BRN Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Wed 16 Aug 2023

But whoever prevails over this wretched craving, so hard to get over in the world, their sorrows fall from them, like a drop from a lotus-leaf.

~ translated by Bhikkhu Sujato [source: Dhammapada Verse 336]

Buddhist Recovery Network – Midweek Meeting
Sit-and-Share: Wed August 16, 2023

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

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 BRN ‘Sit-and-Share’ meditation meeting via Zoom at:

Wednesday
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
7:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
10:30 am AEST (eg Sydney)
12:30 pm NZST (eg Auckland)

This meeting’s topic was chosen by Gary who will be our host.

Photo by Luyao Wu on Unsplash

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 14 Aug 2023

Sorrow springs from craving, fear springs from craving; one free from craving has no sorrow, let alone fear.

~ translated by Bhikkhu Sujato [source: Dhammapada Verse 216]

MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023

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‘.

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

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: Dhammapada/youtube

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 13 Aug 2023

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

~ attributed to Vernon Howard [source: goodreads/V Howard]

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2023

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‘.

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

7:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
10:00 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
11:00 am MDT (eg Denver)
12:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
1:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
6:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
7:00 pm CEST (eg France)/7:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
8:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
3:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
5:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: calisphere.org/item/Vernon Howard

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 10 August 2023

Being conscious means you have to feel what you are feeling, which is frequently very vulnerable and raw.

~ Pema Chodron [source: Welcoming the Unwelcome, p. 53]

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023

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‘.

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

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image from Freepik/Woman Mirror

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 7 Aug 2023

Better than a thousand useless verses is one useful verse, hearing which one attains peace.

~ translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita [source: Dhammapada Verse 101]

MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023

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‘.

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

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Photo by NegiPho/Unsplash/Verses

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 6 Aug 2023

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them. That only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

~ attributed to Lao Tzu [source: Poet Seers]

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2023

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‘.

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

7:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
10:00 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
11:00 am MDT (eg Denver)
12:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
1:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
6:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
7:00 pm CEST (eg France)/7:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
8:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
3:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
5:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image by Wiroj Sidhisoradej/Freepik/flow

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 03 August 2023

Meditation practice isn’t about throwing ourselves away or becoming something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.

~ Pema Chodron [source: The Wisdom of No Escape, p. 2]

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2023

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‘.

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

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image by cookie_studio/Freepik/Befriend self

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Mon 31 July 2023

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

~ Joseph Campbell [source: Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion, edited by Diane K. Osbon, 1991]

MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023

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‘.

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

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image by Franz Bachinger from Pixabay

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Sun 30 July 2023

Whatever you frequently think about and ponder, will become the inclination of your heart.

~ Buddha [source: paraphrased from “Two Types of Thinking” (MN19)]

SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2023

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‘.

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

7:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
10:00 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
11:00 am MDT (eg Denver)
12:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
1:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
6:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
7:00 pm CEST (eg France)/7:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
8:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Monday
3:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
5:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: nobaproject.com/thoughts-behaviors 

All are welcome.


Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic ~ Thu 27 July 2023

All of you is holy.
You are already more and less
Than whatever you can know.
Breathe out,

Touch in,
Let go.

~ John Welwood [source: Forget about Enlightenment Stanzas 9 to end]

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023

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‘.

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

9:00 am HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
12:00 pm PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
1:00 pm MDT (eg Denver)
2:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
3:00 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
8:00 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
9:00 pm CEST (eg France)/9:00 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:00 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Friday
5:00 am AEST (eg Sydney)
7:00 am NZST (eg Auckland)

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

Image Link: https://www.ramdass.org/promises-and-pitfalls/

All are welcome.