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Sunday, 31 January 2021

Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Meditation tomorrow @ 7 PM

Thanks for catching that Joan!

Here's the link:

Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

From: Joan Mooney <joanhmooney@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2021 10:28:33 AM
To: Devin Maroney <devinmaroney@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Meditation tomorrow @ 7 PM

Devin, or anybody,

Is the Zoom link the same every week?

Happy to have a Zoom class today!

thanks,

Joan

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On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 1:33 PM Devin Maroney <devinmaroney@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

Let's join together tomorrow evening at 7 PM to meditate, enjoy each other's company, and explore the dhamma. The topic this week will be the Buddha's five daily remembrances and the positive and practical effects they can have on our lives.

With love,

Devin

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Meditation tomorrow @ 7 PM

Devin, or anybody,

Is the Zoom link the same every week?

Happy to have a Zoom class today!

thanks,

Joan

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On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 1:33 PM Devin Maroney <devinmaroney@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

Let's join together tomorrow evening at 7 PM to meditate, enjoy each other's company, and explore the dhamma. The topic this week will be the Buddha's five daily remembrances and the positive and practical effects they can have on our lives.

With love,

Devin

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Saturday, 30 January 2021

Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Dharma reading group...movie!

Hi y'all - we are starting our discussion now!

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:42 PM Justin Koufopoulos <jkoufopoulos@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

Just a reminder we will be holding the second part of our discussion of the movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring this Saturday at 6pm ET.

I really loved the movie -- it was beautiful and deep. Themes such as sex and murder don't often make it in movies about Buddhist monks and the dharma! The film has some interesting points on these things and I for one am still working through it. I definitely am looking forward to unpacking it and processing it with you all.

All are welcome to join us. Please feel free to join the discussion regardless of whether you've seen the movie or not!

Google Meet link here: https://meet.google.com/jbc-gagr-tep

Love,
Justin

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:44 PM Justin Koufopoulos <jkoufopoulos@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi friends,

We've decided to try something a little different for our next reading group. Instead of discussing a set of articles or a book, we've instead decided to watch a dharma-related film and hold a discussion. The film I've chosen is one I'm really excited to watch "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring" (2003). It appears to be freely available on Tubi. Here's a preview for the film I found.

We'll be meeting this Sunday, January 17th at 6pm for the screening. We'll then hold the discussion Saturday, January 30th, also at 6pm.

Please feel free to join at both or either session, viewing of the movie not required!

Google Meet link here: https://meet.google.com/jbc-gagr-tep

Peace and love,
Justin

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Meditation tomorrow @ 7 PM

Hi friends,

Let's join together tomorrow evening at 7 PM to meditate, enjoy each other's company, and explore the dhamma. The topic this week will be the Buddha's five daily remembrances and the positive and practical effects they can have on our lives.

With love,

Devin

Thursday, 28 January 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Next weekend (Feb 6-7): free, self-organized meditation retreat

Hi friends,

This past August, a group of sangha members from Downtown Dharma pulled together a free, self-organized retreat weekend. Since then, the weather has grown much colder, and all the major retreat centers remain closed.

As a result, we're organizing another version of this retreat again next weekend - February 6-7. As a member of our beloved sangha, you're warmly invited to join!

We're still working on an agenda, but it will resemble the August weekend (see link below for an example). One of us will share a schedule with the group next week so you can plan ahead. You'll be able to plug into specific sessions based on your availability, or join for the whole thing.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSLRr3e77lGvrVSdhcl_p9d6qpI-vIXSzjFS5q085Ms/edit?usp=sharing

This is all free. And it's 100% volunteer-led. So, if you're open to leading a meditation or mindfulness activity during the weekend, please feel free to raise a hand!

Hope you're safe, peaceful and warm.

Warmly,

Vince

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Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Dharma reading group...movie!

Hi friends,

Just a reminder we will be holding the second part of our discussion of the movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring this Saturday at 6pm ET.

I really loved the movie -- it was beautiful and deep. Themes such as sex and murder don't often make it in movies about Buddhist monks and the dharma! The film has some interesting points on these things and I for one am still working through it. I definitely am looking forward to unpacking it and processing it with you all.

All are welcome to join us. Please feel free to join the discussion regardless of whether you've seen the movie or not!

Google Meet link here: https://meet.google.com/jbc-gagr-tep

Love,

Justin

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:44 PM Justin Koufopoulos <jkoufopoulos@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

We've decided to try something a little different for our next reading group. Instead of discussing a set of articles or a book, we've instead decided to watch a dharma-related film and hold a discussion. The film I've chosen is one I'm really excited to watch "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring" (2003). It appears to be freely available on Tubi. Here's a preview for the film I found.

