Albuquerque Vipassana Sangha

Thursday Night Meetings
Previous Activities

The page is a record of Thursday night activities of the sangha starting in April 1999. Items below are copied from the Thursday night announcement page as each month ends -- so some items are worded as if they are about to happen instead of having already happened. When we first started this page, we'd lost track of what happened on some dates. If you can fill in any of the blanks below (activity or facilitator), if you know the topic of a discussion where no topic is given, or if you see any errors, please contact Wynette at richardscs.unm.edu. Thanks!

(The sangha formed in 1988 or thereabouts, so activities during 1988 to 1999 are missing from this list! Also see Sangha History.)

Date	Activity After the Sit	Facilitator or Teacher
04/01/99	Dharma talk and discussion.	Eric Kolvig
04/08/99	Discussion about sangha bylaws draft.
04/15/99	General discussion.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
04/22/99	General discussion.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
04/29/99	Discussion about sangha bylaws draft.
05/06/99	Dharma talk and discussion.	Eric Kolvig
05/13/99
05/20/99	Dharma talk and discussion.	Eric Kolvig
05/27/99
06/03/99	Dharma talk and discussion.	Eric Kolvig
06/10/99
06/17/99
06/24/99
07/01/99	Dharma talk.	Doug Booth. Doug has been co-teaching a beginning class in vipassana meditation at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe for the last 3.5 years. He is in the Community Dharma Leader program at Spirit Rock.
07/08/99
07/15/99	Dharma talk.	Wadine Gibbons. Wadine has been co-teaching a beginning class in vipassana meditation at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe for the last 3.5 years. She is in the Community Dharma Leader program at Spirit Rock.
07/22/99	Membership meeting plan to set the by-laws and elect the board of directors. There will be an abbreviated sitting (15 minutes) and the rest of the time will be devoted to the meeting. Eric will join us for the sitting and meeting.
07/29/99	Suzanne will talk about her retreat at Spirit Rock.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
08/05/99	Dharma talk and discussion.	Eric Kolvig
08/12/99
08/19/99	Talk on the Brahamaviharas: Metta (Loving-kindness), Karuna (Compassion), Mudita (Sympathetic Joy), and Upekkha (Equanimity).	Laura Putney, sangha member
08/26/99	Discussion	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
09/02/99	Suzanne will talk about her retreat at Spirit Rock.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
09/09/99	Discussion about Aging. Here's what Abhi says about it: "Would like everyone to share how they feel about old age. Since so many members of the sangha are still very young, they may never have thought about their own aging before or how their practice might affect the process."	Abhi Hudson, sangha member
09/16/99
09/23/99	Dharma talk.	Wadine Gibbons. Wadine has been co-teaching a beginning class in vipassana meditation at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe for the last 3.5 years. She is in the Community Dharma Leader program at Spirit Rock.
09/30/99	Discussion.	Hilary Heyl, sangha member
10/07/99	Dharma talk.	Geoffrey Landis, participant in the Community Dharma Leader program.
10/14/99	Overview of comments that Eric made at the one-day retreat on 9/19/99 about the state of our sangha. Mel will poll participants about thoughts/ideas about directions for the new board.	Mel Schneider, sangha member and board member
10/21/99	Maggie will talk about experiences on visits to two monasteries in Asia.	Maggie Seeley, sangha member
10/28/99	Sangha membership meeting
11/04/99	Discussion	Joan Granger, sangha member
11/11/99	Discussion	Paula Stern, sangha member
11/18/99	Short talk and discussion about equanimity.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
11/25/99	Thanksgiving. No meeting.
12/02/99	We will discuss The Five Wonderful Precepts as written by Thich Nhat Hanh and we will discuss whether to chant the refuges on the 1st meeting of each month.
12/09/99
12/16/99
12/23/99	Joe will talk about meeting with Joanna Macy.	Joe Bottone, sangha member
12/30/99	Discussion.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
01/06/00	Discussion.	Will Arthur, sangha member
01/13/00	Dharma teacher Daeja Napier will give a talk. Note: The talk will be held before the meditation as Daeja will need to leave early. (She starts teaching a retreat in Santa Fe the next day.)	Daeja Napier
01/20/00	Discussion about The Five Wonderful Precepts by Thich Nhat Hanh.	Maggie Seeley, sangha member
01/27/00	Dharma talk.	Kelsan Kekyong, tibetan nun
02/03/00	We will read together from a dharma book.	Wynette Richards, sangha member
02/10/00	Sangha membership meeting. The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues regarding the content and format of the Thursday night meetings, such as: Whether to include aspects of practice such as chanting or taking the precepts on Thursday nights. Should we try to make a clearer distinction between leading a discussion on Thursday nights and teaching the dharma? Do we want to set up guidelines for the Thursday night talks? Should teaching/dharma talks only be given by trained dharma teachers?
