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2024-09-10 I Inquiry I So What I Trudy Johnston by Appamada

2024-09-09 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 24 Look Out for the Snake | Thomas Cleary by Appamada

00:00:26 - Robin opens the Intensive - ‘Trust in Mind’ 00:03:53 - Hsin Hsin Ming 00:13:41 - Sitting and just noticing what arises 00:16:02 - Reflections 00:21:27 - Robin reads the Hsin Hsin Ming - and Joel reads the Translation of the Hsin Hsin Ming 00:25:21 - Dharma Activity - Robin invites people, over the next few days, to write their own translation of the Hsin hsin Ming 00:33:01 - Robin describes how the Dharma Activity will look over the next few days 00:36:33 - Participants write for 15 minutes

2024-09-06 | Day 2/Part 2 | Intensive - Trust in Mind | Sandra Medina Bocangel 00:00:26 - Dharma Talk 00:45:55 - Dharma Activity - In Pairs - 3 minutes to sit in silence - 5 minutes writing - 5 minutes each sharing - Write about any situation, with any particular person, or yourself, an encounter, and write about feelings thoughts, sensations in your body - During the sharing, just notice what is happening in your partner, their body language - looking with open curiosity.

00:00:26 - Robin begins - Trust in Mind O0:05:55 - Continuing with - Hsin Hsin Ming Translation - Robin and Joel 00:31:33 - Robin Offers a Dharma Activity - writing your own version/interpretation of a segment of the Hsin Hsin Ming 00:35:42 - Participants write for 20 minutes 00:35:51 - Robin invites Participants to share what they wrote 00:37:58 - 1st Sharing/interpretation of a segment of the Hsin Hsin Ming 00:42:41 - 2nd Sharing/Interpretation 00:45:27 - 3rd Sharing/Interpretation 00:46:29 - 4th Sharing/Interpretation 00:49:41 - 5th Sharing/Interpretation

00:00:26 - Sandra Opens up day 3 - Trust in Mind 00:04:08 - Sandra Read the Hsin Hsin Ming 00:31:10 - Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen Author - Mu Soeng 00:32:28 - Dharma Activity - 3 minutes of silence - write for 10 minutes - 5 mins sharing (in pairs) - Write from a place of compassion and equanimity - noticing how your body feels

00:00:26 - Robin opens up the final talk of this intensive - Trust in Mind 00:10:40 - Robin and Joel Choral Read Hsin Hsin Ming with Robin’s Interpretation 00:18:01 - Robin Offers a dharma Activity - 3 minutes to sit - 15 minutes to write - and 5 minutes each to share (in pairs) - sharing what you wrote, or any experience you’ve had throughout the intensive - what you are feeling in your body 00:18:08 - Sharings and Reflections 00:28:48 - Hsin Hsin Ming - Popcorn Style - Each Participant takes any line and speaks it into the circle

For my names they are many, Trudy, child, tinker, mucky pup, daughter, sister, friend, schoolgirl, lover, student, drop out, nun, student, shop owner, Hema, teacher, wife, mother, housewife, student, counsellor, therapist, supervisor, trainer, grandmother, student, teacher, trainer, student, great grandmother, and now a new name, and a new family, that join the list of things I have been and I have done. All flow, and all ebb, each part becoming the next thing, although each part is also entire unto itself. What names do we give ourselves, what names do we cherish, or loathe. Which names trap us, and which free us. There is a koan, “Show me your original face before you were born” now my koan is “Tell my your name before you given one” ~Trudy Johnston

Join us on Monday nights: https://appamada.org/main-calendar Luzu Faces the Wall: Case: Whenever Luzu saw a monk coming, he would immediately face the wall. Nanquan, hearing of this, said, "I usually tell them to realize mastery before the empty aeon, to understand before the buddhas appear in the world; still I haven't found one or a half. Luzu that way will go on till the year of ass.”

00:00:20 - Dharma Talk - Trust 00:24:49 - Laurie Offers a Dharma Activity 00:25:54 - Participants sit for 3 minutes, then share for 2 minutes each (Groups of 3) ( minutes total) 00:26:06 - Laurie Invites Feedback

“Losing the Trail” ~Noah Charney. These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes. Yale University Press; New Haven and London: 2023. Pages 25-26. Following the trail is the easiest way to be lost. Sure, that trail might takes us to a preordained destination faster, but we’ll have no idea where we are when we get there. While we’re on the trail, we lose track of what’s around us and where we are in space—we are lost. We put our trust in the trail, ceding responsibility. We give up our awareness, our senses, our minds. Our interface with the landscape boils down to just two numbers: the total length of the trail and the distance we’ve traveled. Staring at the path a few feet in front of us, we are not fully engaged with the surrounding world. Step off that path and suddenly we have to look up. Look at the shape of the land and decide how steeply we want to climb. Look at the trees in the distance and pick a target to walk toward. Keep looking behind so that we will recognize the forest when we en

2024-08-26 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 22 Yantou's “Bow and Shout” | Thomas Cleary by Appamada

Dharma Teachings for us today: • Suffering and dissatisfaction are woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • Freedom and beauty are equally woven into the fabric of life - of losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • The liberating realizations of the Buddha ~ everything changes and everything is interdependent - help us understand this weaving and this fabric - which is nothing more than losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out • All of this is already being lived out in every moment whether we notice it or not. The reality of life is just this everyday living, and when we can relinquish our small, individual perspectives we are better able to offer our care in the world — losing and finding/breathing in - breathing out

2024-08-19 | Depth In Practice | Book of Serenity-Case 21 Yunyan Sweeps the Ground | Thomas Cleary by Appamada

2024-08-18 | Dharma Talk | Great Expectations | Ann Lipscomb 00:00:26 - Dharma Talk - Great expectations 00:20:09 - Ann Offers the Dharma Activity 00:22:41 - Participants get into pairs for 22 minutes - 2 minute sit - 5 minutes to write - 15 minutes to share 00:22:51 - Ann Invites Feedback

Beautyland: A Novel: Marie-Helen Bertino

00:00:26 - The Universe Loves a Good Question 00:07:11 - Sitting with Joko Beck 00:09:10 - Reflections 00:18:14 - Ellen continues with the Dharma Talk 00:28:27 - Questions: 1/What has been a question that has guided your practice? 2/What has been your experience of asking questions?

2024-08-12 | Depth in Practice | Noble Truths, Noble Path | Bhikkhu Bodhi by Appamada

The way is long – let us go together; the way is difficult – let us help each other; the way is joyful – let us share it; the way is ours alone – let us go in love; the way grows before us – let us begin. R: recognize A: accept I: investigate N: non-identification

00:00:48 - Becky opens up the session 00:12:18 - Becky invites people to briefly share their experience with singing 00:29:07 - Becky leads everyone in singing 'Simply Breathe' 00:35:27 - Reflections on singing 'Simply Breathe' together 00:42:43 - Sitting for 30 minutes 00:43:19 - Becky leads everyone in singing The Four Practice Principles 00:45:53 - Becky begins to bring the class to a close - and invites reflections