We'll be meeting this Sunday, January 17th at 6pm for the screening. We'll then hold the discussion Saturday, January 30th, also at 6pm.

Please feel free to join at both or either session, viewing of the movie not required!

Google Meet link here: https://meet.google.com/jbc-gagr-tep

Peace and love,
Justin

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Tuesday, 26 January 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Sharing an article I just wrote about compassion

Dear DD community,

As some of you know, I teach an 8-week course called Compassion Cultivation Training or CCT. I enjoy it and learn something new each time I teach, but I struggle with allowing myself to be vulnerable. As a poet, I also struggle with "storytelling," with finding personal stories that are appropriate and "instructive" in some way. Anyway, this article, published online last week, was my attempt to meet some of my challenges: "What is Compassion and How Can It Bring Happiness and Build Resilience."

Thank you for providing me a spiritual home. I look forward to seeing folks next weekend!

Warmly,

Brandel

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Saturday, 23 January 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] This Tomorrow's Online Sangha at 7 pm: The Fundamentals of a Regular Practice

Greetings Dear Community,

We'll meet online Sunday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 pm to meditate together and then consider teachings in the Dharma wisdom tradition. Zoom details follow below.

While many of us deeply love the Dharma philosophy and teachings, we struggle when it comes to a reliable and enjoyable sitting practice. Yet we know that learning about the Dharma will only get us so far. We yearn to know its truths in our direct experience.Here at the beginning of a new year, this Sunday's session will be devoted to meditation practice itself. We'll get practical and specific about gathering and sustaining attention in a way that nourishes our being and might even lead onward to realize liberation in this very life.

I hope to see you there.

Thank you for your practice!

Kristin

Start time: Sunday, 6:00 PM US Eastern Time - Click here to join the zoom meeting

Meeting ID: 466 237 117

Passcode: 546447

Join by phone: (646) 876 9923 US (New York) or find your local number

Kristin Barker

Director and Co-Founder, One Earth Sangha

Pronouns she, her and hers; on traditional land of the Nacotchtank, Piscataway and Pamunkey.

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Friday, 15 January 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Introducing a Mindful Healing Method: Transformation through Growth Aspirations

Downtown Dharma Sangha
DATE: 1/17/2020 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09
Facilitator- Travis M. Spencer

Mindful Helper- Elicia-Renee Wright

During our time together, we will continue our discussion of the IAACT Healing Method. We will discuss transformation through growth aspirations.

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

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Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Dharma reading group...movie!

Hi all, just a quick clarification, we will be meeting this Sunday at 5 pm so that there is time to also attend the weekly Sunday class.

Peace,

Justin

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:44 PM Justin Koufopoulos <jkoufopoulos@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

We've decided to try something a little different for our next reading group. Instead of discussing a set of articles or a book, we've instead decided to watch a dharma-related film and hold a discussion. The film I've chosen is one I'm really excited to watch "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring" (2003). It appears to be freely available on Tubi. Here's a preview for the film I found.

We'll be meeting this Sunday, January 17th at 6pm for the screening. We'll then hold the discussion Saturday, January 30th, also at 6pm.

Please feel free to join at both or either session, viewing of the movie not required!

Google Meet link here: https://meet.google.com/jbc-gagr-tep

Peace and love,
Justin

Sent from Gmail Mobile, apologies for any spelling errors.

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Tuesday, 12 January 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Dharma reading group...movie!

Hi friends,

We've decided to try something a little different for our next reading group. Instead of discussing a set of articles or a book, we've instead decided to watch a dharma-related film and hold a discussion. The film I've chosen is one I'm really excited to watch "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring" (2003). It appears to be freely available on Tubi. Here's a preview for the film I found.

We'll be meeting this Sunday, January 17th at 6pm for the screening. We'll then hold the discussion Saturday, January 30th, also at 6pm.

Please feel free to join at both or either session, viewing of the movie not required!

Google Meet link here: https://meet.google.com/jbc-gagr-tep

Peace and love,

Justin

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Saturday, 9 January 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Sunday at 7 PM

Dear Friends,

I look forward to being with you tomorrow night. We will explore some of the ways we can create separation from others and practice methods that can help us move from reactivity to wisdom.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

Meeting ID: 466 237 117
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Take care,

Linda

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Friday, 8 January 2021

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Freely Offered: Harvard Buddhism and Race Speaker Series

Dear Friends,

Please see below for information on the annual Harvard Buddhist Community Buddhism and Race Conference, Radical Re-Orientation: 2021 Buddhism and Race Speaker Series, with monthly virtual events from January through August.

