Fifth Precept Sangha

Finding your true self is an act of love. Expressing it is an act of rebellion.

~ Cory Muscara [source: Twitter Post November 21, 2022]

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2023

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

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Tuesday
06:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
08:45 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.

All welcome.

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#10 Begin with yourself the sequence of giving and receiving.
Pema Chödrön Commentary: Whatever pain you feel, take it in, wishing for all beings to be free of it. Whatever pleasure you feel, send it out to others. In this way, our personal problems and delights become a stepping-stone for understanding the suffering and happiness of all beings.

~ Train Your Mind, Slogan 10
Atisha’s 59 Lojong Slogans with commentary by Acharya Judy Lief

~ Lojong Slogans Article – Wikipedia

~ Pema Chödrön [source: Pema Chödrön’s Compassion Cards: Teachings for Awakening the Heart in Everyday Life]

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2023

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Monday
04:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
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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.

All welcome.

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One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by entering the darkness where it begins.

~ Carl Jung [source: The Philosophical Tree – Volume 13 of Collected works of C.G. Jung (Translated by Richard Francis Carrington Hull)]

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2023

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

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Friday
06:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
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Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Cathryn, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All welcome.

Image – ‘Darkness in Fraser’ – Fraser, CO, United States – December 2022

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The real forgiveness happens when it’s just, you realise that ultimately, there’s nothing to forgive; and that’s true forgiveness.
There’s nothing to forgive.

~ Eckhart Tolle [source: How to Forgive Yourself of the Past | Eckhart Tolle Teachings (YouTube)]

MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2023

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

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10:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
Tuesday
06:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
08:45 am NZDT (eg Auckland)

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.

All welcome.

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So long as man has not dominated desire, he has dominated nothing. And he almost never dominates it.

~ Albert Camus [source: Notebooks: 1942-1951]

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2023

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

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Monday
04:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
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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.

All welcome.

Image – ‘Mountaineering Centre’ – Dharamsala, H.P., India – October 2019

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Imperfection is not our personal problem—it is a natural part of existing.

~ Tara Brach [source: Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023

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Friday
06:45 am AEDT (eg Sydney)
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Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Cathryn, who will be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All welcome.

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All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.

~ Eckhart Tolle [source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment]

MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2023

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Tuesday
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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.

All welcome.

Image – ‘Wall Painting’ – Rabat, Morocco – January 2023

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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

~ Maya Angelou

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2023

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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.

All welcome.

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Try to see the big picture. Whatever has happened is probably a short chapter in the long book of your life.

~ Rick Hanson with Forrest Hanson [source: Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2023

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

All welcome.

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The 4 ennobling truths are not propositions to believe; they are challenges to act.

~ Stephen Batchelor [source: Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening]

Buddhist Recovery Network – Midweek Recovery Meeting
Sit-and-Share: 18-19 January 2023

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

Wednesday 3:30 pm HST (eg Honolulu, Hawaii)
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Wednesday 8:30 pm EST (eg New York/Tampa)
Thursday 08:30 am ICT (eg Bangkok)
Thursday 12:30 pm AEDT (eg Sydney)
Thursday 3:30 pm NZDT (eg Auckland)

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

All welcome.

Image – ‘File 10-07-2017, 22 07 18’ – Image by Stephen Batchelor

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