02/17/00	Readings about the Five Precepts.	Tam Saimons, sangha member
02/24/00
03/02/00	Dharma talk.	Trudy Goodman Trudy is visiting the Santa Fe sangha for six weeks. She has studied in the Zen and Vipassana traditions with Asian and western teachers since 1974. She is the guiding teacher for the Institute for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and leads retreats and workshops nationwide.
03/09/00	Dharma talk.	Trudy Goodman
03/16/00	Suzanne will talk about her trip to India.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
03/23/00	We will read a dharma talk, Hindrances of the Householder, by Jack Kornfield. The talk is available on-line at http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/jk8p/jk8p_09.htm.	Ken Munoz, sangha member
03/30/00	Further discussion of Jack Kornfield talk read Mar 23. (See above.) Print it and bring a copy with you if you'd like.	Ken Munoz, sangha member
04/06/00	Eric will give a dharma talk! (He'll be visiting NM.)	Eric Kolvig
04/13/00	We will listen to a taped dharma talk by Carol Wilson on The Nature of Thought.
04/20/00	We will listen to a taped dharma talk by Joseph Goldstein on Non-Clinging.
04/27/00	We will listen to a taped dharma talk by Sharon Salzberg on Diligence.
05/04/00	Group discussion on Engaged Buddhism as Self-Empowerment.	Sandy Lee, sangha member
05/11/00	Short video and group discussion on Retreat: The Practice Booster.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
05/18/00	Maggie will read from Sharon Salzberg's book Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and lead two short guided meditations on Equanimity. There will be a meeting after this to discuss the ongoing teacher search.	Maggie Seeley, sangha member
05/25/00	Discussion.	Tam Saimons, sangha member
06/01/00	Audiotaped dharma talk by Shaila Catherine Tromovitch, a teacher who the Santa Fe Sangha is interviewing for the Resident Teacher position.	Joan Granger, sangha member
06/08/00	Discussion	Mary Roy, sangha member
06/15/00	Sangha membership meeting. The agenda will include a discussion of the progress of the Santa Fe Sangha's search for a resident teacher and our sangha's role in the search, as well as continued discussion of the Thursday night guidelines. Please call Sandy Lee (262-0720) or Judith Kidd (266-6243) if you have additional proposed agenda items.	Sandy Lee and Sherry Prud'homme, sangha members
06/22/00	Dharma talk by Jitsudo, teacher at Hidden Mountain Zen Center, Albuquerque. Topic: The Three Pure Precepts and Social Action	Judith Kidd, sangha member
06/29/00	Short reading followed by facilitated discussion. Topic: How Essential is a Belief in Rebirth and Karma to Buddhist Practice?	Mel Schneider, sangha member
07/06/00	Short reading and discussion. Topic: Sangha.	Ken Munoz, sangha member
07/13/00	Readings and dialogue. Topic: Engaged Buddhism.	Will Arthur, sangha member
07/20/00	Discussion about Albuquerque's role in the search with Santa Fe for a resident teacher.	Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
07/27/00	Short basic skills workshop on how to facilitate a meeting (such as sangha membership meetings) and build consensus. The two-session workshop will continue on Aug 3.	Sherry Prud'homme, sangha member
08/03/00	Continuation of workshop. See Jul 27 meeting above.	Sherry Prud'homme, sangha member
08/10/00
08/17/00	Eric, who will be in Albuquerque to lead a sandwich retreat Aug 18-27, will give a dharma talk. Everyone is welcome -- including those not participating in the retreat.	Eric Kolvig
08/24/00	Eric, who will be in Albuquerque leading a sandwich retreat Aug 18-27, will give a dharma talk. Everyone is welcome -- including those not participating in the retreat.	Eric Kolvig
08/31/00
09/07/00	Discussion. Topic: Sharing of Practice.	Will Arthur, sangha member
09/14/00	Talk and discussion. Topic: Concentration and Insight.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
09/21/00	Dharma talk. Topic: My Journey: Practices of Non-clinging.	Shaila Tromovitch, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident teacher position in Santa Fe
09/28/00	Dharma talk. Topic: Desire for Enlightenment.	Shaila Tromovitch
10/05/00	Dharma talk.	Shaila Tromovitch
10/12/00	Discussion. Topic: Psychology of Awakening: How Might Western Psychology Serve Spiritual Purposes. Notes by John Wellwood.	Anthea Mawby, sangha member
10/19/00	Dharma talk and discussion. Topic: The Five Pursuits of Householders, translated by Andy Olendzki, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.	Doug Booth, community dharma leader in training from Santa Fe
10/26/00	Sangha membership meeting.	Suzanne Kryder and Paula Stern, sangha members
11/02/00	Dharma talk and discussion.	Doug Booth, community dharma leader in training from Santa Fe
11/09/00	Dharma talk.	Mark Coleman, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident teacher position. Mark has been engaged in Buddhist practice since 1984 and has taught meditation in UK, USA and India. He teaches meditation to youth at risk and is taking an MA in psychology.
