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
Don’t feel disturbed by the thinking mind
Sayadaw U Tejaniya gives essential tips for observing the moment in mindfulness meditation From Tricycle.com. BEFORE WE START practicing mindfulness meditation, we must know how to practice. We need to have the right information and a clear understanding of the … Continue reading
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Meditation will not carry you to another world
“Meditation will not carry you to another world, but it will reveal the most profound and awesome dimensions of the world in which you already live. Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness … Continue reading
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Guided meditations on the Anapanasati teachings on meditation
The Meditation Circle has been discussing “Getting to Know the Breath” as its theme for 2012. To that end, we have referred several times to the Anapanasati Sutta in which the Buddha describes the practice of breath-centered meditation. (Find a … Continue reading
Excerpt: Breathing Life into the Suttas
Except from the article “From Thought to Stillness: Breathing Life Into the Suttas,” by Rodney Smith | TRICYCLE, Winter 2012 | Read the whole article by becoming a Tricycle online member By Rodney Smith | Tricycle Winter 2012 |The constant … Continue reading
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It’s Meditation Month at Tricycle.com
For many people who desire to learn meditation, it’s a struggle. Having a community of fellow practicioners can be essential, which is why sitting groups like the Meditation Circle of Charleston can be helpful. Yet it’s also highly helpful in … Continue reading
Links to the Buddha’s teachings on breath-centered meditation
“Getting to Know the Breath” is the ongoing theme for 2012 we’ll be considering in the weekly 6 p.m. Tuesday gatherings of the Meditation Circle of Charleston at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation building in Charleston, W.Va. In past weeks. Thad … Continue reading
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Video: On Trying too hard to meditate
Bhikku Piyadhammo, a monk friend who resided recently at the Bhavana Society, told me about a rich collection of Buddhist-themed videos that he maintains on a YouTube channel called “Dhammatube.” The channel, which features pithy short videos on useful topics … Continue reading
Introduction to Meditation Retreat, June 24-29, 2011
We’ve had a lot of new faces recently at The Meditation Circle, including many folks new to Buddhist meditation practice. If you’re a newcomer with a strong interest in deepening your practice, we highly recommend you check out the Introduction … Continue reading
Dhamma talk: Introduction to breath meditation
Listen to a wonderful Dhamma talk introducing breath meditation by Bhante Sujato, of Santi Forest Monastery in Bundanoon, Sydney in Australia’s Southern Highlands. Continue reading
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ARCHIVES: The Dalai Lama from the bleachers
A friend and I who attended Miami University together in the late ’70s had hoped to see H.H. the Dalai Lama upon his visit to our alma mater later this month in Oxford, Ohio. Alas, tickets went fast and furiously … Continue reading
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Metta Meditation Talk, 2
……………………………………………………….. LISTEN | Guided Meditation | Bhante Sujato | Part 2 The Meditation Circle has been listening to a series of talks on meditation by the Australian monk Bhante Sujato. of Santi Forest Monastery in Bundanoon, Sydney in Australia. The … Continue reading
Re-subscribe Note
The Meditation Circle of Charleston has been re-focusing itself of late into a more explicitly Buddhist-oriented group. In the process of revising our Web Site, I created a new subscription feed that, alas, in my self-taught Web designer bumbleheadness, erased … Continue reading
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Metta Meditation Talk, No. 1
Listen to Bhante Sujato on types of Buddhist meditation practices. Starting this month, the Meditation Circle of Charleston has begun to listen to a wonderful series of talks on meditation by Bhante Sujato, of Santi Forest Monastery in Bundanoon, Sydney … Continue reading
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Meditation Resource
Here is an online meditation resource with guidance for beginners on meditation, suggested by circle member Thad Settle. Got a site on Buddhist meditation or teachings you have found especially useful? Suggest it to us at douglas @ hundredmountain.com or … Continue reading
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“Meditation is not easy…” | Reading Selection for Dec. 15 Meditation Circle gathering
HERE IS THE READING SELECTION for the Dec. 15 meeting of the Meditation Circle of Charleston, an excerpt from Chapter 1 of “Mindfulness in Plain English” by Bhante Gunaratana, which can be read in its entirety for free online or … Continue reading
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