Good Friends: A reminder that tomorrow the discussion on the Five Precepts of the Dharma will continue with a discussion focussed on the Fourth Precept: to...
Good Friends: A reminder that this Friday we will continure our discussion of the precepts by focussing on the fifth precept: To refrain from intoxicants which...
Good Friends: The March Sutra Salon will be on Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Many Rivers Books & Tea. We will be discussing "Buddhist Animal Tales", a...
Dwelling in the Grotto of Emptiness An Experiential Approach to Vast Spaciousness The experience of emptiness, or vast spaciousness, is central to a number of...
Jim, This sounds like a great course. Would say that the experience of Dwelling in the Grotto of Emptiness is similar to meditating on the Deathless as we have...
Hi Rick: It depends on how one understands emptiness. I would say that emptiness is ultimately another name for the deathless, but not all Buddhist traditions...
Hi Jim, Thanks for the explanation. My feeling is to agree with your assesment. What I believe I hear you saying is that to do practices which will bring one...
... your ... also ... the ... want ... Hi Rick: This sense of the deathless as being "covered over" is a theme often mentioned in the Discourses. For example:...
Hi Jim, Thank you for those excerpts from the suttas and your wonderul explanation. I feel most blessed to have your wisdom and knowledge available for...
Hi Jim, Thank you so much for your clarity of understanding for which I am ever grateful. I think, Jim, I am beginning to understand what you are saying. The...
Good Friends: This is a reminder that the March Sutra Salon will meet this coming Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Many Rivers Books & Tea. We will be...
Good Friends: For the next four months the Sutra Salon will be reading the book "Buddha-Dharma", published by the Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and...
Hi Walter: Sorry to use the forum to send a personal message, but I haven't been able to get through, I think your phone is off the hook. I have a dental...
Good Friends: This is a quick reminder that the Emptiness Class, "Dwelling in the Grotto of Emptiness" will begin this Friday and continue for three Fridays....
Good Friends: A reminder that the Sutra Salon will be meeting next Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Many Rivers. We will be discussing Books 1 and 2 of...
The Tao of Reading There is a way of reading which transforms reading into a spiritual practice and meditative discipline. Though reading is sometimes thought...
Dear Dharma Jim, Last Tuesday at Sutra Salon you recited a poem by Sun Sunim, a poem he used for ceremonies after someone died. Could you please send that poem...
Hi Jean: Glad you liked the poem. Here it is: Coming empty handed, going empty handed, that is the human way. When you are born, where do you come from? When...
Thank you so much for asking for this poem, Jean....and thank you for sending it, Jim. I am so glad to have it. Susan **************************************...
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I am new to the Buddhist practices and ways but are drawn to them. I am reading as much as i can but find some things very very deep and hard to comprehend....
Good Friends: The May Sutra Salon in Sebastopol will meet next Tuesday, May 22nd. This is a month of five Tuesdays. In the past some people have become ...
Good Friends: I'll be offering a three-week seris called "Contacting the Wisdom of the Heart" in June. This three week series will offer simple contemplations...
Good Friends: A reminder that the first meeting of the three-week series, Contacting the Wisdom of the Heart, is this coming Friday, June 1st. Best wishes, ...
Hi Susan: It starts at 7:30 p.m. June 1st at Many Rivers. Hope to see you there. Best wishes, Dharmajim ... Contacting ... Wisdom of ... contemplation ... be...
Good Friends: The June Sutra Salon meeting for Sebastopol will take place on June 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Many Rivers. Because there were five Tuesdays last month,...
Hi everyone-- Last meeting I suggested people post a short passage from this month's readings, so, following my own suggestion, here's one from me: It begins...
Dan, Thank you for this gem. It's right on the path to liberation. Warm regards, Walter ... From: "Dan Gurney" <dangurney@...> ... [Non-text portions of...
Good Friends: At last month's Sutra Salon in Sebastopol I introduced the idea of the Three Bodies of the Buddha. This is a basic Mahayana teaching. It is not...
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