11/16/00	Dharma talk.	Mark Coleman
11/23/00	Thanksgiving. No meeting.
11/30/00	Sangha discussion on "Talking about Teacher Candidates" and sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Shaila Tromovitch.	Hilary Heyl, sangha member
12/07/00	Sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Mark Coleman.	Mel Schneider, sangha member
12/14/00	Talk: "Sharings about Jubilados, A Community for Conscious Aging".	Sid and Abhi Hudson, Jubilados
12/21/00	Open sharing and discussion.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
12/28/00	Discussion	Tam Saimons, sangha member
01/04/01	Listen to a taped talk by Shaila Tromovitch.	Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
01/11/01	Dharma talk.	Daeja Napier, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident teacher position. Daeja is founder of the Sati Foundation for Mindfulness Training; she teaches Vipassana and Brahma Vihara retreats throughout the country. She is also the mother of five children.
01/18/01	Listen to a taped talk by Mark Coleman.	Wynette Richards, sangha member
01/25/01	Suzanne will talk about the Community Dharma Leader Program.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
02/01/01	Sangha membership meeting. (We will have a shorter sitting this evening.) See the Membership Meetings web page for more details.	Mary Roy and Tam Saimons, sangha members
02/08/01	Celebrate the adoption of Juan Fernando into the sangha and into the home of Paul Tashjian and Sue George. If you'd like, think of a prayer or blessing you might wish to offer as part of the celebration. Paul, Sue, and Juan Fernando can only stay till 7:30 so the schedule for the evening may be arranged somewhat.	Mel Schneider, sangha member
02/15/01	Sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Daeja Napier.	Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
02/22/01	Dharma Talk.	Wes Nisker, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident teacher position. Wes has practiced Buddhist meditation for 30 years with various teachers in Asia and the West. He is the founder and editor of the semiannual Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind, and author of the books Buddha's Nature and Crazy Wisdom. Wes teaches retreats and workshops in Buddhist meditation at Spirit Rock Center in Fairfax, California, at U.C. Berkeley, Esalen Institute, and other venues.
03/01/01	Dharma talk by Wes Nisker Note: Wes will also be available for interviews before the sitting. Call Bonnie Kelly at 255-5358 to sign up.	Wes Nisker, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident teacher position. Wes has practiced Buddhist meditation for 30 years with various teachers in Asia and the West. He is the founder and editor of the semiannual Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind, and author of the books Buddha's Nature and Crazy Wisdom. Wes teaches retreats and workshops in Buddhist meditation at Spirit Rock Center in Fairfax, California, at U.C. Berkeley, Esalen Institute, and other venues.
03/08/01	Dharma talk by Wes Nisker Note: Wes will also be available for interviews before the sitting. Call Bonnie Kelly at 255-5358 to sign up. Note: Everyone is invited to join Wes and Terry after the dharma talk for an informal get-together. See announcement at top of page for more details.	Wes Nisker -- see above.
03/15/01	Sharing our perceptions of teacher candidate Wes Nisker	Tam Saimons, sangha member
03/22/01	(1) Michelle Goodman and Mikaela Barnes will talk and answer questions about Santa Fe's experience with the teacher candidates. (2) Andy Wright and Michelle will talk about the consensus process and how the joint-sangha meetings will be conducted.	Michelle Goodman and Mikaela Barnes, Santa Fe sangha members, Andy Wright, Albuquerque sangha member
03/29/01	Discuss the ideas and suggestions that came out of the vision party held in February. Before our discussion of the Visioning process, Raj Morey, M.D. from UNM's Health Sciences Center will briefly explain his research project on long-term meditators. He is looking for nine meditators and nine people who are interested in meditation but have not begun a practice.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
04/05/01	Dharma talk by Trudy Goodman Trudy will also be available for interviews before the sitting. Call Wynette at 255-5226 to sign up. Trudy will stay after the sitting and dharma talk to visit with our sangha.	Trudy Goodman, dharma teacher under consideration for the resident teacher position. Trudy has studied in Zen and vipassana traditions since 1974. She is a child psychologist and is on board of directors of Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
04/12/01	If there are any issues we'd like to discuss that come out of the April 8 teacher selection meeting, we'll do that. Then, if that doesn't take the whole hour, we'll discuss what we'd like to do on Thursday nights. Some things to think about: Do you like go rounds with the talking stick or do you like to keep things looser? Do you like breaking into small groups for some discussions? What topics would you like to discuss on Thursday nights? What guest teachers would you like to invite? Do you like to have guests from other Buddhist traditions or other spiritual traditions? How can we grow our list of facilitators? What should we keep from last year's Thursday Night Guidelines, Working Draft. What would you like to change? If we spend more than a few minutes on the teacher discussion we'll either postpone the discussion about Thursday nights till some other time or we'll start it and then continue it some other time -- so we'll have plenty of time for both discussions.	Thursday night scheduling committee: Mary, Tam, and Wynette
04/19/01	We'll read together from Pema Chodron's book The Wisdom of No Escape.	Zina Geller, sangha member
04/26/01	Listen to a taped dharma talk by Joseph Goldstein, Liberation Through Non-Clinging, from the Fall 2000 3-month retreat at IMS.	Sandy Lee, sangha member
05/03/01	Discussion on the challenge of balancing wisdom and compassion in life and practice.	Mary Roy and Tam Saimons, sangha members newly returned from backpacking retreat
05/10/01	Dharma talk.	Ralph Steele, dharma teacher and director of Life Transition Institute in Santa Fe.
