In zazen (meditation), leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don’t serve them tea.

~ Master Shunryu Suzuki (1905–1971)

THURSDAY, April 28, 2022

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All welcome.

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Image 1 – “Open Doors” – Meditations Centre, Beatenberg, Switzerland – February 2017
Image 2 – “Sitting” – Tibetan Security Department, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, HP, India – September 2019

…when the mind is still, it’s in its natural, normal state. As soon as the mind moves, it becomes conditioned (sankhāra).

~ Ajahn Chah [source: A Dhammatalk: Unshakeable Peace]

THURSDAY, May 05, 2022

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

All welcome.

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Images – ‘Dancing Kite’ – Harbin, China – March 2016

When we sit in a quiet forest when there’s no wind, the leaves are still. When the wind blows, the leaves flutter.
The mind is the same sort of thing as leaves. When it makes contact with an object, it vibrates in line with its nature.
The less you know of the Dhamma, the more the mind vibrates. When it feels pleasure, it dies with the pleasure.
When it feels pain, it dies with the pain. It keeps flowing on in this way.

~ Ajahn Chah [source: In Simple Terms: 108 Dhamma Similes]

MONDAY, April 25, 2022

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Image 1 – ‘Forest Rest’ – Portumna Forest Park, County Galway, Ireland – November 2019

Image 2 – ‘Hanuman in the Trees’ Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India – October 2019 

Actions do not die…

~ Luangpor Charoen Parnchand

Online Sit-and-Share:
Ten Year Anniversary Meeting
SUNDAY, April 24, 2022

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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.

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Image – ‘Luangpor Charoen Parnchand and (Phra) Vince Cullen’ – Wat Thamkrabok Monastery, Phraputthabat, Saraburi, Thailand – February 2003

All beings tremble before violence.
All fear death.
All love life.

See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt?
What harm can you do?

~ Thomas Byrom [source: Interpretation of Dhammapada verses 129 & 130]

THURSDAY, April 21, 2022

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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.

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Image – ‘Poppies’ – Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – July 2020

Beginning again and again is the actual practice, not a problem to be overcome so that one day we can come to the “real” meditation.

~ Sharon Salzberg [source: How to Forgive: A Meditation’ – Tricycle Magazine – Trike Daily – March 29, 2020]

MONDAY, April 18, 2022

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

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Image 1 – ‘Buddhas’ at Wat Thamkrabok, Saraburi, Thailand – March 2013
Image 2 – ‘Cushions’ at Meditation Center Beatenberg, Switzerland – February 2017

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

~ Hosea Ballou [source: Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 350.]

SUNDAY, March 17, 2022

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

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Image 1 – ‘Ice Cream Toppings’ – Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand – May 2015
Image 2 – ‘Shopping’ in Singapore – August 2016

midnight — no waves, no wind
empty boat
flooded with moonlight

~ Eihei Dogen
Japan (1200 – 1253) [source: midnight — no waves, no wind’ English version by Adjei Agyei-Baah & Gabriel Rosenstock]

THURSDAY, April 14, 2022

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

All welcome.

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Image – ‘Empty Boat’ – Gili Air, Indonesia – August 2016

When we experience this moment as though it were the only one we’ll ever have—when we really get that—a spaciousness opens up, breathing room, clarity, relief.

~ Tina Lear [source: Unclutter Your Life by Erasing Your Future: Tricycle Magazine – Trike Daily – February 07, 2022]

MONDAY, April 11, 2022

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Image – ‘Open Sitting Room’ Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – July 2021

If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?

~ Chuck Palahniuk [source: Fight Club (book and movie)]

SUNDAY, April 10, 2022

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

All welcome.

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Image 1 – ‘Four Poster’ Sharpham House, Totnes, Devon, UK – October 2016

Image 2 – ‘Dormitory beds’ The High Heathercombe Centre, Dartmoor, UK – May 2017