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Volume 6, Issue 1
January 2016
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Daily Sits 5
Classes 3
Mindful Dialogue Practice Group “The more and more you listen, the more and more you will hear.
The more you hear, the more and more deeply will you understand”
With Community Dharma Leader Lhasha Tizer
6 Tuesdays, January 5 – February 16, 2016 (No class on Tuesday 1/26)
Complete Information
Put your tush to the cush on this Saturday meditation retreat. Build some momentum
in your practice for the new year with a day of mindfulness. The retreat will consist
primarily of guided formal sitting practice and will be conducted in silence. There will
also be walking meditation (weather permitting), discussion of basic mindfulness
principles, and an opportunity for Q & A. Retreat information
Saddle Up! A meditation retreat with
Kaishin (Blake) Ashley January 30
Equanimity Non-Residential
Retreat with
Kate Lila Wheeler
February 19-21 Complete Information
Yard Clean-Up Day Sunday
February 14 10:15 am
Please consider volunteering. You will
earn volunteer vouchers for your participation.
More info
Member Help
A long time TCMC member,
who is no longer able to
drive due to health issues,
would like a ride to TCMC
for the Sunday morning sits.
He lives near Glenn and
Dodge. If you can offer him
a ride please contact Blake
New Year’s Resolution: Learn to Meditate A Three-Hour Workshop with
Upasaka Tucker Peck, Ph.D.
Saturday, January 9th 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
This one-day workshop will provide you with a basic introduction to
meditation that will help you make 2016 the year you begin your consistent practice. You
will never be asked to quiet your mind for this class, and you’ll be surrounded by people
who also probably think that their minds are too loud and chaotic to ever learn meditation.
The weekend will provide instruction and ample opportunity to practice; no prior
experience is necessary. Fee: $20 Complete Information
Format change!
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February
Desert Insight Meditation Buddhist Book Study Group
with Community Dharma Leader Lhasha Tizer Invites you to join
Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism By Kittisaro and Thanisarra
Beginning on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 6:30-8:30pm Complete Information
Emptiness is Empty of What…Exactly?
The Upaya Sangha of Tucson is hosting a nine-week study group, the 1st and 3rd Thursday
mornings of the month, beginning January 21st. We will discuss lectures on ‘emptiness’ by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu and Gil Fronsdal. In the west, we enjoy a richness of dharma, which at
times, can appear to be a tangle of views. It’s hoped that through these discussions we’ll make
progress in untangling the question of ‘emptiness is empty of what…exactly.’
Complete details
Under 30(ish) Meditation
This weekly meditation group is for younger people, under, or
kinda close to, 30 years old. We’ll meditate and there will be an
opportunity for questions and discussion with
Upasaka Tucker Peck, Ph.D.
Mondays, 7:30 – 8:45 PM, starting on January 18.
Complete Information
February 19-21, 2016 Complete Information
Equanimity Non-Residential Retreat with Kate Lila Wheeler
Equanimity grows through learning to attend in a consistent manner to any experience which might arise. Inclusion is the path, not denying reactivity and preference, but
learning to be in wise relationship to them. As we open mindfully to sensations, emotions, situations and other people with equal respect, life can feel workable without needing to be perfect.
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2nd and 4th Wednesday Sit:
Each month, we will work with a different sense gate or a combination of sense gates,
in motion or stillness with variety of techniques to enrich our daily life practice.
6:35 - 7:35 or 8 p.m. on
2nd and 4th Wednesdays ------------------------------
Chuong Tran, Wednesday sit leader.
--Classes --
1. How to establish a regular meditation practice
2. Techniques to collect and unify the mind will be taught through guided meditation sessions and lectures.
3. Ways to improve your awareness, and mindfulness
4. How to find more joy in meditation and in daily life 5. A direct experience of the way your mind works, including habitual patterns
6. Step-by-step guidance for every stage of the path, from where you are right now to the deepest states of bliss and insight
7. Unleash your personal potential for transformation
The class will use Upasaka Culadasa's book "The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist
Wisdom, and Brain Science" as a text book. It is recommended that you purchase the text, but it is not required.
Students must join the class in the 1st or 2nd week.
PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE
CONTACT: Blake B. [email protected] or 520-514-2262 REGISTER HERE Class Information
Mastering the Art of Meditation
A Six Week Class
Thursdays, Jan. 14 – Feb. 18 René, Nick, and Blake
This class will teach you to meditate from the
ground up incorporating the latest research in cognitive psychology
and neuroscience. It is suitable for beginners or intermediates.
You will learn the following:
March
The Seven Factors of Awakening- A Non-Residential Retreat with
Community Dharma Leader Lhasha Tizer
The Seven Factors of Awakening are one of the categories of spiritual qualities of heart and mind,
frequently mentioned by the Buddha as very beneficial for spiritual development. With Mindfulness
as their foundation each quality builds upon another eventually resulting in freedom.
Friday Evening, March 11- Sunday, March 13, 2016 Complete Information
Brian Lesage non-residential retreat on April 22-24.
April
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Making a Difference: Opening to Flow
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, 6:30-7:45 PM.
January 6 and 20 As we practice opening to “flow” in ordinary experience, vibrant spaciousness emerges within us. We
become more flowing, with decreased suffering and spontaneous bouts of joy. Learn practical tools to
dissolve habitual ways of perceiving and reacting. Build meditative skills to transform your own life
and the world. Refreshingly applicable for beginning and experienced meditators.
Taught by Bonnie Colby, PhD, meditation teacher and UA professor.
Contact: [email protected], 520-730-5889. Class information
We do not meditate to become great meditators. We meditate to become great human beings, serving and inspiring our communities and our world.
Meditative Yoga With Rebecca
Wednesdays 5:15 pm – 6:10 pm New Class at TCMC
ADVANCED REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED
This class provides the space to come
deeply into our bodies and center in
ourselves, while exploring our individual
present experience. With the aim of
relaxed effort, we strengthen, stretch,
investigate, and nurture by remaining in
both active and passive postures for
longer periods of time.
*Please bring your own mat*
FEE: $6 – 10 sliding scale
No one will be turned away due to
inability to pay
CONTACT: [email protected] Complete class information
Would you be willing to
take 15 minutes to
participate in a UA
research study about
meditation?
Complete details
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Weekly Sit Schedule MONDAY EVENINGS: 6:30-7:30pm All levels. Mindfulness Meditation Practice: A guided meditation suitable for beginners, followed by a brief, optional discussion. TUESDAY EVENINGS: 6:30-8:30pm Insight Meditation class with Community Dharma
leader Lhasha Tizer. Some classes are a series, each class building upon the previous
class; other times they are designed as drop-in classes. The classes consist of meditation
instruction, a dharma talk, Q&A and personal inquiry. [Next series starts Jan. 6.]
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS: 5:15–6:10pm Meditative Yoga: This class provides the space to come deeply into our bodies and center in ourselves, while exploring our individual present experience. Rebecca, teacher. 6:30-7:45pm First and third Wednesday: Making a Difference: Opening to Flow: As we practice opening to “flow” in ordinary experience, vibrant spaciousness emerges within us. Learn practical tools to dissolve habitual ways of perceiving and reacting. Build meditative skills to transform your own life and the world. Bonnie Colby, teacher. 6:35-7:35 or 8pm Second and fourth Wednesday: Each month, we will work with a different sense gate or a combination of sense gates, in motion or stillness with variety of techniques to enrich our daily life practice. The class consists of guided meditations, and discussion. Chuong Tran, teacher. Also Buddhist Book Group. [New book on Jan. 6. New students welcome then.] THURSDAY EVENINGS: Dharma Treasure will be offering a number of different events during October.
Jan. 7 -- 6:30 - 7:30 - Developing Tranquility, Insight and Happiness, drop-ins welcome.
Jan. 14 – Feb. 18, 6:30 – 8 pm -- Mastering the Art of Meditation class.
Please see the rest of the newsletter or the TCMC schedule for more information.
FRIDAY MORNINGS: 6:30-7:15am – 45-minute silent sit led by Nick Van Kleeck. NEW 7:30-8:15am – 45-minute silent sit led by Nick Van Kleeck. SATURDAY MORNINGS: Sits have been canceled until further notice. SUNDAY MORNINGS: 8:30, 9:00 & 9:30. You may join at the beginning of any half hour. The sits are silent.
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One block S of Grant,
2 houses W of Mountain,
on the N side of Edison
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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to us as it is, infinite. … William Blake
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