05/17/01	Discussion about fetters.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
05/24/01	Listen to a dharma talk on tape by Joseph Goldstein about The Nature of Mind.	Christine Hall, sangha member
05/31/01	Sherry Prud'homme was invited as a sponsor of Peacejam to spend a week with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, April 20 through May 10. Peacejam brings together Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and youth all over the world. Sherry will talk about her journey to Dharamsala.	Sherry Prud'homme, sangha member
06/07/01	Sangha membership meeting. (We will have a shorter sitting this evening.) See the Membership Meetings web page for more details.	Paul Tashjian, sangha member
06/14/01	Discussion about Incorporating Practice into Daily Life. People often view practice as time that is spent "on the cushion". However, that view leads to an artificial separation between practice and life. We will share how we incorporate mindfulness and insight practice into our daily activities.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member, and other members of the practice group
06/21/01	Listen to a taped dharma talk.	Sandy Lee, sangha member
06/28/01	General discussion	Mary Roy, sangha member
07/05/01	Dharma talk Postponed -- we hope a visit by Mark will be rescheduled later. We had a discussion about expectations and impermanence instead.	Mark Coleman Mark has been engaged in Buddhist practice since 1984 and has taught meditation in UK, USA and India. He teaches meditation to youth at risk and has an MA in psychology.
07/12/01	Short dharma talk followed by discussion. (The talk is part of Suzanne's fulfillment of requirements for the CDL program at Spirit Rock.)	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and community dharma leader
07/19/01	52 minute video documentary: Doing Time, Doing Vipassana. Note: We will have a shorter sitting this evening. We'll sit from 6:30 to 7:00 and then view the video.	Tam Saimons, sangha member
07/26/01	Talk and discussion about Doug's prison work.	Doug Booth, community dharma leader from Santa Fe
08/02/01	We'll extend the practice period and do sitting and walking till 8:00.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
08/09/01	Short dharma talk followed by discussion. (The talk is part of Suzanne's fulfillment of requirements for the CDL program at Spirit Rock.)	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and community dharma leader
08/16/01	View/listen to a taped video talk by Joseph Goldstein. Topic: Karma.	Joan Granger, sangha member
08/23/01	Discussion. Topic: To be announced	Tam Saimons, sangha member
08/30/01	Dharma talk. Topic: Approaching Death Through Buddhism.	Sensai Sydney Musai Walter, lay teacher at Albuquerque's Hidden Mountain Zen Center.
09/06/01	Dharma talk.	Shaila Catherine, new resident teacher for Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
09/13/01	Dharma talk.	Shaila Catherine, new resident teacher for Santa Fe and Albuquerque
09/20/01	We'll extend the practice period and do sitting and walking till 8:00.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
09/27/01	We'll sit 30 minutes this evening (instead of 45). After the sit, we'll discuss (and possibly decide) whether to move to Nahalat Shalom.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
10/04/01	We will join together for a Truth Mandala sharing process. The Truth Mandala is a ceremony developed by Joanna Macy that allows a group to express its fear, sadness, anger, confusion and other reactions to a particular issue. Individuals can either speak in the mandala, or they can choose to remain silent and listen to others. Our sangha will build and use the Truth Mandala to express our feelings about the terrorist attacks.	Bonnie Kelly, sangha member
10/11/01	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
10/18/01	We'll listen to a taped talk by Father Richard Rohr, contemplative Franciscan Priest and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. The approximately 30 minute talk was given on Friday, October 5, and discusses recent events, putting them into a fresh perspective. We may also listen to short 5 or 10 minute taped talks by Rabbi Michael Lerner and others. There will probably be time for some discussion afterwards.	Mel Schneider, sangha member
10/25/01	Dharma talk. (On the following day, Friday, October 26, 9:30 to 11:00 am, Shaila will meet with those who are able to come and have practiced five or more years.)	Shaila Catherine
11/01/01	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
11/08/01	Revisiting the Precepts. Tam will do some readings about one of the precepts and then we will discuss how that precept works in our daily and ordinary lives. (This may be the beginning of a series that we'll come back to from time to time.)	Tam Saimons, sangha member
11/15/01	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
11/22/01	We do not plan to meet on Thanksgiving, November 22.
