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Volume 6, Issue 3 March 2016 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Daily Sits 5 Classes 3 Yard Clean-Up Day Saturday March 26 9 a.m. Please consider volunteering. You will earn volunteer vouchers for your participation. More info Would you be willing to take 15 minutes to participate in a UA research study about meditation? Complete details 2nd Annual Change Your Mind Day March 19th 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Change Your Mind Day is a full-day free event at Armory Park for any and all interested in learning about Buddhist Practice and Teachings. 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 April The Art of Living: Practicing the Buddhist Teachings on Dependent Origination Non-Residential Retreat with Brian Lesage April 22-24, 2016 Come join us in exploring this profound art of living that has the potential to transform our lives. This exploration will be based on an experiential understanding of the Buddhist teachings on Dependent Origination, or in other words, understanding the causes and conditions that shape our lives. The retreat will consist of continuous mindfulness meditation in silence throughout the day—in sitting and walking meditation combined with time for discussion to support the process happening in the silence. Friday, Apr 22, 6:30-8:30 pm Saturday, Apr 23, 9 am-5 pm Sunday, Apr 24, 9 am-4 pm At TCMC, 1231 E. Edison, Tucson, AZ. Complete Information ABOUT THE Teacher: Brian Lesage has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1988 and has taught meditation since 2000. He has studied in the Zen, Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism. He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996.
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Volume 6, Issue 3
March 2016
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Daily Sits 5
Classes 3
Yard Clean-Up Day Saturday March 26
9 a.m. Please consider
volunteering. You will earn volunteer vouchers
for your participation. More info
Would you be willing
to take 15 minutes to
participate in a UA
research study about
meditation?
Complete details
2nd Annual
Change Your Mind Day March 19th 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Change Your Mind Day is a full-day free event at
Armory Park for any and all interested in learning about
Buddhist Practice and Teachings.
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
April
The Art of Living: Practicing the Buddhist Teachings on
Dependent Origination
Non-Residential Retreat with Brian Lesage
April 22-24, 2016 Come join us in exploring this profound art of living that has the potential to transform our
lives. This exploration will be based on an experiential understanding of the Buddhist
teachings on Dependent Origination, or in other words, understanding the causes and
conditions that shape our lives. The retreat will consist of continuous mindfulness
meditation in silence throughout the day—in sitting and walking meditation combined
with time for discussion to support the process happening in the silence.
Friday, Apr 22, 6:30-8:30 pm
Saturday, Apr 23, 9 am-5 pm Sunday, Apr 24, 9 am-4 pm
At TCMC, 1231 E. Edison, Tucson, AZ. Complete Information
ABOUT THE Teacher: Brian Lesage has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1988 and has
taught meditation since 2000. He has studied in the Zen, Theravada and Tibetan schools
of Buddhism. He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996.
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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 p.m. Complete Information
Developing Tranquility, Insight and Happiness Through
Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life
taught by Dharma Treasure Teachers
René, Nick, and Blake
Thursday Evenings ---- 6:30 - 7:30
In this class you will learn meditation techniques to unify the mind and improve your mindfulness. You will also learn a great deal about the mental patterns that cause you dissatisfaction and distress and strategies to increase mindfulness in your daily life. This leads to more ease and happiness and ultimately creates insights into the true nature of reality. Each class will consist of a 30 to 40 minute guided meditation, a short talk about meditation or mindfulness, and an opportunity for questions and discussion.
6:30 - 7:30 - *Please Note the New Schedule February 25 – March 31
Advanced registration is not required. Complete class information.
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 --
Essential Teachings of Insight Meditation Feb 23- March 29, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm
with
Community Dharma Leader, Lhasha Tizer
For those who wish to understand Mindfulness in the larger context of the Buddha's teachings, theseclasses in Insight Meditation will introduce the Three Trainings, the Four Noble Truths, and Loving Kindness practice. Classes build on one another. This series is suitable for those new to practice as well as those who already have an established Mindfulness practice.
Each class will offer meditation instruction, talks, contemplative inquiry and Q&A. Drop-ins welcome.
Complete schedule of classes and registration information
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Opening to Flow
March 2 and 16, 6:30-7:45 PM (1st and 3rd Wednesday each month)
Chuong Tran leading the March 2 session.
As we practice opening to “flow” in ordinary experience, vibrant spaciousness emerges within us. We become more flowing, with decreased suffering and “happiness for no reason”. Learn practical tools to dissolve habitual ways of perceiving and reacting.
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.
May
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
Waking Up to Unconditional Happiness
with Sanjay Manchanda Ph.D.
May 15, 2016
When we listen to the news, or reflect on an uncertain future we find many reasons to be unhappy, and think that we have no choice in the matter. Ancient Dharmic teachings tell us that life experience is a construct of the mind, much like a modern virtual reality game. Waking up is realizing that you are not the virtual character you thought and felt you were. Because positive and negative mind constructs are equally real and unreal, you can construct a life filled with positive mind states such as joy, lovingkindness and gratitude. .. Teaching will include meditation, inquiry and other exercises for waking up to, and maintaining contact with the clear core consciousness of your Being.
Sunday, May 15, 2016 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. TCMC, 1231 E. Edison
Complete Retreat information
“I am the clear consciousness core of your being, the same in ecstasy as in self-hating fatigue.”
–Rumi, from The Gazing House, version by Coleman Barks
--More Classes --
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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 Feb. 23]
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. THURSDAY EVENINGS: Dharma Treasure offers different events.
Starts Feb. 25 -- 6:30 - 7:30 - Developing Tranquility, Insight and Happiness, drop-ins welcome.
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.
∞Please send submissions for this Enewsletter to Dan (danbrocious[at]earthlink.net) by the 20th of the month.∞
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TCMC 1231 E. Edison Street
PO Box 40007 Tucson, AZ 85717
Phone 520 622-0089 E-mail
Directions to 1231 E Edison:
One block S of Grant,
2 houses W of Mountain,
on the N side of Edison
It is important to the
future of TCMC to observe
mindful parking…
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to us as it is, infinite. … William Blake
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