Fifth Precept Sangha

Posted on 2021-06-032021-06-17

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 13-06-2021

Black and white line drawing of Shantideva

“Whenever I am eager for praise,
Or have the desire to blame others;
Whenever I have the wish to speak harshly and cause dispute;
At (all) times I should remain like a piece of wood.”
~ Shantideva [source: A guide to the Bodhisattva’s way of life]

SUNDAY, June 13, 2021

No registration 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:

11:30 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:30 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:30 pm CEST/CAT (eg France/Botswana)
9:30 pm EAT (eg Kenya)

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

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.

Image – Shatideva on Wikipedia

Posted on 2021-06-022021-06-06

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 10-06-2021

The forgiveness process, properly understood and used, can free those bound by anger and resentment. It does not require accepting injustice or remaining in an abusive situation. It opens the door to reconciliation, but it does not require trusting someone who has proven untrustworthy. Even if the offender remains unrepentant, you can forgive and restore a sense of peace and well-being to your life. The choice is yours.
~ Robert D. Enright [source: Forgiveness Is a Choice: A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope]

THURSDAY, June 10, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699https://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:

11:30 am PDT (eg San Francisco/Vancouver)
12:30 pm MDT (eg Denver)
1:30 pm CDT (eg Chicago)
2:30 pm EDT (eg New York/Tampa)
7:30 pm BST (eg Dublin/London)
8:30 pm CEST/CAT (eg France/Botswana)
9:30 pm EAT (eg Kenya)

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

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.

Image – ‘Cellular Jail Museum’ – Atlanta Point, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India – October 2018

Posted on 2021-06-012021-06-06

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 07-06-2021

Right view is twofold:
Right view with intoxicating inclinations, subject to the ripening karma of attachment; and right view without intoxicating inclinations, that is characterised by wisdom, investigative awakening, and endowed with the noble path.
~ Buddha [source: Adapted from a translation of the Mahacattarisaka Sutta translated by Peter Harvey]

No registration 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…

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

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting is scheduled to start at 8 pm (UK/Ireland) and close at or before 9:15 pm but the Zoom meeting room will be open 30-minutes before and 15-minutes after for conversation, connection and fellowship.

All welcome.

Image Source – free image from https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7850/40507204483_71c687c6ac_c.jpg

Posted on 2021-05-312021-06-03

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 06-06-2021

Standing post with the painted words "May Peace Be In Our Hearts".

Normally, as a negative mood arises, it catches hold and infects the whole mind – we become that mood… But when there is a great heart, it can meet that piece of narrative without being sucked into it. And from there is a skilful response…
~ Ajahn Sucitto [source: Kamma And The End of Kamma (1st Edition)]

SUNDAY, June 06, 2021

No registration 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:

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.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.

Image – ‘May Peace Be In Our Hearts’ – at Being Human – A Hungry Ghost Retreat at Margaret Austin Center – Texas – USA – June 2018

Posted on 2021-05-312021-06-03

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 03-06-2021

Calligraphy by Thich-Nhat-Hanh that says This is it"

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh [source: The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation]

THURSDAY, June 03, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699https://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:

Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Donny. Our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host will be Vince.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.

Image – This-Is-It-Thich-Nhat-Hanh-Calligraphy-768×541

Posted on 2021-05-292021-05-29

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 31-05-2021

“Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering.”
~ Yoda [source: The Phantom Menace, 1999]
MONDAY, May 31, 2021

No registration 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…

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

Image Source – https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yoda?file=Yoda_SWSB.png

Posted on 2021-05-252021-05-31

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 30-05-2021

“To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism.”
~ Shunryu Suzuki from his book ‘Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice’

SUNDAY, May 30, 2021

No registration 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:

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

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.

Image: ‘Supper at Kunphen’ – Hungry Ghost Addiction Recovery Retreat at Kunphen Recovery Center, Thehr, Himachal Pradesh, India – October 2018

Posted on 2021-05-242021-05-26

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 27-05-2021

“When encountering objects which please us,
To view them like rainbows in summer,
Not ultimately real, however beautiful they appear,
And to relinquish craving and attachment,
is the practice of a bodhisattva.”
~ Gyalse Ngulchu Thogme from ‘The Thirty-Sevenfold Practice of a Bodhisattva’ as explored by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in ‘The Heart of Compassion’

THURSDAY, May 27, 2021

No registration required. The meeting link is –

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4537777699https://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:

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

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.

Image – ‘Rainbow over Carrigahorig’, Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – November 2019

Posted on 2021-05-222021-05-22

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 24-05-2021

Blazing bonfire lighting up garden pagoda and Buddha statue

“The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates”.
~ Dr. Gabor Maté in his book ‘In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction’

MONDAY, May 24, 2021

No registration 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…

…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.

Image – ‘A Spark and A Flame’– Nalagiri House, Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, Ireland – February 2018

Posted on 2021-05-212021-05-22

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 23-05-2021

When a person lives heedlessly,
his craving grows like a creeping vine.
He runs now here
& now there,
as if looking for fruit:
a monkey in the forest.
~ Buddha Dhammapada verse #334

SUNDAY, May 23, 2021

No registration 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:

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.

Please read ‘How to attend a Virtual Sit-and-Share meeting’.

Image: ‘He runs now here & now there’ – Kathmandu, Nepal – June 2017

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