11/29/01	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
12/06/01	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
12/13/01	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
12/20/01	We'll extend the practice period and do sitting and walking till 8:00.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
12/27/01	After-sit activity to be announced.	Ken Munoz, sangha member
01/03/02	Short talk and then discussion about Mindfulness of Breathing.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
01/10/02	Dharma talk. (On the following morning, Friday, January 11, 9:30 to 11:00 am, Shaila will meet with those who are able to come and have less than five years of meditation experience.)	Shaila Catherine
01/17/02	Membership Meeting.	Hilary Heyl, sangha member
01/24/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
01/31/02	After the sitting, we'll hold a meeting to discuss, and possibly decide by consensus, about the Thursday night meeting place.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
02/07/02	Discussion about practice.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
02/14/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
02/21/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
02/28/02	Discussion	Fred Herman, sangha member
03/07/02	Discussion about cultivating patience	Mary Roy, sangha member
03/14/02	Dharma talk. (On the following morning, Friday, March 15, 9:30 to 11:00 am, Shaila will hold a group interview for those with five or fewer years of meditation experience.)	Shaila Catherine
03/21/02	Discussion	Ken Munoz, sangha member
03/28/02	We'll have a discussion about diversity in our sangha.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
04/04/02	Dharma talk. (On the following morning, Friday, April 5, 9:30 to 11:00 am, Shaila will hold a group interview for those with five or more years of meditation experience.)	Shaila Catherine
04/11/02	Discussion about practice.	Fred McEnroe, sangha member
04/18/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
04/25/02	Discussion	Ken Munoz, sangha member
05/02/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
05/09/02	Listen to tape from Mark VanLeit about his monastic life in Thailand.	Betsy VanLeit.
05/16/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
05/23/02	Reading and discussion	Mel Schneider, sangha member
05/30/02	Discussion	Fred Herman, sangha member
06/06/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
06/13/02	Discussion: Cultivating Diversity in the Sangha: What are the First Steps?	Tam Saimons, sangha member
06/20/02	Dharma talk	Leigh Brasington
06/27/02	Hilary and Mel will talk about their recent vipassana meditation retreat with Stephen and Martine Batchelor.	Hilary Heyl and Mel Schneider, sangha members
07/04/02	No meeting due to holiday.
07/11/02	Dharma talk	Ajahn Amaro
07/18/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
07/25/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
08/01/02	Discussion about Layers of Letting Go. Mary will introduce the topic briefly and then open the floor for discussion.	Mary Roy, sangha member
08/08/02	Discussion about Using Noting While Meditating.	Fred Herman, sangha member
08/15/02	Discussion: What are insights and why do we meditate to get them? Vipassana meditation is also known as "insight meditation" because it leads to understandings about oneself and the world which can occur on several different levels. Suzanne will briefly describe the kinds of insights that can occur and will then open the floor for sangha members to discuss their experiences and insights.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
08/22/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
08/29/02	Dharma talk	Eugene Cash
09/05/02	Dharma talk. (On the following morning, Friday, September 6, 9:30 to 11:00 am, Shaila will hold a group interview with those with five or fewer years of meditation experience.)	Shaila Catherine
09/12/02	Talking circle with open discussion	Tam Saimons, sangha member
09/19/02	Dharma talk. (On the following morning, Friday, September 20, 9:30 to 11:00 am, Shaila will hold a group interview with those with five or more years of meditation experience.)	Shaila Catherine
09/26/02	Sangha membership meeting. (We will have a shorter sitting this evening.) See the Membership Meetings web page for more details.	Bonnie Kelly and DD Boone, sangha members
10/03/02	Dharma talk and discussion about The Spiritual Practice of Diversity	Eric Kolvig
10/10/02	Loving kindness series	Shaila Catherine
10/17/02	Talk/discussion about Disability and Diversity	Christine Hall, sangha member
10/24/02	Loving kindness series	Shaila Catherine
10/31/02	Loving kindness series	Shaila Catherine
11/07/02	Loving kindness series	Shaila Catherine
11/14/02	Loving kindness series	Shaila Catherine
11/21/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
11/28/02	Thanksgiving. No meeting
12/05/02	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
12/12/02	We will spend the time after the sitting socializing and saying goodbye to long-time sangha member, Sandy Lee. Sandy will be moving to St. Louis in less than a week, so please come out and wish him well in this new phase of his life.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
12/19/02	Discussion about the death penalty and how it relates to buddhist practice	Tam Saimons and Don Tarbutton, sangha members
12/26/02	No meeting due to holiday
01/02/03	Sila will lead the evening. Sila is the Thai monk at the Wat Buddhasothorn Temple where we meet.	The Venerable Sila
01/09/03	Discussion	Fred Herman, sangha member
01/16/03	Dharma talk Note:The following morning, Friday, January 17, 9:30-11:00, Shaila will lead a practice discussion/group interview group for both experienced and new meditators at Bonnie's house. See Friday Morning Meetings for more information.	Shaila Catherine
01/23/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
01/30/03	Short talk/discussion about Annica (Impermanence)	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
02/06/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
02/13/03	Short talk and discussion on Understanding Dana as a Practice. Dana is a Buddhist word that means generosity of heart.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
02/20/03	Dharma talk	Doug Booth, CDL from Santa Fe
02/27/03	Presentation/discussion about diversity	Don Tarbutton, sangha member, and others in the diversity group
03/06/03	Discussion about some aspect of practice	Fred Herman, sangha member
03/13/03	Sangha membership meeting. Everyone welcome.
