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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Tag Archives: Dhamma Talk
With a compassionate heart
Since sky and earth are mindless, They last forever. What has mind has limits. A person who has attained The Path is like this too. In the midst of no activity, She carries out her activities, Accepting all unfavorable And … Continue reading
What is invisible to humans
If you have developed great capacity and cutting insight, you can undertake Zen right where you are. Without getting it from another, you understand it on your own. The penetrating spiritual light and vast open tranquility have never been interrupted … 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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Striking the bell of mindfulness
Sister Dang Nhiem is a nun at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, CA. She practices Zen Buddhism in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Sister D demonstrastes the proper way to invite the sound of the bell. 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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Bhante G’s Vesak 2010 Dhamma Talk: An Excerpt
Here is an excerpt from Bhante Gunaratana’s Dhamma talk at Vesak 2010 at the Bhavana Society on Saturday, May 29, 1010. Vesak is a celebration of the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away (paranirvana).
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