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Bhante Rahula Offers ZOOM Meditations & Talks

Posted on April 10, 2020 by admin

NOTE: Apologies to TheMeditationCircle.com subscribers for the multiple posts on Bhante Rahula’s upcoming ZOOM talks. Because of issues regarding the security of posting ZOOM links publicly, we’ve taken down a post that listed the meeting links. To get the meeting … Continue reading →

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Wise Reflection on the Body

Posted on April 8, 2020 by admin

“We don’t meditate to hate our bodies. Unsatisfactoriness depends on clinging to impermanent objects. A mindful meditator should remind himself or herself an attractive object has triggered sense desire. One should then develop wise reflection or mindful reflection.” ~Bhante Gunaratana(from … Continue reading →

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Don’t Make a Big Deal Out of It

Posted on April 6, 2020 by admin

“My advice is to not let yourself get wrapped up in doubts and questions. Let them go and directly contemplate whatever you are experiencing. Don’t make a big deal out of any physical pleasure or pain you experience. When you … Continue reading →

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Working With Fear

Posted on April 1, 2020 by admin

“In practising Dhamma, we will meet with many sorts of experiences, such as fear. What will we rely on then? When the mind is wrapped up in fear, it can’t find anything to rely on. “This is something I’ve gone … Continue reading →

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Too Many Brain Tabs Open

Posted on March 28, 2020 by admin

When you know it’s time for mindfulness or meditation.

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The Challenge of Skillful Speech

Posted on March 28, 2020 by admin

“Skillful Speech is not something you practice on the cushion. It happens in dialogue, not silence. During formal meditation, however, you can think about your habits of speech and try to convert the thoughts that arise to skillful thoughts—those motivated … Continue reading →

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Isolation Well-Being To-Do List

Posted on March 25, 2020 by admin

We thought this was apt. A pandemic mindfulness checklist!

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Any Time, Any Place

Posted on March 24, 2020 by admin

“Meditation in the strictest sense is a very special way of training our mind. For that you don’t need any particular posture, time, or place. At any time, any place, and in any posture, you can practice mindfulness.” ~ Bhante … Continue reading →

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Meditation Circle Updates

Posted on March 23, 2020 by admin

Greetings. We encourage everyone who has visited the Meditation Circle to keep up their sitting practice during this challenging time. If you have a smartphone, you may consider getting the Insight Timer app, which has a neat feature where you … Continue reading →

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Meditation Circle Postponed Until Further Notice

Posted on March 17, 2020 by admin

Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the Meditation Circle will not be meeting at the Unitarian Universalist building in Charleston, WV, at 6 pm on Tuesdays until further notice. The UU building has asked all groups renting the space—as we do—to … Continue reading →

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All Tangled Up

Posted on March 10, 2020 by admin

“It’s not the external complications that really make things difficult, it’s the way we pick things up, create complications, and tangle things within ourselves” ~ Ajahn Amaro 

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Movies of the Mind

Posted on March 2, 2020 by admin

“As we start to practice mindfulness, present moment awareness, we soon discover how much of our lives we spend dreaming. Normally, we have no problem noticing our night dreams or those vivid excursions into fantasy that we call daydreams. What … Continue reading →

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Metta For All

Posted on February 18, 2020 by admin

QUESTION: The world seems so full of hatred, violence, and pain. How is it possible to pursue joy and also have compassion for those who commit such cruelties? BHANTE GUNARATANA: “It is very difficult to imagine how cruel human beings … Continue reading →

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Learn About Your Mind

Posted on February 17, 2020 by admin

By Thanissaro Bhikkhu from “No Dharma Without Karma” “There’s no Dharma without karma. I keep running into this again and again – people who want to be told that the reason they’re suffering has nothing to do with them. It’s … Continue reading →

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Bhante Rahula to visit Huntington/Charleston in August 2020

Posted on February 8, 2020 by admin

We will have more details as we lock them down, but American Buddhist monk Bhante Yogavacara Rahula will make a return visit to the Meditation Circles in Huntington and Charleston, W.Va., in early August, 2020. Bhante Rahula will lead a … Continue reading →

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