The Four Reminders or the Four Thoughts: Preliminaries of Lojong Practice.
(1) Maintain an awareness of the preciousness of human life.
~ Atiśa from A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
(2) Be aware of the reality that life ends; death comes for everyone; Impermanence.
(3) Recall that whatever you do, whether virtuous or not, has a result; Karma.
(4) Contemplate that as long as you are too focused on self-importance and too caught up in thinking about how you are good or bad, you will experience suffering. Obsessing about getting what you want and avoiding what you don’t want does not result in happiness; Ego.
THURSDAY, May 20, 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)
2:30 pm (EDT)
7:30 pm (UK/Ireland)
8:30 pm (Botswana)
9:30 pm (Kenya)
Ready for a prompt start at the top of the hour. This meeting’s topic was chosen by Samba, who 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’.