Via IMS // IMS Turns 45: Join the Party, February 14!

 

IMS Turns 45: Join the Party, February 14!

Ananda said to the Blessed One, “This is half of the holy life, lord: admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie.” “Don’t say that, Ananda. Don’t say that. Admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie is actually the WHOLE of the holy life.” – The Buddha (45th verse of the Samyutta Nikaya)

Friends, companions, and comrades in the Dharma:

You Are Invited

To a Celebratory Event on the 45th Anniversary of the Insight Meditation Society Sunday, February 14, 2021 4 pm – 5:30 pm ET

Join us for a special gathering of our community…

Festivities will include: Reflections on our past and our future; Honoring our lineage and its teachings; Taking Refuge and the Five Precepts together in Sangha; Lovingkindness practice; And more!

Special Appearances by: IMS co-founder Sharon Salzberg IMS co-founder Jack Kornfield Steve Armstrong Christina Feldman Trudy Goodman Devon Hase Yong Oh Rachel Lewis Kamala Masters Neesha Patel Winnie Nazarko And more of your beloved IMS teachers.

This event is entirely FREE and open to all. Please come celebrate 45 Years of IMS with us and thank you for your friendship, companionship, and camaraderie in this holy life!

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This event is free, but for those who want to make an anniversary donation to IMS, you may CLICK HERE

IMS is a spiritual refuge for all who seek freedom of mind and heart. We offer meditation retreats rooted in the Early Buddhist teachings of ethics, concentration and wisdom. These practices help develop awareness and compassion in ourselves, giving rise to greater peace and happiness in the world.

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Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day

 

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Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day is a Mahayana Buddhist holiday celebrated in East Asia. By some it is celebrated on 8^th of February, but by most on 15^th of February. It celebrates the day when the Buddha achieved Parinirvana, or complete Nirvana, upon the death of his physical body.

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Via Daily Dharma: Use Whatever Tool You Have

We don’t have to agonize about “How can I serve? How can I make a difference?” Instead, we can pick up whatever tool is at hand— Oh! It’s a cup! Oh! It’s a hammer! 

—Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, “Bodhisattvas Have More Fun”

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Via BBC Crowd Science: Including research in meditation

 

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Dame Judi Dench and Benedict Cumberbatch Unite Us | Red Nose Day 2021

The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture

 

The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture

From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001

 

Below is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture which show up in our organizations. Culture is powerful precisely because it is so present and at the same time so very difficult to name or identify. The characteristics listed below are damaging because they are used as norms and standards without being pro-actively named or chosen by the group. They are damaging because they promote white supremacy thinking. They are damaging to both people of color and to white people. Organizations that are people of color-led or a majority people of color can also demonstrate many damaging characteristics of white supremacy culture.

 

1. Perfectionism

2.  Sense of Urgency

3. Defensiveness

4. Quantity Over Quality

5. Worship of the Written Word

6. Only One Right Way

7.  Paternalism  

8. Either/Or Thinking

9. Power Hoarding

10. Fear of Open Conflict   

11. Individualism

12. Progress is Bigger, More

13. Objectivity

14. Right to Comfort

 

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When Things Fall Apart

 

Disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away.

 

—Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart

Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - February 7, 2021 💌

 

"There is not an experience that goes down in your life that doesn’t have the potential to help liberate you. It is so perfectly designed and there is not irrelevancy in the system. When you finally want to get free, everything, every single thing in your life is grist for the mill."

 - Ram Dass -

Via Tricycle // Listening with Empathy With Cuong Lu

 

Listening with Empathy With Cuong Lu

Do you listen with your ears or with your heart? Learn the art of compassionate listening with Zen teacher, author, and former prison chaplain Cuong Lu.

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Via Daily Dharma: Opportunities to Examine Your Life

 Any time we are abruptly thrown off course, it is an opportunity to reexamine our lives, our values, and where we are headed.

—Judy Lief, “Welcome to the Real World”  

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Via Daily Dharma: Practice Reacting

 Regardless of our circumstances, if we are Buddhist practitioners, we can have control over how we react to our thoughts and feelings.

—Interview with Charles Johnson by E. Ethelbert Miller, “Black Coffee Buddhism”  

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Via Daily Dharma: Allow Joy In

 Joy can be restorative. It can be akin to a good meal: nourishing and necessary. 

—Daisy Hernández, “The Joy of Joy”   

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Moments of Joy and Wisdom with Ram Dass on Maui

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Via Daily Dharma: Finding Strength Among Discomfort

 When life presents us with challenges, we can get stuck in the mud—in our habitual reactions and patterns—or we can be present to the suffering and find compassion and strength within the discomfort, blossoming like the lotus. 

—Carolyn Gregoire, “Buddhist Thank-You Cards”   

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