Sit-and-Share – Page 40 – Fifth Precept Sangha

Posted on 2022-02-202022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 20-02-2022

Statues around the grave of Friedrich Nietzsche

Black and white photo of Friedrich Nietzsche

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche

SUNDAY, February 20, 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.

All welcome.

Images – from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche

Posted on 2022-02-172022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 17-02-2022

So come, my friends, be not afraid.
We are so lightly here.
It is in love that we are made;
In love we disappear.
~ Sharon Robinson and Leonard Cohen [source: Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson – Boogie Street]

THURSDAY, February 17, 2022

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

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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.

Posted on 2022-02-142022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 14-02-2022

In the midst of uncertainty, love is certain.
The death of someone close to you is like an alarm bell:
Wake up!
This is it!
Do what you care about!
Love is what matters!
~ Susan Moon [source: From Alive Until You’re Dead © 2022 by Susan Moon as excerpted in Tricycle Magazine article Don’t Fear the Reaper]

MONDAY, February 14, 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 also be our ‘Sit-and-Share’ host.

All welcome.

Images – The Dancing Enlightened Skeletons

Posted on 2022-02-132022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 13-02-2022

Images – ‘The Temple of Confucius’ - Beijing, China - March 2016

When it is obvious that goals can’t be reached, don’t adjust the goals, but adjust the action steps.
~ Confucius [source: Confucius Quotes That Will Make You More Motivated]

SUNDAY, February 13, 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.

All welcome.

Images – ‘The Temple of Confucius’ – Beijing, China – March 2016

Posted on 2022-02-102022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 10-02-2022

Image – ‘Big Buddha’ - Hong Kong - August 2016

The triple gem holds within it the whole of the teaching and path of liberation. Buddha, dhamma and sangha are referred to as the three jewels or treasures because of their profound and enduring value. They are interwoven, nurtured together and lead to profound and unshakeable liberation.
~ Christina Feldman [source: The Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha]

THURSDAY, February 10, 2022

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

All welcome.

Image – ‘Big Buddha’ – Hong Kong – August 2016

Posted on 2022-02-072022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 07-02-2022

Image – ‘Life's Rich Tapestry’ - Kairos Centre, London, England - February 2022

…this human life is a great opportunity. Regardless of the effects that we inherit, we can always act skillfully and cultivate the mind. We can always move towards goodness, happiness, and liberation.
~ Ajahn Sucitto [source: Kamma and the end of Kamma]

MONDAY, February 07, 2022

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All welcome.

Image – ‘Life’s Rich Tapestry’ – Kairos Centre, London, England – February 2022

Posted on 2022-02-062022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 06-02-2022

Grave Stones at Lohhra Cemetery, Tipperary, Ireland

There are those who do not realise that one day we all must die.
But those who do understand this settle their conflicts.
~ Buddha [source: Dhammapada (Verse 6)]

SUNDAY, February 06, 2022

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Image – ‘Universal Destination’ – Lorrha Cemetery, County Tipperary, Ireland – February 2019

Posted on 2022-02-032022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 03-02-2022

The Buddha’s teaching is to know suffering and to know what causes it to arise. And further, we should know freedom from suffering and the way of practice that leads to freedom. He taught us to know just these four things. When we know these four things we’ll be able to recognise suffering when it arises, and will know that it has a cause. We’ll know that it didn’t just drift in! When we wish to be free from this suffering, we’ll be able to eliminate it’s cause.
~ Ajahn Chah [source: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol. 2 – Formal Practice]

THURSDAY, February 03, 2022

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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.

All welcome.

Posted on 2022-01-312022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 31-01-2022

Image – ‘Please Maintain Silence’ - Tushita Meditation Centre, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, HP, India - October 2019

At other times, as you’re working with the breath energy, you come across knots in the energy that, when you untie them, reveal… unpleasant presents, let’s put it that way. You open one up and a really bad memory comes out. When that happens, you have to remind yourself: “I’m still a meditator. I was somebody else back in the time of that bad memory, but now I’m a meditator. I don’t have to take on that identity any more.”
~ Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu [source: Approaching Painful Memories as a Meditator]

MONDAY, January 31, 2022

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All welcome.

Image – ‘Please Maintain Silence’ – Tushita Meditation Centre, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, HP, India – October 2019

Posted on 2022-01-302022-03-01

Virtual Sit-and-Share Topic 30-01-2022

Image – ‘I have suffered enough’ - Prayer flags at the end of ‘From Hungry Ghost to Being Human’ retreat at New Life Foundation, Chiang Rai, Thailand - April 2017

Dharma practice is not an escape: it’s an intimate meeting with the discomfort and suffering of the first noble truth. Life contains suffering.
~ Sarah Conover [source: Lost at Sea – Tricycle Buddhist Review (Summer 2019)]

SUNDAY, January 30, 2022

No registration is required. The meeting link is –

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

All welcome.

Image – ‘I have suffered enough’ – Prayer flags at the end of ‘From Hungry Ghost to Being Human’ retreat at New Life Foundation, Chiang Rai, Thailand – April 2017

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