Conference Description: https://buddhismandrace.com/about

Description of the first event on Jan 28 with a presentation from Larry Yang: https://buddhismandrace.com
Registration page for the first event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/larry-yang-multicultural-history-of-dharma-and-diversity-tickets-134275669141

Speakers in future months will be Rhonda Magee, Duncan Ryūken Williams, Ann Gleig, Chenxing Han, and Shanté Smalls.

Thank you,

Linda

lindanaini.com | 240.888.5138

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Monday, 4 January 2021

Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Metta Meditation recommendations?

Hi Frank,

As noted below, "To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to downtowndharma+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com."

Thanks,

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On Jan 4, 2021, at 2:22 PM, Frank <frankrothgeb47@gmail.com> wrote:

please remove me from this list

Frank Rothgeb

On Jan 4, 2021, at 2:02 PM, Clark Sanford <clrksanford@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Suzanne (and sangha),

IMC Redwood City has a practice every weekday called Happy Hour at 6 PST / 9 EST. I've only attended sessions with one of the teachers, Nikki Mirghafori, but she usually has a very creative and unconventional approach to metta/heart-centered practices that I personally really love.

Here's a link to the IMC Redwood City calendar; you can find the Happy Hour event description each weekday with the zoom and youtube links.
All the recorded meditations from the past are also available on AudioDharma!

Good luck with this beautiful intention!

With metta,
Clark

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM Brian Chamowitz <brian.chamowitz@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Suzanne!

Leigh Brasington did a wonderful public service by compiling 19 translations of the Metta Sutta onto a single webpage. We use Bhante Gunaratana's translation at the Bhavana Society Forest Monastery where I live at least once a day. Maybe you could pick a translation which resonates with you and start with that? I do believe that reciting this sutta or something similar every day will make changes in the brain and therefore mind. Link below:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191231035123/http://www.leighb.com/mettasuttas.htm

With love,
brian

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:55 AM Suzanne Zweizig <smzweizig@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sangha,

I made an intention on January 1st to practice metta meditation every day this year, which I am really excited about. Although I have a few guided practices I am using and endless possibilities to scroll through online, I would very much welcome recommendations from others in the sangha. Any favorites that have enriched your practice that you are willing to share?

With much gratitude and, of course, metta,:)

Suzanne

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Metta Meditation recommendations?

whomever is

replying to all; please remove me from list:

clarke Suzanne

Frank Rothgeb

On Jan 4, 2021, at 2:22 PM, Frank <frankrothgeb47@gmail.com> wrote:

please remove me from this list

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On Jan 4, 2021, at 2:02 PM, Clark Sanford <clrksanford@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Suzanne (and sangha),

IMC Redwood City has a practice every weekday called Happy Hour at 6 PST / 9 EST. I've only attended sessions with one of the teachers, Nikki Mirghafori, but she usually has a very creative and unconventional approach to metta/heart-centered practices that I personally really love.

Here's a link to the IMC Redwood City calendar; you can find the Happy Hour event description each weekday with the zoom and youtube links.
All the recorded meditations from the past are also available on AudioDharma!

Good luck with this beautiful intention!

With metta,
Clark

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM Brian Chamowitz <brian.chamowitz@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Suzanne!

Leigh Brasington did a wonderful public service by compiling 19 translations of the Metta Sutta onto a single webpage. We use Bhante Gunaratana's translation at the Bhavana Society Forest Monastery where I live at least once a day. Maybe you could pick a translation which resonates with you and start with that? I do believe that reciting this sutta or something similar every day will make changes in the brain and therefore mind. Link below:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191231035123/http://www.leighb.com/mettasuttas.htm

With love,
brian

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:55 AM Suzanne Zweizig <smzweizig@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sangha,

I made an intention on January 1st to practice metta meditation every day this year, which I am really excited about. Although I have a few guided practices I am using and endless possibilities to scroll through online, I would very much welcome recommendations from others in the sangha. Any favorites that have enriched your practice that you are willing to share?

With much gratitude and, of course, metta,:)

Suzanne

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Metta Meditation recommendations?

please remove me from this list

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On Jan 4, 2021, at 2:02 PM, Clark Sanford <clrksanford@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Suzanne (and sangha),

IMC Redwood City has a practice every weekday called Happy Hour at 6 PST / 9 EST. I've only attended sessions with one of the teachers, Nikki Mirghafori, but she usually has a very creative and unconventional approach to metta/heart-centered practices that I personally really love.

Here's a link to the IMC Redwood City calendar; you can find the Happy Hour event description each weekday with the zoom and youtube links.
All the recorded meditations from the past are also available on AudioDharma!

Good luck with this beautiful intention!

With metta,
Clark

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM Brian Chamowitz <brian.chamowitz@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Suzanne!

