| The Albuquerque sangha meets every Thursday evening,
unless noted otherwise below. Everyone is welcome.
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| Where: |
The monks at the Wat Buddhasothorn Temple generously allow us to
meet in their meditation hall at 145 Madison NE. See
directions.
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| Schedule: |
| 6:30-7:10: |
Meditation. Please come a few minutes early to get settled
before the bell rings at 6:30.
(Often, on the third Thursday of the month, the meditation period
will extend till 7:30 and the remainder of schedule will be adjusted
accordingly. See calendar below for dates.) |
| 7:10-7:15: |
Stretch break. |
| 7:15-8:00: |
Dharma talk, discussion, or other activity.
For details, see What We'll Do After the Meditation below. |
| 8:00-8:15: |
Announcements, mingling, put away chairs. |
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| Meditation: |
If you are new, these meditation
instructions may be helpful. Someone will probably offer to
give instructions during the meditation.
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| Bring: |
1) If you like to sit on the floor, bring a meditation cushion.
(The room is carpeted. There are plenty of chairs.)
2) If we have a visiting teacher, please consider giving dana to
the teacher. See Dana section below.
3) If you can, please bring a small optional donation for the sangha
so that we may make a donation to the Wat and cover other
expenses.
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| Dana: |
Dana is a Pali word meaning generosity.
According to long tradition, our teachers do not charge anything
to meet with us. Voluntary contributions to teachers are gratefully
accepted at the Thursday sittings and also at individual practice
discussions. If you'd like your teacher dana to be tax deductible,
you can make the check payable to Albuquerque Vipassana Sangha
and indicate the teacher's name in memo field. We hope that you'll
be generous to our wonderful teachers.
(For more about dana, here is an essay from
the Cloud Mountain Retreat Center site:
The Practice of Dana.)
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| Dinner: |
If you'd like to socialize before the meetings, come for dinner
at 5:00. See Thursday Night
Dinners for locations.
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Individual
Discussions: |
Individual practice discussions (sometimes called interviews)
are an opportunity to talk with a teacher in a one-on-one setting
about your practice or about other relevant issues in daily life
related to meditation practice or ethics. You can ask questions,
get advice about practice, and guidance about your overall path.
It is appropriate to offer Dana to the teacher for this opportunity.
Brian Lesage offers practice discussions when
he is here on Thursdays. To sign up, contact Tiska at 256-3785
or tiska unm.edu.
(Be sure to phone, rather than email, if you need a quick response.)
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| Recordings: |
Recordings of a number of the talks given on Thursday night are
available on our dharma recordings page.
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What We'll Do After the Meditation
The sangha will also meet on Thursdays not listed below.
Additional dates will be filled in as activities are confirmed.
Details below might change at any time. Please check back close to
the date to confirm.
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| 01/05/12:
| Discussion on Mudita/Sympathetic Joy,
facilitated by Elisa Ganade
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| 01/12/12:
| Talk on Reflections on Practice: Turning Towards,
facilitated by Fred Herman
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| 01/19/12:
| Memorial service for Joan Granger, who started our sangha in the late 1980s. Eric Kolvig will officiate. The service will take the place of our usual Thursday night schedule, except it will begin at 6:45.
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| 01/26/12:
| Dharma talk on Where is the "I" in our practice?
with Karen Waconda-Lewis. Karen is a native from Isleta/Laguna
Pueblo. After initiation, she brought the native medicine into
an urban American Indian health clinic in Albuquerque, NM and
continues to expand the program to local hospitals, Indian
Health Service, VA Hospital and surrounding organizations.
She is a graduate of Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader and
regularly provides dharma teachings with integration of native
teachings throughout NM, nationally and Insight Meditation
Society-staff and teacher training. She has interconnected the
native teachings with Vipassana teachings into ceremonies and
sweat lodges. She is co-founder of the Annual Indigenous and
Native Healer’s Silent Retreats and Albuquerque POC and Allies
Sangha.
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| 02/02/12:
| Dharma talk with visiting teacher DaeJa Napier
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| 02/09/12:
| Dharma talk with visiting teacher Andrea Fella
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| 02/16/12:
| Dharma talk on Emptiness with visiting teacher
Brian Lesage
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| 02/23/12:
| Dharma talk on Emptiness with visiting teacher
Brian Lesage
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| 03/01/12:
| Discussion on Dharma and Recovery,
facilitated by Victoria Tietje
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| 03/08/12:
| Discussion on Paramis facilitated by Valerie Roth
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| 03/15/12:
| Extended meditation period (see info below*) followed by discussion
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| 03/22/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Generosity
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| 03/29/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Virtue
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| 04/05/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Renunciation
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| 04/12/12:
| Dharma talk on Apperception with visiting teacher
Grove Burnett
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| 04/19/12:
| Extended meditation period (see info below*) followed by discussion
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| 04/26/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Wisdom
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| 05/03/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Effort
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| 05/10/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Patience
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| 05/17/12:
| Extended meditation period (see info below*) followed by discussion
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| 05/24/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Truth
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| 05/31/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Resolve
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| 06/07/12:
| Dharma talk with visiting teacher Brian Lesage
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| 06/14/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Kindness
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| 06/21/12:
| Dharma talk with visiting teacher Leigh Brasington
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| 06/28/12:
| Discussion on Paramis: Equanimity
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