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What is Right Samadhi? Comments on Concentration in the Suttas and in the Commentaries

Introduction  Over the past year we have discussed the Four Noble Truths and seven branches of the Eightfold Noble Path. We come this morning to the eighth and final limb of the Eightfold Path. This final branch is called Right Samadhi–frequently translated as Right Concentration–and it is one of the …

Minutes, November 10, 2024

Minutes as modified from the Board Meeting, November 10, 2024 Attendees:Bryan Wagner, Acting PresidentDennis Greggio, TreasurerCarol Blotter, Acting SecretaryJane LeuKen Morley Meeting was called to order at 12:00 p/m. (Items with * are topics for next month’s agenda) Technology Update:  The process of interfacing with the Communications Manager seems to have not …

It’s About Time We Came to Our Senses Retreat

Join us for this silent meditation retreat exploring awareness of the six sense doors and the perceptual information coming through them.  Every sensation or thought that we experience comes to us through the five sense doors of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and feeling sensation plus in Buddhism the mind is …

Right Effort

These notes are from Curt Fish’s October 13, 2024, Dharma talk. Right Effort is effort directed at cultivating the skillful and abandoning the unskillful.  Here’s a description of Right Effort from a post on Quora: Right effort—is such a great limb of the path—such a key spot, internally, in our …

Community Meeting Minutes, September 29, 2024

Still Mountain Buddhist Meditation Center Community Meeting Minutes September 29, 2024             Board monthly meeting. The board’s monthly meetings are taking place on the first Sunday of the month, at Turner, after the weekly sitting and sharing.              Coordinating Board, Teacher’s, and committee’s emails.  We have implemented a monthly email, …