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Join the Lightning Club Harmony & Emptiness Weekend Meditation Retreat on October 23-25th on the Four Spaces Meditation with Senior ACI Teacher John Brady 🌱
ACIP Lightning Club
Harmony & Emptiness Weekend Meditation Retreat October 23-25th on the Four Spaces Meditation w/ Senior ACI Teacher John Brady.
Special Musical guest @Michael Hewett, Yoga Class w/ @Paulina Franco, and Dance Class w/ Ana Rose.
The Four Spaces is a very special meditation that helps to slide the mind into emptiness(or wisdom, or ultimate reality). Once someone experiences this intellectually it is much easier to create the causes for harmonious relationships.
If you experience it directly it is a fast track to sustainable happiness forever! This special group of teachers all have experience witht these wisdom teachings and will be helping us to open our hearts and minds though music yoga and dance to support our meditation practice.
Register for the event here https://asianclassics.kindful.com/e/harmony-emptiness-meditation-module-1-with-john-brady or on www.lightningclub.info/events
Special Musical guest @Michael Hewett, Yoga Class w/ @Paulina Franco, and Dance Class w/ Ana Rose.
The Four Spaces is a very special meditation that helps to slide the mind into emptiness(or wisdom, or ultimate reality). Once someone experiences this intellectually it is much easier to create the causes for harmonious relationships.
If you experience it directly it is a fast track to sustainable happiness forever! This special group of teachers all have experience witht these wisdom teachings and will be helping us to open our hearts and minds though music yoga and dance to support our meditation practice.
Register for the event here https://asianclassics.kindful.com/e/harmony-emptiness-meditation-module-1-with-john-brady or on www.lightningclub.info/events
Lord Buddha said that there are certain kinds of karma that can prevent illness.
Here is a list:
"🔹Never say good things about the act of striking any living being, be it with the fist or the open hand.
🔹 Never feel happy that someone has done so.
🔹Serve your parents when they are sick.
🔹Never feel satisfaction that someone you don’t like has fallen ill.
🔹Never feel unhappy that someone you don’t like has recovered from an illness.
🔹Offer medicine to those who are ill.
🔹Offer them food which will help them recover.
These are the kinds of karma that can prevent illness."
This comes from the book called "All the Kinds of Karma"
- The correlations between actions and their consequences, according to the Buddha.
As you can see, these correlations are actions of body, speech, and mind. Which do you think is a more powerful karmic seed?
Please let us know.
Here is a list:
"🔹Never say good things about the act of striking any living being, be it with the fist or the open hand.
🔹 Never feel happy that someone has done so.
🔹Serve your parents when they are sick.
🔹Never feel satisfaction that someone you don’t like has fallen ill.
🔹Never feel unhappy that someone you don’t like has recovered from an illness.
🔹Offer medicine to those who are ill.
🔹Offer them food which will help them recover.
These are the kinds of karma that can prevent illness."
This comes from the book called "All the Kinds of Karma"
- The correlations between actions and their consequences, according to the Buddha.
As you can see, these correlations are actions of body, speech, and mind. Which do you think is a more powerful karmic seed?
Please let us know.
The Mixed Nuts are back!
Look for our weekly Mixed Nuts Reading Club live on Thursdays from 6 - 7 PM Arizona time starting up again on October 22nd!
It's sure to be lively, with more participation from all attendees— we will do 30 minutes of discussion amongst the panelists and then open it up for 30 minutes of questions and comments from all participants.
You’ll be able to ask Geshe Michael and the participants any question you want!
This discussion will center around the book "The Crown of Knives" a teaching on developing the good heart (Lojong), a beautiful story and poem written by Dharmarakshita (c.1000 AD), the teacher of Lord Atisha. The Lojong practice helps us refine our motivations and actions in order to develop deep compassion for all others in our lives.
The readings will be available for all participants a week ahead of time and you'll get the link to download them when you register.
Please register at
https://asianclassics.kindful.com/?campaign=1082539
Look for our weekly Mixed Nuts Reading Club live on Thursdays from 6 - 7 PM Arizona time starting up again on October 22nd!
It's sure to be lively, with more participation from all attendees— we will do 30 minutes of discussion amongst the panelists and then open it up for 30 minutes of questions and comments from all participants.
You’ll be able to ask Geshe Michael and the participants any question you want!
This discussion will center around the book "The Crown of Knives" a teaching on developing the good heart (Lojong), a beautiful story and poem written by Dharmarakshita (c.1000 AD), the teacher of Lord Atisha. The Lojong practice helps us refine our motivations and actions in order to develop deep compassion for all others in our lives.
The readings will be available for all participants a week ahead of time and you'll get the link to download them when you register.
Please register at
https://asianclassics.kindful.com/?campaign=1082539
We need your help! Did you know that time is actually destroying the historical manuscripts of the wisdom cultures of Asia?
Many of them are hundreds of years old and decaying fast. The longer it takes us to digitize these precious articles of literary history, the more of them we will lose.
The current global situation has affected our donations at a time when we are most focused on completing specific projects such as the preservation work we are doing in the National Library of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar, and it's incredible content.
Won't you please help? Donate here https://asianclassics.kindful.com/?campaign=1082511
Many of them are hundreds of years old and decaying fast. The longer it takes us to digitize these precious articles of literary history, the more of them we will lose.
The current global situation has affected our donations at a time when we are most focused on completing specific projects such as the preservation work we are doing in the National Library of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar, and it's incredible content.
Won't you please help? Donate here https://asianclassics.kindful.com/?campaign=1082511
Very often it’s not the grandiosity of the act, it’s the intention.
A small act of generosity, of kindness, of patience, can go a long way if the intent is there. It’s not a Buddhist thing, it’s a Human thing.
Take voting for instance. Considering the magnitude of what’s at stake in this US presidential election on November 3rd, we may feel our small contribution won’t have an impact. But if enough voters with a common intention take the time and energy to voice their opinion, the impact will undoubtedly be felt.
What are you planning to do?
Comment and share if you agree
A small act of generosity, of kindness, of patience, can go a long way if the intent is there. It’s not a Buddhist thing, it’s a Human thing.
Take voting for instance. Considering the magnitude of what’s at stake in this US presidential election on November 3rd, we may feel our small contribution won’t have an impact. But if enough voters with a common intention take the time and energy to voice their opinion, the impact will undoubtedly be felt.
What are you planning to do?
Comment and share if you agree
PADMASANA
Looks easy, but it’s not. Neither conventionally nor ultimately.
What’s the origin of this physical posture that we are all so familiar with? And what does it mean to actually “live” its essence?
Dr. John Campbell, PhD in Religious Studies from Columbia University, and ACIP’s Director of Sanskrit Preservation gives us a little insight… and he makes it look easy.
Looks easy, but it’s not. Neither conventionally nor ultimately.
What’s the origin of this physical posture that we are all so familiar with? And what does it mean to actually “live” its essence?
Dr. John Campbell, PhD in Religious Studies from Columbia University, and ACIP’s Director of Sanskrit Preservation gives us a little insight… and he makes it look easy.
