Sit-and-Share Topic Archives - Fifth Precept Sangha

Posted on 2023-06-012023-06-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 19 June 2023

This creation is full of suffering. The friction which is caused through its constant movement also causes the suffering. Turn inside and you will find happiness.
~ Anandamayi Ma [source: Death Must Die: A Western Woman’s Life-Long Spiritual Quest in India, p. 303 by Ram Alexander]

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

8:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
11:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST (eg France/8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
05:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
07:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Shaku, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Photo of Anandamayi Ma from librarycat.org

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-06-012023-06-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 12 June 2023

Just as rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, so passion penetrates and undeveloped mind.
~ Buddha [source: The Dhammapada Verse 31 Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita]

MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image by Master1305/Freepik

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-06-012023-06-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 08 June 2023

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
~ Buddha [source: The Dhammapada Verse 1 Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita]

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

8:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
11:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:45 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST (eg France/8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
05:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
07:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image by Sketchepedia/Freepik

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-06-012023-06-02

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 05 June 2023

A gente vive esperando que as coisas mudem, que as pessoas mudem…Até um dia, a gente muda e percebe que nada mais precisa mudar. (We live waiting for things to change, for people to change… Until one day, we change and realize that nothing else needs to change.)
~ Paulo Ursaia [source: Pensador]

MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Claudia who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image by optiknerve-gr/metamorphosis

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-06-012023-06-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 04 June 2023

Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind – so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard.
~Buddha [source: The Dhammapada Verse 33 Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita]

SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

6:45 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
9:45 am PST (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
10:45 am MST (eg Denver)
11:45 am CST (eg Chicago)
12:45 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
5:45 pm GMT (eg Dublin/London)
6:45 pm CEST (eg France)/6:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
7:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
02:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
04:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image by Richard Throssel/American Heritage Center

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-05-312023-05-31

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 01 June 2023

Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves.
~ Pema Chödrön [source: Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears (2019)]

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoomus/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Nicole, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Illustration by Jan Buchczik

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-04-012023-05-08

BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ W/TH 31 May-1 June 2023

If you aren’t feeding the fire of anger or the fire of craving by talking to yourself, the fire doesn’t have anything to feed on.
~ Pema Chodron [source: Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (pg 52)]

Buddhist Recovery Network – Midweek Meeting
Sit-and-Share: May 31/June 1, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81326534832

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 813 2653 4832 and passcode ‘501497‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

Wednesday 2:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
Wednesday 5:30 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
Wednesday 6:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
Wednesday 7:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
Wednesday 8:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday 07:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
Thursday 10:30 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
Thursday 12:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)

This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image by: Ryan Cryar/Unsplash: Fire Eater

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-04-012023-05-08

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 29 May 2023

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.
~ attributed to Lao Tzu (Laozi) [source: goodreads]

MONDAY, MAY 29, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Nicole, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image link 1: youtube: PhilosophiesForLife
Image link 2: tonoffacts/lao tzu

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-04-012023-05-15

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 28 May 2023

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.
~ Buddha translated by Gil Fronsdal [source: The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations]

SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The above topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Shaku, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image Link: book cover

All are welcome.

Posted on 2023-04-012023-05-23

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 25 May 2023

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
~ Jiddu Krishynamurti [source: kfoundation.org/mental-health]

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2023

No registration is required. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoomus/j/4537777699

…alternatively, you can connect manually, with Zoom meeting ID 453 777 7699 and passcode ‘5ps‘.

The topic is for contemplation, reflection and sharing at the online virtual ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom from:

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Noel, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image Link: mainstream media brainwashing

All are welcome.

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