Madison Insight Meditation Group

Please join us on Friday at the Prairie Annex or on Google Meet. After our sit, Markayle will lead our dhamma discussion.

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Tomorrow night we'll discuss the first talk, "Strategies of Self & Not-self," in Thanissaro Bhikkhu's Selves & Not-Self.

www.dhammatalks.org/books/Selves...

We look forward to sitting with you on Sunday.

Please join us on Friday at the Prairie Annex or on Google Meet. After our sit, Jayson will continue sharing Buddhist perspectives on death and dying.

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This week, we'll discuss the 'thicket' of speculative thinking and non-essential knowledge that distracts us from suffering & its end:
1. Majjhima Nikaya 63
suttacentral.net/mn63/en/sujato

2. Samyutta Nikaya 56:31
www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN...

See you Sunday?

On the first Friday of each month, we sit for 30-45 minutes and then have an open discussion of how everyone's practice is going, what our challenges are, etc. Please join us at the Prairie Annex or online!

For this Tuesday, please read or listen to the following talk:
www.dhammatalks.org/audio/evenin...

And a couple of optional suttas on not-self:
www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN...
www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN...

Morning meditation — Everything is meditation itself. ‘Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change; this is the art of turning the negative into the positive.’ Everyday Buddhism

Morning meditation — Everything is meditation itself.
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See you on Sunday!

Join us this Friday at Prairie or online for a sit followed by talk about death and dying.

This week, we'll begin talking about not-self, which is linked to many others, including the five aggregates, the three signs, and the four noble truths, so no single week or reading can cover it; we'll approach it bit by bit. This week's reading/audio:
www.dhammatalks.org/audio/evenin...

We look forward to sitting with you on Sunday at FUS or online.

Mountains and Sky: Being Stable and Spacious of Heart — Madison Insight Meditation Group Please join us for the sixteenth annual Thaypassana retreat, at which we will, in supportive community, practice the teachings that lead us to steadiness and spaciousness.

Our own Cittasubha will be teaching at the 16th annual Thaypassana retreat in January. Registration is open! madisonmeditation.org/events/mount...

Through the end of November (at least), our Friday night sit will meet upstairs in the Annex of Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society on Madison's southwest side. Please see our website for the address. We'll also continue to have a virtual option.

Tomorrow night, we'll continue with another teaching from Ajahn Chah: A Gift of Dhamma.

text: www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/cha...

audio: youtu.be/O5OQs3g7iAA?...

We look forward to sitting with you on Sunday at FUS or online.

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Join us on Friday for meditation and dhamma. Jayson will lead our discussion. We'll be meeting in person at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society on the southwest side, with a Google Meet option as well. Check our website for the link.

See you on Sunday!

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Please note there will be no Friday night sit this week. Please join us on October 17 at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society on the southwest side, or via Google Meet.

This week on Tuesday, we'll listen to and/or read a talk by Ajahn Chah. Below is a link to Ajahn Amaro reading the talk, as well as a link to a text version of it.

Audio: The Middle Way Within amaravati.org?powerpress_p...
Text: www.ajahnchah.org/book/Middle_...

This Sunday, Laura will lead our sit, followed by a conversation about engaged Buddhism. Be there or be square!

Join us for our last meeting at Herspiral. KD will lead a 45-minute sit followed by an open discussion of attendees' practice on and off the cushion. (Stay tuned for an announcement about future Friday-night locations.)

The talk for next week continues the investigation of the four Dhamma Summaries with a focus on the final one, "The world is a slave to craving."
www.dhammatalks.org/audio/evenin...

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

This week, Jayson Chung will lead our sit. See you then!

With apologies for the short notice, tonight's (Tuesday's) sit is canceled due to illness.

The talk for next week continues the investigation of the four Dhamma Summaries with a focus on the final one, "The world is a slave to craving."
www.dhammatalks.org/audio/evenin...