Book Study

Community and Sangha

Meeting Resources

  • Use this section if you are looking for a meditation, reading, or discussion topic for a meeting.

  • Read the Book Study page for more ideas on how to work with this page.

RD Formats

RD Mindfulness

Mindfulness

RD Mindfulness

Concentration

Other Sources

Mindfulness & Concentration

Mindfulness Meditation

Reading

Community and Sangha

Read

Discuss

  • Practicing with Sangha gives us the opportunity to practice remembering

  • There is a quality to our meditation that is different when practiced with a group

Reading

Isolation and Connection

Read

  • Isolation and Connection: Page 57: Book,

  • Audio

Discuss

  • A great web of being that each of us is connected to without any effort of our own

  • We each have a choice to decide what we want to do with the reality of our connection

  • Sangha, in a very broad sense, means being willing to let other people in, to let them matter.

Practice Resources

  • Use this section of the page to support practice between meetings

  • Read the Book Study Title Page for more guidance on how to work with this section.

  • The Inquiry section of this site offers more resources to support an ongoing daily practice.

Refuge in the Dharma

Learning the Concepts

  • Choose just one of the readings or the whole chapter to read, underline and study.

  • Think about or write about the title of the reading or the discussion topics listed above


Refuge in the Buddha

Brief Personal Meditation

Pause - at least once a day, for a minute or two - to practice any of the following meditations.

  • Mindfulness of Sound: just listen to sounds around you.

  • Concentration on Loving Kindness: Repeat to yourself: "May I be happy, healthy, safe, and live with ease."

Renunciation Inquiry

  • List five of your most important values in a friend. Write briefly about each one.

Refuge in the Sangha

Sangha

  • Meetings: Notice how your insights from this practice relate to the meetings you attend this week.

Wise Friends and Mentors

  • Survey: Every day, practice reaching out to 1-3 Wise Friends you have met at the meeting.

  • Ask each one about their experience with this week's meditation practice or topic.

  • If you don't reach someone, leave a message with your question, and try with 1-3 other Wise Friends tomorrow.

Sangha Support

  • Use this section to integrate Personal Practice with Sangha Practice

  • Read the Book Study Title Page for more guidance on how to work with this section.

Core Intentions


The Practice


Wise Friends & Mentors