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 Open Heart now offers a weekly Meditation practice and monthly group discussion (Wednesday 7:oo pm to 8:30 pm) through an online platform. You may register for the online meditation practice by sending an e-mail with the following information to openheartzen@gmail.com
Your first and last name, Member states - New, regular/active or non-active  To register for the retreat, please send an e-mail to openheartzen@gmail.com
containing the following information: First name, Last Name, Part time or Full time, (Part time participants - please specify the time frame) This is a great opportunity to have moments of peace and quiet before beginning of the busy holiday season. Looking forward to seeing you at the retreat. This month's group discussion is focusing on Chapter 7 Right Concentration and Chapter 8 The Development of Wisdom of the book "The Way to the End of Suffering" by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Before the discussion, the group will view these two videos. The Noble Eightfold Path - Right Concentration by Ajahn Sona (18 minutes) The tenfold path -Right Knowledge and Liberation by Ajahn Sona (12 minutes) Ajahn Sona is a first wave Western Theravāda ordained practitioner. He took full monastic ordination at the first Theravāda monastery in the United States in 1989. His pre-monastic education is in philosophy, humanities, and specifically classical Western music. These have been an aid in understanding the Western psyche and trying to establish paradigm bridges between East and West.  To register for the retreat, please send an e-mail to openheartzen@gmail.com
containing the following information: First name, Last Name, Part time or Full time, (Part time participants - please specify the time frame) This is a great opportunity to have moments of peace and quiet before beginning of the busy holiday season. Looking forward to seeing you at the retreat. The discussion topic is "Right Mindfulness", Chapter 6 of the book "The Way to the End of Suffering"
by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Before the discussion, the group will view two videos: The first is short, just five minutes, on mindfulness in the context of the eightfold path, from the Zenways youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFa2_85z1rk and the second is longer, 20 minutes, a more expansive discussion of mindfulness from Thich Nhat Hanh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2uV1V1M_3g The group will view three videos presented by Ajahn Sona.
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