There’s a well-known teaching from the Buddha of “The 2 Darts”. This teaching points to the two ways that you experience pain and suffering in your life. The 1st dart is when you get “hit” by something in life that causes pain and suffering. The 1st type of darts happen in life and to a certain extent, they are impossible to avoid. The 2nd type of dart is entirely different.
Day Of Practice w/ Sangha Live:
“Annica, Dukkha, & Anatta – The 3 Transformational Keys To Insight Meditation”
| Date: | July 22, 2023 |
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| Time: | 05:00-08:00pm |
| Event: | Day Of Practice w/ Sangha Live: “Annica, Dukkha, & Anatta - The 3 Transformational Keys To Insight Meditation” |
| Topic: | “Annica, Dukkha, & Anatta - The 3 Transformational Keys To Insight Meditation” |
| Sponsor: | Sangha Live |
| Venue: | ONLINE VIA ZOOM |
Vipassana meditation is usually translated as “Insight Meditation” because the practice quite naturally triggers off a process of purification that develops progressively through stages of insight knowledge. With each stage, a meditator incrementally gains insight into the Dhamma or the ultimate reality. Thus “Insight Meditation”.
The following question was recently addressed to the teachers in the Sangha Live community forum: Do you have any advice about how best to interact directly with a teacher, e.g. in one-on-one meetings during a retreat or even in the question period during daily practice? When I’m given the chance to meet with a teacher, I sometimes feel awkward and don’t know what to say. It seems important not to miss the opportunity. How should students be thinking about questions for the teacher?
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Big Mind / Big Heart – Voice Dialogue For Mindfulness Meditators | Online Workshop
w/ Miles Kessler | May 14th, 2023
| Date: | May 14, 2023 |
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| Time: | 06:00 - 09:00 pm |
| Event: | Big Mind / Big Heart - Voice Dialogue For Mindfulness Meditators | Online Workshop | May 14th, 2023 |
| Topic: | Big Mind / Big Heart - Voice Dialogue For Mindfulness Meditators | |
| Sponsor: | The Integral Dojo |
| Venue: | ONLINE VIA ZOOM |
Day Of Practice w/ Sangha Live: “Gradual And Sudden Paths Of Awakening”
| Date: | February 4, 2023 |
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| Time: | 05:00-08:00pm |
| Event: | "Gradual And Sudden Paths Of Awakening" | Day Of Practice w/ Sangha Live |
| Topic: | Gradual And Sudden Paths Of Awakening |
| Sponsor: | Sangha Live |
| Venue: | Via Zoom |
If you are a committed meditator then you probably have one of two notions about your practice; either, 1) you are on a path that gradually develops towards awakening, or 2) awakening does not develop because the realization of the Dharma is always, only in the here and now. But which notion is correct?
Buddhism has schools that transmit both of these approaches. Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana are full of gradual and sudden path practices. However, the different approaches to awakening can, at times, create confusion. So understanding the differences in both approach and realization can be very clarifying.
