Here are links to the recorded session in Modesto on January 7, 2016:

• Right Action part 1
• Right Action part 2

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