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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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Mind is the Nucleus of Life
“Mind is the nucleus of life. When there is no real peace and rest in the mind, the whole life will collapse. People naturally try to overcome their miseries through pleasing the senses: they drink, gamble, sing and dance, all … Continue reading
Straighten Your Mind
A mind agitated, wavering, Hard to guard and hard to check, One of wisdom renders straight As an arrow-maker with a shaft. From the Dhammapada, 33
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“As soon as you arouse aspiration for enlightenment, even if you transmigrate in the six realms and four forms of birth, transmigration itself will be your practice of enlightenment. Although you may have wasted time so far, you should vow … Continue reading
On desire and greed
This is a good talk and discussion by Gil Fronsdal from one of his Dharma Practice Day Discussions on Ethics: The Causes and Consequences of Desire and Greed: http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/4717.html
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The Actual Experience of Mindfulness
When we hear phrases commonly used to describe mindfulness like “just be with what is”, “accept the present moment”, “don’t get lost in judgement”, it (mindfulness) can sound pretty inert. But the actual … Continue reading
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Cultivating Equanimity
Classical mindfulness, unlike popular mindfulness, is all about the cultivation of equanimity. One is able to experience both pleasure and pain without clinging to anything in the world. – Andrew Olendzki, “The Mindfulness Wedge”
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The Power of Custom
Pindapata The lay people offer food directly into the bowls of the monks and nuns. That the Buddhist religion has survived so long in the world is a result not so much of the durability of manuscripts as of the … Continue reading
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Meditation: What and Why?
“Meditation is training for the mind, to help it develop the strengths and skills it needs to solve its problems. The mediation technique taught in this book …(mindfulness of breathing, leading to insight)….is a skill aimed at solving the … Continue reading
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The Five Wonderful Precepts
Here is Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh‘s take on the Five Precepts in Buddhism, which expands their definition to include some wonderful nuances. (Thanks to Robin Wilson for passing these on). The Five Wonderful Precepts FIRST PRECEPT Aware of the … Continue reading
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Where the Dhamma is to be found
“The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not.” ~ Ajahn Chah
Time and Now
Time and Now (interesting article on consciousness, please open the link.) All Actions are led by the Mind Mind is their master, Mind is their maker, Act or speak with an impure state of mind and suffering follows as the … Continue reading
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What is Perception?
For the Buddha, perception is pure and simple. When the eyes see a visual object they do so without embellishment. As the Buddha explained to his monks on the Connected Discourses: And why Bhikkhus, do you call it perception? It … Continue reading
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LIke A Mirage
Distorted perceptions are like a mirage. Deceived by a mirage, a deer runs quickly toward what it perceives as water. As he runs, he sees that the water-like mirage is still … Continue reading
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The Everyday Sublime
The experience of the sublime exceeds our capacity for representation. The world is excessive: every blade of grass, every ray of sun, every falling leaf is excessive. None of these things can be adequately captured in concepts, images, or words. … Continue reading
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New Book by Bhante G
A new book, Meditation On Perception by Bhante Gunaratana, the abbot of the Bhavana Society in Highview, WV has recently been published by Wisdom Publications. The method of mindfulness or insight meditation as taught by Bhante G in his book … Continue reading
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