Tag: meditation

Meditation is a friend of mine. The level of friend is the real question.

I am sure we all have different levels of our friend tier.

A meditation practice and dharma talk, focusing on concentration meditation, will be given by Brian Gavin at 10 a.m. on Jan. 6.

The brief talk will touch on the history and context of jhana practice in Buddhism, but will be mainly concerned with the personal experience of samatha meditation its benefits in daily life (purification of mind).

I had an interesting experience the other day. Well, two interesting experiences, on different days, but they both led me here to the page.

Discipline. It is a word that makes me cringe. It's definition has always sounded more like punishment or consequence to me. When really, it is the consequence of NOT being disciplined that should make me cringe.

When I think of a vacation my mind thinks about a week or two in some far away exotic place. Not necessarily so! When my body and/or spirit needs a break I can go somewhere close by and even familiar and find the relaxation that is needed.

Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey will begin a 6-week meditation class series at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane beginning Oct. 1.

Classes will be Mondays through Nov. 5, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

The Spokane Concentration Meditation Group will host its next meeting, “A Honed and Heavy Ax: Samatha and Vipassana in Harmony,” on July 1.

Local resident Brian Gavin will lead the meditation instruction and reading.