Leigh Brasington did a wonderful public service by compiling 19 translations of the Metta Sutta onto a single webpage. We use Bhante Gunaratana's translation at the Bhavana Society Forest Monastery where I live at least once a day. Maybe you could pick a translation which resonates with you and start with that? I do believe that reciting this sutta or something similar every day will make changes in the brain and therefore mind. Link below:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191231035123/http://www.leighb.com/mettasuttas.htm

With love,
brian

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:55 AM Suzanne Zweizig <smzweizig@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sangha,

I made an intention on January 1st to practice metta meditation every day this year, which I am really excited about. Although I have a few guided practices I am using and endless possibilities to scroll through online, I would very much welcome recommendations from others in the sangha. Any favorites that have enriched your practice that you are willing to share?

With much gratitude and, of course, metta,:)

Suzanne

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Metta Meditation recommendations?

Hi Suzanne (and sangha),

IMC Redwood City has a practice every weekday called Happy Hour at 6 PST / 9 EST. I've only attended sessions with one of the teachers, Nikki Mirghafori, but she usually has a very creative and unconventional approach to metta/heart-centered practices that I personally really love.

Here's a link to the IMC Redwood City calendar; you can find the Happy Hour event description each weekday with the zoom and youtube links.

All the recorded meditations from the past are also available on AudioDharma!

Good luck with this beautiful intention!

With metta,

Clark

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM Brian Chamowitz <brian.chamowitz@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Suzanne!

Leigh Brasington did a wonderful public service by compiling 19 translations of the Metta Sutta onto a single webpage. We use Bhante Gunaratana's translation at the Bhavana Society Forest Monastery where I live at least once a day. Maybe you could pick a translation which resonates with you and start with that? I do believe that reciting this sutta or something similar every day will make changes in the brain and therefore mind. Link below:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191231035123/http://www.leighb.com/mettasuttas.htm

With love,
brian

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:55 AM Suzanne Zweizig <smzweizig@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sangha,

I made an intention on January 1st to practice metta meditation every day this year, which I am really excited about. Although I have a few guided practices I am using and endless possibilities to scroll through online, I would very much welcome recommendations from others in the sangha. Any favorites that have enriched your practice that you are willing to share?

With much gratitude and, of course, metta,:)

Suzanne

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Metta Meditation recommendations?

Hi Suzanne!

Leigh Brasington did a wonderful public service by compiling 19 translations of the Metta Sutta onto a single webpage. We use Bhante Gunaratana's translation at the Bhavana Society Forest Monastery where I live at least once a day. Maybe you could pick a translation which resonates with you and start with that? I do believe that reciting this sutta or something similar every day will make changes in the brain and therefore mind. Link below:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191231035123/http://www.leighb.com/mettasuttas.htm

With love,

brian

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:55 AM Suzanne Zweizig <smzweizig@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sangha,

I made an intention on January 1st to practice metta meditation every day this year, which I am really excited about. Although I have a few guided practices I am using and endless possibilities to scroll through online, I would very much welcome recommendations from others in the sangha. Any favorites that have enriched your practice that you are willing to share?

With much gratitude and, of course, metta,:)

Suzanne

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Metta Meditation recommendations?

Dear Sangha,

I made an intention on January 1st to practice metta meditation every day this year, which I am really excited about. Although I have a few guided practices I am using and endless possibilities to scroll through online, I would very much welcome recommendations from others in the sangha. Any favorites that have enriched your practice that you are willing to share?

With much gratitude and, of course, metta,:)

Suzanne

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Sunday, 3 January 2021

TIME CHANGE to 7 PM: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Inviting you to Downtown Dharma Sangha Three Refuges Ceremony

Dear Friends,

A reminder that starting tonight, our meeting time has changed from 6 PM to 7 PM. We look forward to being with you tonight at 7 PM ET. Details below.

With love,

Linda

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On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 4:34 PM Travis Spencer <tspencer@iaam-dc.org> wrote:

Downtown Dharma Sangha
DATE: 1/3/2020 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Online
Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09
Facilitators-
Travis M. Spencer
Devin Maroney
Linda Naini
Kristen Barker

Our Downtown Dharma Sangha teachers, Devin, Kristin, Linda, and Travis will lead this special gathering, to mark the beginning of the New 2021 Year.

After our regular meditation period, it's been the sangha's tradition to reflect on the Three Refuges of:
The Buddha/Awareness
Dharma/Truth
Sangha/Loving Community
We will conduct a refuge ceremony for those who would like to participate. This annual refuge ceremony can help affirm and remind us of the beautiful and powerful resources of our practice.

If you would like to participate, you are invited to bring an object that will serve as a reminder of this ceremony through the year. This can be a string as we have used in the past or any object you feel called to have as your reminder (e.g., candle, something from nature like a stone, stick, or feather, piece of jewelry, paper/card, picture).

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