesto on January 7, 2016:
All recorded sessions for the Eight-fold Path Program at IMC in Redwood City
Assigned readings for this month
- Bhikkhu Bodhi’s Chapter 4 section on Right Action
- Chapter 4 of Bhante Gunaratana’s Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
- Gil’s Handout and Weekly Reflections on Right Action (PDF)
Assigned audio for this month
- Right Action – Gil Fronsdal
Optional Readings/Handouts (Modesto)
Read these as you feel it supports your understanding of Right Speech, but don’t be burdened by it – do as much or as little as you like:
- Right Action Handout (summary from Bhante G’s book) from Sue
- Practicing Effacement Handout
- Buddha’s Instructions to Rahula
- Right Action Quotes from Theravada (excerpts of suttas and other texts)
- Right Action Articles by Gil Fronsdal
- St. Peter and the Grocer
- Ethical Sensitivity by Gil Fronsdal
- Life as Conscious Practice
- Reading from the Numerical Discourses (gifts) and Poem by Hafiz
- Chapter 16 from Landscapes of Wonder by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano on Reading the News
Videos
- Brené Brown on Blame
- Non-complementary behavior – Invisibilia episode
- I Trust You – Karim Sulayman