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Tibetan Yoga is being taught at 3PM on Sunday's here at Dragon Seat by Chuck Sullivan a local acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist who has worked with opening energy pathways in the body for many years. This is open to all regardless of physical condition and is done in a chair. There is a meditation and contemplative component to the yoga.

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Daily Wisdom By The Dalai Lama

Speech and bodily activities which accompany mental process must not be allowed to run on in an indiscreet, unbridled, random way. Just as a trainer disciplines and calms a wild and willful steed by subjecting it to skillful and prolonged training, so must the wild, wandering, random activities of body and speech be tamed to make them docile, righteous, and skillful. Therefore, the teachings of Lord Buddha comprise three graded categories for disciplining the mind: shila (training in higher conduct); samadhi (training in higher meditation); and prajna (training in higher wisdom). More...

The Simplicity Factor
A Zen master explains the imperative of poverty--and paying for retreats.
Excerpted with permission from "No Other Priorities: An Interview With Abbot John Daido Loori" by Kathy Fusho Nolan, which appeared in Mountain Record, Winter 1994. More...

"If Jesus Met the Buddha on the Road"
A new article on Dharma Memphis If "IfJesus Met the Buddha on the Road" reprinted with permission by by Paul A. Laughlin, Ph.D. is an interesting essay that is both interesting and inspirational. You may contact Paul A. Laughlin, Ph.D directly from the email link provided.

Meditation

Being Peace
Audio meditations by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Calm Waters
Using the metaphor of a mountain lake, this meditation focuses on calming turbulent feelings. Courtesy of Sounds True. More...

How to Just Take a Seat
Sometimes the simplest thing to do is the hardest.. By Dinty W. Moore
My first experience with formal Buddhism came some years ago at Zen Mountain Monastery, an impressive stone structure tucked neatly into the side of Mt. Tremper, in the Catskills, in eastern New York State. I arrived at the "Introduction to Zen" weekend with a fair degree of trepidation and almost no understanding of what to expect. More...