Fifth Precept Sangha

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this Dhamma and Discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

~ Buddha [source: The Udana: Inspired Utterances of the Buddha translated by John D. Ireland]

SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 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)
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11:00 am MDT (eg Denver)
12:00 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
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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 Ben Kerckx from Pixabay

All are welcome.

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I am enough / I do enough / I have enough

~ Anonymous [source: Jamie Spannhake Blog]

THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 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.

All are welcome.

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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:

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 Gary, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image by Master1305/Freepik

All are welcome.

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It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

~Various [source: Quote Investigator]

SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 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 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 Vince, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image Link: travel journey/freepik

All are welcome.

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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.

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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:

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 Claudia who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Image by optiknerve-gr/metamorphosis

All are welcome.

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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.

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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:

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 Nicole, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

Illustration by Jan Buchczik

All are welcome.

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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.

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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:

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 Nicole, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

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

All are welcome.

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