03/20/03	Discussion about Cultivating Equanimity In Difficult Times.	Mary Roy, sangha member
03/27/03	Reading from Bikkhu Boddhi's interview in Insight Magazine about Western Teachings and then a discussion	Joan Granger, sangha member
04/03/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
04/10/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
04/17/03	Discussion about Life after Shaila. The board will present ideas that have come from discussions with Shaila and Santa Fe and solicit ideas from members. Shaila's term as resident teacher for the Albuquerque and Santa Fe sanghas will end at the end of August. After that, Shaila plans to spend 9 months in retreat at The Forest Refuge at IMS.	Christine Hall and Suzanne Kryder, sangha members
04/24/03	Short talk and then discussion on the five training precepts -- avoiding killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, harmful speech, and intoxicants.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
05/01/03	Talk entitled The Unified Field.	Kathleen O'Malley, sangha member
05/08/03	Discussion	Lydia Succi, sangha member
05/15/03	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
05/22/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
05/29/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
06/05/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
06/12/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
06/19/03	Talk and discussion about the life of the Buddha	John O'Keefe, sangha member
06/26/03	Discussion about sangha members' wants and needs from spiritual community. We welcome and value input from newcomers.	Mary Roy, sangha member
07/03/03	We'll discuss a noting technique that Shaila has taught. We'll all try the technique and then discuss noting.	Fred Herman, sangha member
07/10/03	Short talk and discussion about maintaining equanimity under stress when individual freedom is challenged in times of peril.	Maggie Seeley, sangha member
07/17/03	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
07/24/03	Potluck and shower for Shaila. This will be our last night with Shaila -- at least for quite a while! We'll have a vegetarian potluck at the temple. You are also welcome to bring a dana contribution for Shaila's stay at the The Forest Refuge. She will be in silent retreat there for a year and will need to take personal supplies with her. For a list of items that you might give as dana, you can email Deborah Hill.
07/31/03	Short and readings on the first precept, undertaking the training to refrain from killing, followed by discussion.	Joan Granger, sangha member
08/07/03	Short talk and then a discussion on The Jewel of Sangha.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
08/14/03	Dharma talk.	Woods Shoemaker, dharma teacher from Santa Fe. Woods Shoemaker has been practicing vipassana since 1976. He studied Viniyoga in Madras with TKV Desikachar where he began teaching yoga in 1978. He currently teaches vipassana meditation.
08/21/03	Suzanne Kryder will talk about finishing the Community Dharma Leader (CDL) training.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
08/28/03	Dharma talk.	Ralph Steele, dharma teacher and staff member of the Life Transition Institute in Santa Fe
09/04/03	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
09/11/03	Discussion on Practicing with Fear.	Tam Saimons, sangha member,
09/18/03	Reading, short talk and discussion about Engaged Spirituality and possibly how evolutionary psychology relates to buddhism.	Matt Pirritano, sangha member,
09/25/03	Annual membership meeting and board election.
