Meditations and Book Study

932 Mett St. NE, Olympia, WA 98516, Phone: 360-350-0897

THERAVADA IN OLYMPIA

English-speaking group at Buddhangkura.

MONTHLY SCHEDULE FOR WINTER 2020:

WALKING THE PATH BOOK STUDY

Next meeting:  January 30, 2020.  That is the 5th Thursday in January, and we will meet on that date as well as on February 6.

1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM

If you missed the earlier sessions, come anyway.

We’ll continue reading “The Contemplative’s Craft,” and discuss how we can put the Buddha’s teachings into practice in our daily lives.  How can we walk the path?  Free books are still available, but no need to read ahead of time.  PDF is at Abhayagiri.org.

    SILENT MEDITATION

2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM

Suitable for meditators who have a method already, and know they can sit for an hour.  During the hour, you are welcome to stretch or stand up quietly.   There will be no official break.  Sometimes the monks join us; last time they chanted briefly at the beginning to help settle our minds, and it’s possible they will do that for us again.

Please be on time to all meditations, talks, and book study so you don’t disturb others.

Meditation for lay people took off in Burma/Myanmar, then spread to Thailand, and in the 1970’s, came here to America.  Southeast Asia is at the heart of meditation.  Theravada in Olympia bases its methods on the Buddha’s instructions in the suttas.  His way lead him to enlightenment.