(Beth Upton) Nov. 7, 2022. One awakened student of the great Meditation Master Pa Auk Sayadaw specifies four things that can strongly support our meditation.

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(BuddhaAtTheGasPump) Further discussion regarding this interview may be found in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Also see batgap.com/tina-rasmussen.

Diamond Way Buddhism to bodhi

After 20+ years of Buddhist and non-dual practice, in 2003 Dr. Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D., undertook a year-long solo retreat during which awakening (bodhi) occurred. She later

• ordained as a Theravada Buddhist nun with the world-renowned Burmese Meditation Master Pa Auk Sayadaw,
• became the first Western woman to attain that path, and
• was authorized to teach.

Practicing the Jhanas: Concentration Meditation

Dr. Rasmussen has been studied by the Yale Neuroscience Lab for research on the effects of meditation on consciousness and the brain.

She is the co-author (along with her then-husband and fellow-attainer Stephen Snyder) of Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw, and has been featured on Conscious TV and in Non-duality Magazine.

She is also involved in the Diamond Approach to realization. Dr. Rasmussen teaches students worldwide how to walk the path of the “urban mystic” — functioning from a deep spiritual understanding while living a modern human life.

Dr. Rasmussen has worked in the field of human/organizational development as a consultant/coach for 25+ years, with several published books on humanistic leadership.

(Buddhist Society of Western Australia) Bush fires of Australia? It's not the first time. Corona virus? It's not the first time mass panic is being spread about a contagious virus when the common flu kills many more every year, and vaccines do even more harm in terms of morbidity (see Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe), because we are reacting in fear. Funny and kind, Ajahn Brahm is a British monk trained at Cambridge who ordained in the Theravada Buddhist Thai forest tradition under Ajahn Chah. Support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via patreon.com/BuddhistSocietyWA. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.

This live Dharma talk culminates with a Chinese New Year performance and blessing.

Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Bhikkhu Bodhi (Chaung Yen Monastery, BAUS.org, 8/29-9/3/2014 Abhidhamma Study Retreat)

Studying the Buddha’s Words @ CYM (Carmel)

A Course in the The Middle Length Discourses with Bhikkhu Bodhi

CARMEL, Upstate New York - This is an in-depth study of an important set of sutras.

These sacred Buddhist texts were compiled as The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Majjhima Nikaya) and translated into English by Ven. Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi (Wisdom Publications).

The class starts at 9:00 am with a 50-minute silent meditation in the library near the lake.

This is followed at 10:00 am by a talk on a sutra (sutta, a teaching, a discourse of the Buddha) until 11:20 am, with time for questions.

This is followed by a vegetarian/vegan lunch in the CYM Cafeteria for all. A discussion period with Ven. Bodhi is then held after lunch, from 12:15 to 12:45 pm. Newcomers are welcome.

 

If unable to attend class in person, follow the class by livestream at:

Videos of the class are then posted a week later on YouTube:

This is the schedule for July through October 2014:

 

Reference Material: (1) Basic Meditation Guidance ; (2) Sharing the Merits

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