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    Schedule At A Glance

  • Morning Open Meditation: Weekdays 7-7:40 a.m.
  • Evening Open Meditation 7-7:40 p.m
    • Daily except Saturday and during special events (including Trustees’ meeting).

     

    Thursday Sept. 23 at 8:00p Amita Schmidt Talk
    “Stealth Bodhisattvas: A talk exploring how we can embody the dharma during these changing times.” Amita Schmidt has been a student of Vipassana meditation for 23 years and a teacher since 1997, including 6 years at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre. For more information contact Mark French at french72@antique-quilt.com or 767-7868

    Thursday evenings at 7:45 p Book Discussion Group
    Discussion and practice based on the book Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron.  The group meets Thursday evenings, Sept. 2 though Dec. 16.  The reading schedule can be found on the Center’s website, www.ysdharma.org.  The group will be co-facilitated by Donna Denman and Katie Egart. For more information, contact Donna Denman at 767-7877.

    September 8,15,22,29, October 6&13, Wednesday evenings 7:45 pm Meditation Course
    The Dharma Center is offering a Basic Meditation course, given with out charge to the entire extended community and designed especially for those who wish to begin meditating or perhaps enrich an ongoing practice. We will use the book, Why Meditate, Working with Thoughts and Emotions by Matthieu Riccard. This particular session will include the time honored Buddhist meditation technique of concentration and awareness, and as the course progresses, compassion and tonglen (taking and sending) meditation will be introduced. Each session begins with breath awareness and easy, relaxing yogic movements to “bring the mind home.” You may begin at anytime though each session has a particular focus and builds upon the other. Instructor for these 6 weeks is Dianeah Wanicek. For more information call please call her @ 767-1034.

    Sept. 18 Zen All-day Sit
    The Zen group will host an all-day sit on Sept. 18.  From 7:30 to 9:15 there will be regular meditation, ending with a brief sutra chanting service.   Beginning at 9:30 there will be 25 minute periods of zazen followed by 5 minutes of kinhin starting on the hour and half hour until 3:30 p.m.  There will be a 1 hour break at noon.  Please bring your lunch and drink.  Silence will be maintained all day, including mealtime.

    Sept. 25 at 7:00p Chanting
    Lynnell Lewis will return to Yellow Springs to present an evening of sacred chanting at the Dharma Center. With Indian tambura accompaniment, Lynnell teaches and leads chanting from all Buddhist traditions as well as Hindu, Sufi, Christian and African. For more information call 767-2113.

    Diamond Sutra Discussion NB: Daniel will still be in S. America on Sept. 4
    Diamond Sutra discussion to follow Zen meditation.  Last Saturday of the month, discussion among sangha; first Saturday of the month, Teacher Daniel Terragno is Skyped in to continue discussion.  Text is The Diamond Sutra, translated by Red Pine.

    Sept. 25, 9:00-10:00a Vipassana Sutra Discussion
    Bill Hill, a member of the Vipassana Sangha, leads a discussion of Buddhist sutras on the fourth Sunday of most months. Open to all interested in the study of foundational Buddhist practice.

    Monday Sept. 20 at 7:00p Trustees Meeting at the Dharma Center

    Please note: Calm and Compassionate Children:
    a parent and teacher study group is forming and will meet in October and November on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 7:45pm at the Dharma Center. We will discuss and apply practical steps from the book Calm and Compassionate Children by Susan Usha Dermond. Please call Dianeah Wanicek 767-1034 to sign up for the group.
    Deborah Rozman, psychologist at the Institute of HeartMath and author of Transforming Stress writes about the book: “This beautifully written book is essential for parent’s teachers and children in todays highly stressed world. Dermond offers practical activities and approaches to help children develop the heart and relationship skills needed to connect more deeply with their true self with others and with life.”

    Childrens’ Group Forming in October: 1st & 3rd Mondays beginning Oct. 4 at 7:45pm
    A parent and teacher study group is forming and will meet in October and November on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 7:45pm at the Dharma Center. We will discuss and apply practical steps from the book Calm and Compassionate Children by Susan Usha Dermond. Please call Dianeah Wanicek 767-1034 to sign up for the group.