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The fourth branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Action’ … being in accord with the Precepts … Neither commandments nor laws, but arrows pointing toward a peaceful, healthful life & world. We are guided to abstain from harming others and ourselves, to abstain from taking life, from taking what is not given through stealing…

OUR NETCAST IS FINALLY WORKING … (I THINK)!!! ANNOUNCEMENT: WE HAVE STARTED OUR PREPARATIONS FOR OUR ‘ALL ONLINE’ JUKAI (UNDERTAKING THE PRECEPTS) … FIND OUT MORE HERE . The third branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Speech’ … the first of three branches devoted to ‘Ethical Conduct’ (SÄ«la) … Our words have power to…

No opening or closing bells for today … no sound … no particular time either, just a bit of Zazen between stations. We usually sit in a quiet room, but the Buddha also liked to sit in noisy, busy places. He praises this tale of Ajara Kalama (Digha-Nikaya) “For at one time, Lord, Alara Kalama…

Today, a special sit-a-long (and bit of silliness) from the past or, anyway, what the brain’s temporal cortex considers the ‘past’ … click on picture to play
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