10/02/03	Discussion on Security and Weapons of Mass Delusion.	Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
10/09/03	Presentation on Who are we without our stories? The Work of Byron Katie. It is not our problems that cause us to suffer; it is our attachment to thoughts about our problems. The presentation will consist of a brief description of The Work of Byron Katie, often known only as The Work, followed by actually doing The Work with volunteers. If you would like to experience The Work of Byron Katie, and in order to save time, please answer, as deeply as you can, the following questions using short and simple sentences. Write them down and bring them with you to the sitting:       1. Who angers or saddens or disappoints you?       2. How do you want them to change? What do you want them to do?       3. What is it that they should or shouldn't do?       4. List your two greatest fears around this issue.	Mel Schneider and Lana Wheeler, sangha members
10/16/03	Readings and lead a discussion about Being with Unpleasantness.	Fred Herman, sangha member
10/23/03	Dharma talk on Training the Mind with Love and Compassion.	Khenpo Tsultrim, resident lama of the Tibetan Meditation Center, in Frederick, Maryland
10/30/03	Dharma talk on Sangha as Spiritual Community.	Don Tarbutton, former sangha member and Community Dharma Leader (CDL)
11/06/03	Discussion about The many layers of right livelihood. It will begin with a short 10 minute questioning of the nature of our work, what we bring to it in terms of right understanding, speech, action, etc., what it brings to us and how it helps/hinders us in aligning our efforts with our hopes for the world.	Mary Roy, sangha member
11/13/03	Talk and discussion on Opening to the experience of Anatta (No Self). Anatta is one of the three characteristics of all conditioned phenomena and, for many people, it is the most difficult of the three to understand. The talk will include guided reflections on anatta.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
11/20/03	Dharma talk on Socially Engaged Buddhism.	Don Tarbutton, former sangha member and Community Dharma Leader (CDL)
11/27/03	No meeting because of Thanksgiving. But, please note that on Monday, November 24, Arinna Weisman, dharma teacher, will lead a sit and giving a dharma talk same place, same time, but different day (Monday!). Arinna is doing a residency in Santa Fe during November and we are very fortunate to have her visit our sangha while she is in New Mexico.
12/04/03	Discussion about sangha. We will discuss how we individually, collectively, and collaboratively can create a sangha that nourishes our spiritual practice and growth through the practice of giving to the community. This continues a discussion that began last June, as we began to look at what would happen when Shaila left, and which has continued intermittently since then, including at the recent membership meeting. We expect that the discussion will be part of a series of meetings about what we want our sangha to be. We would like the discussion to be from the perspective that what the	Tam Saimons, sangha member, with help from Suzanne Sluizer and Suzanne Kryder, sangha members.
12/11/03	Discussion, topic to be announced.	Monique Salhab, sangha member
12/18/03	Dharma talk.	Woods Shoemaker, dharma teacher from Santa Fe. Woods has been practicing vipassana since 1976. He studied Viniyoga in Madras with TKV Desikachar where he began teaching yoga in 1978. He currently teaches vipassana meditation.
12/25/03	No meeting because of the Christmas holiday.
01/01/04	There'll be no Thursday night meeting on January 1. However, please join us for our annual New Year's retreat which starts on New Year's eve (Wednesday) and continues through New Year's day (Thursday). See New Year's Retreat with Eric Kolvig for details.
01/08/04	Discussion, topic to be announced.	Fred Herman, sangha member
01/15/04	We'll listen to a taped dharma talk by dharma teacher Jack Kornfield about Metta. This will be the first in an eight month series on the four brahmaviharas: loving-kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), sympathetic joy (mudita), and equanimity (upekkha). We'll spend one Thursday per month on this study.	Joanne McEntire, sangha member
01/22/04	Dharma talk	Woods Shoemaker, dharma teacher from Santa Fe. Woods has been practicing vipassana since 1976. He studied Viniyoga in Madras with TKV Desikachar where he began teaching yoga in 1978. He currently teaches vipassana meditation.
01/29/04	Talk and discussion on mindfulness of the body.	Jennifer Carson, sangha member
02/05/04	Discussion on Metta. This will be the second in our series on the brahmaviharas. See Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study.	Sangha members Tim Wadsworth, Tam Saimons, and Suzanne Sluizer.
02/12/04	Dharma talk based on the idea that the central purpose of our lives is to seek meaning, to seek happiness. We'll look together at ten unskillful actions to be avoided that lead to unhappiness (suffering) and six wholesome actions for the good, positive actions we can undertake that lead to happiness, for both our own welfare and for the benefit of others.	Don Tarbutton, a former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives north of Santa Fe. He was trained as a Community Dharma Leader (CDL) at Spirit Rock.
02/19/04	Dharma talk.	Eric Kolvig
02/26/04	Discussion/talk about Iraq.	Kathleen O'Malley, sangha member
03/04/04	Talk and discussion on Craving.	Hilary Heyl, sangha member
03/11/04	Dharma talk.	Dharma teacher Norman Feldman.
03/18/04	Taped dharma talk by Jack Kornfield on Compassion. This will be the third in our series on the brahmaviharas. See Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study.
03/25/04	Sangha membership meeting. See Membership Meetings for more details.	Sangha members Christine Hall and Vicki Gottlieb will fascilitate the meeting.
04/01/04	Dharma talk the lojong, or mind training, teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. These teachings give us inspired practical tools we can use to work with our own most painful emotions. Combined with tonglen meditation practice, they provide a powerful means for uncovering genuine compassion and dissolving the barriers that keep us from truly experiencing our own lives. Many thanks to Kristine Maltrud for arranging this special event for us.	Jennifer Woodhull, teacher from the Shambala tradition and a senior student of Pema Chodron.
