Vipassana Meditation

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Comment by drmike on October 28, 2009 at 7:27am

The day after Halloween, there will be a one day meditation course near my house. I have not sat formally with people, since this summer. I am putting it out to all here, as a reminder that is something I need to do to reconnect, and to develop better habits. I wish you all the best, and good luck...

Mike

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 28, 2009 at 5:52am

Well, as you can see above that, after reflection, I have changed the title to "The Buddha and Modern Science". Not only Quantum Physics, but modern cosmology, biology and other sciences lines up The Buddhas' Insightfulness. After all Vipassana really means "seeing what is real" or "Insight"? Does it not? What has Compassionate Love, Oneness got to do with it? Did the "big bang' theory explains our beginnings and our interconnectedness. What about Infinity?

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 27, 2009 at 3:40pm

Quantum Physics and Vipassana: I am going to start a new 'discussion' group on modern physics and its relevance in Buddhism and particularly Vipassana:
"I once asked my physicist friend David Bohm this question: From the perspective of modern science, apart from the question of misrepresentation, what is wrong with the belief in the independent existence of things? His response was telling. He said that if we examine various ideologies that tend to divide humanity, such as racism, extreme nationalism, and the Marxist class struggle, one of the key factors of their origin is the tendency to perceive things as inherently divided and disconnected." His Holiness The Dalia Lama from p. 51 of his book The Universe in a Single Atom.

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 20, 2009 at 6:38am

Well, my dear, I will give him your message on Nov. 7th, and will relay here the essence of his message. Looking forward to it! thanks for dialoguing with me here as "where two or more are joined...." lotametta, ron
see my reply to your reply on "equanimity" - a hard, very worthwhile lesson.

Comment by Jeanne on October 19, 2009 at 10:09am

Ron, I did a search to find an itinerary for Dr. Fleischman and couldn't find anything recent. I'd love to see and hear him and sit with him... if he came to the NW.

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 15, 2009 at 5:24pm

Vipassana coming to Carolina:

In November, Dr. Paul R. Fleischman M.D., psychiatrist, author, and Vipassana Meditation Teacher under the guidance of S.N. Goenka, will be in Asheville to share a talk on The Scientific World View and Vipassana Meditation and will conduct a number of group sittings.


Lecture in Asheville, NC

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When: Saturday - November 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Where: University of North Carolina, Asheville - Reuter Center, The Manheimer Room
Attendance: Free and open to the public. All are invited to attend whether they have sat a 10-day course or not. Please invite your friends.
Flyer: A copy of the flyer may be obtained by clicking the following link: download flyer
Directions: From downtown Asheville:
240W to 19-23 N toward Weaverville. Take 2nd exit for UNCA. Turn right at bottom of the ramp onto Broadway. Turn left at 1st light onto Campus Drive. Follow to the top and turn left at the stop sign. Reuter Center will be on the right.

Group Sitting in Asheville, NC

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When: Saturday - November 7, 2009 from 5:00-6:00 PM (Prior to the lecture)
Where: University of North Carolina, Asheville – Reuter Center, The Manheimer Room

Attendance: Group Sittings are open to Old Students. An Old Student is one who has completed at least one 10-day meditation course with S.N Goenka or his assistant teachers. Bring your cushions.
Flyer: A copy of the flyer may be obtained by clicking the following link: download flyer
Directions: From downtown Asheville:
240W to 19-23 N toward Weaverville. Take 2nd exit for UNCA. Turn right at bottom of the ramp onto Broadway. Turn left at 1st light onto Campus Drive. Follow to the top and turn left at the stop sign. Reuter Center will be on the right.


Group Sitting/One-Day Sitting in Black Mountain, NC

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When: Sunday - November 8, 2009 from 9:00-10:00 AM and One-Day Sitting from 10:15AM - 5:15PM (Paul and Susan Fleischman will conduct the first hour.)
Where: Miles' Residence - 115 Cragmont Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Attendance: Group Sittings are open to Old Students. An Old Student is one who has completed at least one 10-day meditation course with S.N Goenka or his assistant teachers. Bring your cushions

More information about this lecture series may be found at www.vipassanatalk.org

May all beings be happy and peaceful,

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 15, 2009 at 9:38am

Not transcendance, not trance, not out-of-body, not egolessness, althought these states happen in meditation, in Vipassana, our goal is equanimity according to Goenka.
To me equanimity is real peace, real joy, real balance, and is the middle road that Buddha teaches.
I am going to transfer this to equanimity discussion above if anyone would like to comment on it here or there. metta, ron

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 10, 2009 at 4:58pm

And I appreciate Elizabeth embedding the video bodhisattva-in-metro - enjoy!

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 10, 2009 at 4:56pm

Thanks to Jeane for adding this comment to "discussion" aboveWell, I finally did it... set aside an hour to watch both parts of the Oprah interviews. ...now I want to see the movie. It was very inspiring to hear the prisoners finding a way to be at peace with themselves even while in the harsh prison environment.

Comment by Ron Alexander on October 10, 2009 at 4:53pm

Thanks to Elizabeth for embedding bodhisattva-in-metro documentary..

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