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May your satisfactions increase & Your dissatisfactions decrease In the new year. 🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏 Our wish to all who have sat with us in the past year, and who will sit with us in the new year ahead at gatherings of … Continue reading →

The Meditation Circle will not meet Tuesday, December 25, 2018, nor will it meet Tuesday, Jan 1, 2019. The next sitting will be held Tuesday, January 8th. May all be well, happy, and peaceful.

Q: What is the role of sila or morality in establishing a successful meditation practice? BHANTE GUNARATANA: Think of a large tree. When you look at a tree, you can see the leaves, the canopy, the branches, the bark. Yet … Continue reading →

“As the Buddha once said, our duty with regard to suffering is to comprehend it, to understand it to the point where we stop creating it, where we can let it go. All the causes, all the conditions that lead … Continue reading →

In the vitriolic, hyperbolic, anxious and angry times through which we are living, especially as America’s mid-term elections ramp up the angst and stress, it is helpful to take a break from media consumption. Thich Naht Hanh’s version of the … Continue reading →

The Meditation Circle and its members are saddened by the terrible hate crime at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania. We stand with people of all faiths and spiritual traditions in expressing our solidarity in the face … Continue reading →

H.H. the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh and Bhante Gunaratana, abbot of the Bhavana Society monastery and retreat center in Hampshire County, W.Va., are featured in the article, “Three Lives of Wisdom,” by the matcha tea folks at this website … Continue reading →

Take a minute with a few contemplative reminders in the video above.. The Meditation Circle meets most Tuesdays from 6 to 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation building in Charleston,WV,  520 Kanawha Blvd. And 11 am to noon Saturdays … Continue reading →

“The human heart, with it’s potential for patience, kindness, forgiveness & wisdom is the place the Buddha invites us to make most familiar” – Paul Burrows

We had some trouble with our old subscription link for TheMeditationCircle.com site. If you wish to subscribe and receive regular notice of new posts to the site and news about Meditation Circle events and inspiring quotes about meditation and mindfulness … Continue reading →

Next Tuesday, September 25th, the World Religions class at Charleston Catholic High School will make it’s annual visit to the Meditation Circle. There will be a schedule and format change for THAT NIGHT ONLY. The CCHS students will arrive at … Continue reading →

…What the Buddha did teach, though, is to focus on what’s the most skillful thing we can do now, given the situation. That’s where the emphasis should lie. And one thing we can do is to help the world through … Continue reading →

“When we’re at the edge, in danger of falling over the precipice into suffering, compassion is the most powerful means I know for keeping our feet firmly planted on the earth and our heart wide open” ~Roshi Joan Halifax, “Standing … Continue reading →

“I think that every step, every breath, every word that is spoken or done in mindfulness—that is the manifestation of the Buddha. Don’t look for the Buddha elsewhere. It is in the art of living mindfully every moment of your … Continue reading →

“The ability not to get discouraged by events comes down to your ability to keep talking to yourself with the right tone of voice, saying the right things to yourself. That’s what right view is all about. Remind yourself that … Continue reading →