Your external home isn’t your real home.
It’s your supposed home, your home in the world.
As for your real home, that’s peace.
The Buddha has us build our own home
by letting go till we reach peace.

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

THURSDAY, April 07, 2022

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:

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• 12:45 pm MDT (eg Denver)
• 1:45 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
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• 8:45 pm CEST (eg France)
• 8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
• 9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)

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 – ‘Sitting Room’ Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – February 2017

…only a humble mind can readily recognize its own defilements of craving, aversion and ignorance, thereby embarking on the path of enlightenment and liberation.

~ Chen Yu-Hsi [source: The Buddhist Perception of Humility]

MONDAY, April 04, 2022

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…

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9:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)

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

All welcome.

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Images – from https://thangka-mandala.com/

Until you are able to love and take care of yourself, you cannot be of much help to others.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh [source: Cultivating Compassion: How to love yourself and others – Tricycle Magazine – Spring 2015]

SUNDAY, April 03, 2022

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:

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8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
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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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Image – ‘I Love You’ – Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – March 2018

When I practice with emotions, I have to consciously remind myself that they are impermanent. This is stepping out of the realm of strict mindfulness, the direct knowing of an experience, and rather, reflecting on the nature of the experience. And this is the advice that the Buddha gives over and over in the Satipatthana—to contemplate the arising and passing away of all phenomena.

~ Kevin Griffin [source: There Are No Words in My Body: Tricycle Magazine – Trike Daily Feb 28, 2022]

THURSDAY, March 31, 2022

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:

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1:45 pm MT (eg Denver)
211:45 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
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7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CEST (eg France)
8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
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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 be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All welcome.

The Buddha wanted us to contact the Dhamma, but people only contact the words, the books and the scriptures. That is contacting that which is “about” Dhamma, and not contacting the “real” Dhamma as taught by our Great Teacher. How can people say that they are practicing well and properly if they only do that? They are a long way off.

~ Ajahn Chah [source: No Ajahn Chah: Reflections]

MONDAY, March 28, 2022

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…

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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 also be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All welcome.

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Image – ‘Books’ – Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – March 2022

The world is in darkness. How few have eyes to see! How few the birds who escape the net and fly to heaven!

~ Buddha [source: Dhammapada Verse 174]

SUNDAY, March 27, 2022

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:

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8:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
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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.

All welcome.

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Image – ‘Stuffed Birds’ – Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – April 2018

Is what you’re about to say:
1. Factual and true
2. Helpful, or beneficial
3. Spoken with kindness and good-will (that is, hoping for the best for all involved) 4. Endearing (that is, spoken gently, in a way the other person can hear)
5. Timely (occasionally something true, helpful, and kind will not be endearing, or easy for someone to hear, in which case we think carefully about when to say it).

~ Buddha [source: Right Speech – Factual, Helpful, Kind, Pleasant, and Timely]

THURSDAY, March 24, 2022

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:

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8:45 pm CET (eg France)
9:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)

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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Image – ‘Talking Figures’ – Algés, Portugal – March 2022

…the purpose of such nirvanic moments of mindfulness is to create an ethical space from which to see, think, speak, act, and work in ways that are not conditioned by reactivity.

~ Stephen Batchelor [source: A Buddhist Brexit : Tricycle Buddhist Review – Spring 2017]

SUNDAY, May 22, 2022

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:

Please Note New Start Times for Sunday Meetings

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5:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
6:45 pm CEST (eg France)
6:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
7:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)
11:45 pm Vietnam (eg Sapa)

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

All welcome.

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Image (1) – ‘Flags at Conforti’ – Being Human: A Hungry Ghost Retreat – Coatbridge, Scotland – July 2013
Image (2) – ‘Flags at Ten-tors Finish’ – Dartmoor, England – May 2004

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

~ Pema Chödrön [source: When Things Fall Apart]

SUNDAY, March 20, 2022

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:

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1:45 pm  MT (eg Denver)
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3:45 pm  ET (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm  BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm  CET/ (eg France)
9:45 pm  CAT (eg Botswana)
10:45 pm  EAT (eg Kenya)

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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Image – ‘Boudhanath Stupa’ – Kathmandu, Nepal – June 2017

Without spiritual discipline we are never going to wake up or advance on our journey through this life. But our discipline must be wedded to joy, and we must find pleasure in the myriad wonders that this life offers.

~ Joan Gattuso [source: The Balancing Buddha – Tricycle Buddhist Magazine – Winter 2008]

THURSDAY, March 17, 2022

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:

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1:45 pm MT (eg Denver)
2:45 pm CT (eg Chicago)
3:45 pm ET (eg New York/Tampa)
7:45 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:45 pm CET (eg France)
9:45 pm CAT (eg Botswana)
10:45 pm EAT (eg Kenya)

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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Image – ‘Coffee and Incense’ – Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – Apri 2020