BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Wednesday, 18 December 2024

Whatever a person frequently thinks and ponders upon, that will become the inclination of her mind. ~ Buddha [source: Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Sorts of Thinking]

Whatever a person frequently thinks and ponders upon, that will become the inclination of her mind.

~ Buddha   [source: Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Sorts of Thinking]

Wednesday, 18 December 2024
3:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MST (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CST (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)

Thursday, 19 December 2024
8:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
9:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
10:30 am JST (eg Tokyo)
12:30 pm AEDT (eg Sydney)
2:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360

or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.

https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/brn-online-meetings.htm

Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 15 December 2024

10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

No Matter what troubles have befallen you or what difficulties you have caused yourself or others, with love for yourself, you can change, grow, make amends and learn.

– Sharon Salzberg [source: Real Love]

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

Janet, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All welcome.

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 01 December 2024

10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

“How do we love our enemies?
First, we must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All welcome.

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 24 November 2024

10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

The spike of defensiveness we feel when someone advises us to “forgive and forget” shows just how deep our pain has burrowed.

– Sharon Salzberg [source: Real Love]

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

Janet, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All welcome.

BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Guilt says, “I am a bad person”
Remorse says, “I regret a thought, word, or act that has caused myself or others to suffer”

~ The Forgiveness Workbook

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
3:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MST (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CST (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)

Thursday, 21 November 2024
8:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
9:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
10:30 am JST (eg Tokyo)
12:30 pm AEDT (eg Sydney)
2:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360

or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.

https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/brn-online-meetings.htm

Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 10 November 2024

10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

If you want to understand your mind, sit down and observe it.

– Anagarika Munindra   [source: As quoted by Joseph Goldstein in MINDFULNESS-A Practical Guide to Awakening]

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

Janet, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All welcome.

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sunday, 03 November 2024

10 am (US Pacific)
6 pm (UK/Ireland)

As we quiet down and move inward with age, we realize how vital it is to use our minds in ways that liberate us from the traps of the past.

– Ram Dass

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

You can connect manually with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

Shaku, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All welcome.

BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Wednesday, 30 October 2024

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

~ Jack Kornfield    [source: Attributed]

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
2:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
5:30 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
6:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
7:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
8:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)

Thursday, 17 October 2024
7:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
8:30 am AWST (eg Perth)
8:30 am CST (eg Taipei)
9:30 am JST (eg Tokyo)
11:30 am AEST (eg Sydney)
1:30 pm NZST (eg Auckland)

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360

or manually enter meeting ID 679 413 6360 and passcode ‘brn’.

https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/brn-online-meetings.htm

Gary, who will be our host, chose the topic.

All are welcome.