GREETINGS
Welcome to the Meditation Circle site. This longtime Buddhist-oriented meditation group based at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 520 Kanawha Boulevard W., in Charleston, West Virginia, will be closing down its meetings for good effective with the end of June 2022, after a good run. See the ‘RESOURCES’ page for tips on setting up or deepening meditation practice. Be well!
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Category Archives: Meditation
A few tips on standing meditation
Image from this page When people think of meditation, many immediately conjure an image of someone sitting cross-legged on the floor. But traditional Buddhist teachings list four meditation postures: sitting, walking, standing and lying down. As Buddhist teacher Gil Fronsdall … Continue reading
PART 3 | Q-A with Bhante Rahula
Here is a recording of a Q-and-A session with Bhante Yogavacara Rahula during his visit to Charleston and Huntington, WV, in early October 2016. This session took place after a guided meditation at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Charleston on … Continue reading
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PART 2 | Bhante Rahula Talk on Meditation
Here is a Dhamma talk on meditation given by Bhante Yogavacara Rahula at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Oct. 14, 2016, during his visit to Charleston and Huntington, W.Va. Bhante’s talk concerns the practice of mindfulness meditation. Below are the … Continue reading
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Bhante Rahula Guided Meditation
The Meditation Circle was honored to host Bhante Yogavacara Rahula at events in Huntington and Charleston, W.Va., from Oct. 13-15, 2016. Below, is a 25-minute guided meditation he led at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Charleston on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. … Continue reading
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A Q-and-A with Bhante Rahula
Bhante Yogavacara Rahula, former vice abbot of the Bhavana Society Buddhist Forest Monastery and retreat center in High View, has an intriguing back story, told in his book, “One Night’s Shelter: Autobiography of an American Monk.” Born Joseph Scott DuPrez … Continue reading
Bhante Rahula on meditation
Bhante Yogavacara Rahula will visit Charleston and Huntington, W.Va., in the week ahead. Click on this previous post for details on his visit (Thursday evening and Saturday morning in Huntington and Friday evening and Saturday night in Charleston). Here is a … Continue reading
The Meditation Circle is moving: From Tuesday to Monday nights
We’re moving! Starting, Monday, Sept. 12, the Meditation Circle of Charleston (WV) will be moving from its long-time Tuesday evening session to a weekly Monday evening session. We are staying in the exact same place, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on the … Continue reading
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Bhante Rahula to visit Charleston and Huntington, W.Va. Oct. 13-14-15, 2016
The Meditation Circle of Charleston (WV) is pleased to host a visit to Charleston and Huntington, W.Va., by the globe-trotting American-born Buddhist monk Bhante Yogavacara Rahula. (‘Bhante’ — BON-tay — is an honorific akin to ‘Reverand.’) Below is our tentative … Continue reading
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A discourse on Anapanasati Meditation
Ven. Buddhadàsa Bhikkhu In 2016, The Meditation Circle has been focusing on the Buddhist meditation known as Anàpànasati (the development of mindfulness of breathing) To learn more about this meditation technique, we encourage you to download this .pdf of a teaching … Continue reading
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Spring 2016 Bhavana Society Newsletter
If you have never checked out the newsletter of the Bhavana Society Therevadan Buddhist Forest Monastery in High View, W.Va., the Spring 2016 quarterly newsletter of “The Forest Path” would be a good place to start. It has a long … Continue reading
Gradual training
“The gradual training essentially involves learning how to quiet down and observe your thoughts and behavior and then to change them into something more conductive to meditation and awareness. It is a slow process, not to be hurried.” p16-17 … Continue reading
2016 Bhavana Retreat Schedule Posted
Bhavana Society Meditation Hall (courtesy this page) The Bhavana Society Theravada Buddhist Monastery near High View, W.Va., in Hampshire County, has announced its retreat schedule for 2016 on the monastery’s website. Retreat sign-ups begin 30 days before a retreat begins … Continue reading
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Taking it breath by breath in 2016
In 2016, the Meditation Circle will be focusing on anapanasati, a core meditation practice in the Buddha’s teaching, focusing on the inhalation and exhalation of the breath and the 16 steps or instructions involved with deeply investigating the breath. This … Continue reading
Establishing a meditation practice
The following encouragement and advice about establishing a regular meditation practice comes from Samanera Jayantha, a recently ordained novice monk at the Bhavana Society Theravada Buddhist forest monastery near High View, W.Va. Are you having a hard time building a … Continue reading
Just stay
Image courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation “In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. The pith instruction is to stay….stay….just stay. So whenever we wander off we gently encourage ourselves to stay and settle down. Are we experiencing restlessness? Stay. Discursive mind? Stay. … Continue reading
