SUNDAY DHARMA TALK -- "PREVIOUSLY ON 24 -- JACK BAUER IS BODHISATTVA JIZO"

This Sunday, January 21, we will talk about the series '24' and how Jack Bauer lives the life of a Bodhisattva.

NEW BLOG AND NEW MEDITATION GROUP

We are in the process of creating a 'pretty good' blog. Please bear with us if it changes often. Thank you for checking out this page.

We welcome any comments or suggestions. And it looks like we have a 'pretty good' group of Meditators interested in being a part of it. Waterbury is ready for a really good Sunday Morning Meditation Center.

Join us Sunday, 21 January 07, at 9:30 AM. We are on Hale Street . Call if you need directions. 203 558 3641.

BRIAN AND MORE FRIENDS

RETREAT IN THE WORKS

We are planning a one day retreat for February. More information soon.

Our first day back at the Hale House for a Sunday Morning meditation will be the 21st of January.

We will meet at 9:30 and have meditation and do planning for a Sunday Retreat in February.

The retreat will be less that a full day and will be held at Hale House.

Please continue to check in on this blog. Also sign in for automatic up dates to this page.

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ON BUDDHISM

The Buddha is a man who found peace. He found the 'secret' to living in difficult, confusing, contradicting times by maintaining his equilibrium. We live in such times and Buddha’s ’secret’ is still relevant and available to us today: Be good. Don’t do evil, and always be kind. Buddha gave us a formula to do this - The 5 Precepts. The time for spiritual health is now. The Buddha way is making harmony out of chaos now. Now is the only time we have.

MEDITATION

Many books are writtten on the subject. Jokes are made about sitting in the Lotus position. Even TV adds poke fun at Buddhist monks who are meditating. But what is meditation?

There are more than 10,000 definitions of meditation. We don't have space for all of them here. So, I will give you a short definition of my own:

Meditation is paying attention.

At the Meditation Center, we don’t talk about meditation too much. We try to practice it. We provide a space for people to practice what they have read about. To test the theories. To see if it really works.

Our principal practice is Zazen, but we practice other types and modalities, too. Zazen is a formal kind of meditation; sometimes it is called just sitting. Part of Zazen is Walking Meditation; we sometimes call this just walking.

For most other types of meditation:
There is no right or wrong way to meditate
Just be present
And Breathe
Be willing to watch what happens:
without judgement
without trying to change what is happening

YOU DON’T MEDITATE TO GET ENLIGHTENED –YOU MEDITATE BECAUSE YOU ARE ENLIGHTENED.

Brian Talks Some Basic Zen with Earle

ZEN BUDDHISM RETREAT, DECEMBER 8-10, 2006

Thirteen men and women from around Connecticut participated in a three-day retreat at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut. Retreatants spent much of their time in silence but also experienced guided meditations, walking in the labyrinth, Buddhist music, and brief presentations on Zen Buddhism.

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