04/08/04	Dharma talk	Dharma teacher Molly Swan
04/15/04	Dharma talk on Sila, Harmonious Living.	Don Tarbutton, Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric Kolvig, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
04/22/04	Discussion on Karuna (Compassion). This is part of our once-per-month series on the brahmaviharas. See Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study.	Sangha members Tim Wadsworth, Tam Saimons, and Tom (oops Suzanne) Sluizer.
04/29/04	Jay will share some of his recent reflections on compassion and then open the floor for discussion.	Jay Cutts, sangha member
05/06/04	Taped dharma talk on Mudita (Sympathetic Joy) by Jack Kornfield. This is part of our once-per-month series on the brahmaviharas. See Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study.
05/13/04	Dharma talk and a discussion about Sitting Practice.	Michael Freeman, founder and the director of Southwest Sangha, an ecumenical, contemplative lay monastery in southern New Mexico. He has studied and practiced Buddhist meditation and psychology for seventeen years with both western and eastern teachers. He lived in a Buddhist monastery for a year and a half. Michael teaches, leads meditation retreats and facilitates group process throughout the U.S.
05/20/04	Discussion	Mel Schneider, sangha member
05/27/04	Discussion on Dharmic First Aid: Off-the-cushion practices for when we are upset and caught up in our daily dramas, including Tara Brach's "sacred pause" and guidelines recommended by Pema Chodren.	Mel Schneider, sangha member
06/03/04	Dharma talk on Wise Speech.	Jean Smith has practiced meditation since 1986. She has published eight books on Buddhism, including The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path (author) and Breath Sweeps Mind (editor). She lives in upper state New York, where she leads the High Peaks Sangha, and Taos, New Mexico.
06/10/04	Discussion on Mudita (Sympathetic Joy). This is a part of our Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study series.	Tam Saimons and Suzanne Sluizer, sangha members.
06/17/04	Dharma talk.	Dr. Chanya Sutthiyano from Thailand, an abbott at a Thai wat (temple) in California. Some of you may remember Dr. Sutthiyano from last year, when he visited Albuquerque and spoke to the sangha.
06/24/04	Watering the Flowers, a discussion about and offering of gratitude.	Mary Roy, sangha member
07/01/04	Discussion on Interdependence.	Fred Herman, sangha member
07/08/04	There's sitting and walking meditation. Why not listening and speaking meditation? Gregory Kramer developed Insight Dialogue ten years ago to provide guidelines for a practice that works with communication and relationship challenges. Suzanne Kryder, Albuquerque sangha member and CDL (Community Dharma Leader), will give an overview of Insight Dialogue, lead us in some practice, and answer questions about Gregory's upcoming retreat here, October 28-31. Read more about Insight Dialogue at www.metta.org.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and CDL.
07/15/04	We'll listen to a taped dharma talk by dharma teacher Jack Kornfield about Upekkha (Equanimity). This will be part of our Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study.	Tam Saimons and Suzanne Sluizer, sangha members.
07/22/04	Dharma talk on Equanimity in a Time of Chaos.	Don Tarbutton, Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric Kolvig, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
07/29/04	No program was set before the meeting. The group had a good discussion about the hindrances.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
08/05/04	Discussion on Upekkha (Equanimity) This will be part of our Thursday Night Brahmavihara Study.	Tim Wadsworth and Lenore Kitani, sangha members
08/12/04	Go-Round on Wisdom vs. Compassion Practice	Hilary Heyl, sangha member
08/19/04	Dharma talk.	Dharma teacher Daeja Napier who will be in Santa Fe for a residency August 6-27. Daeja has studied and practiced in various Buddhist traditions including Zen and Vipassana for thirty years and has been teaching for fifteen. Her root teacher is Zen Master San Sunim. Her teaching and practice have been influenced by Punjaji of Lucknow, India and the teachers of the Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA, particularly Joseph Goldstein. She is the guiding teacher of many Sanghas across the United States, and has served as the Dharma teacher of the Buddhist Fellowship at Phillips Exeter Academy for eleven years. Daeja is the mother of five children.
08/26/04	Presentation by Mel (Maryhelen) Snyder on Empathy as Spiritual Practice. A couple of our sangha members participated in a day-long workshop with Mel in which she taught a way of enhancing our ability to listen to others with empathy. She calls what she taught becoming -- a process in which one person listens deeply to another and then speaks what they heard back to the listened-to person as if they'd become the person. A back-and-forth dialog is continued in which the listened-to person often feels heard in a particularly helpful and satisfying way. Our sangha members had such a rewarding experience at the workshop that they asked Mel if she would be willing to share becoming with our sangha, and Mel has generously agreed. Empathy is foundational to the compassion and joy-in-others'-happiness-and-success practices that we do. In Mel's presentation you may expect her to elucidate becoming by explanation and demonstration and to offer us the opportunity to practice and experience it in both the listener and listened-to roles.	Mel Snyder (not to be confused with our own Mel Schneider!) is a highly regarded psychologist in Albuquerque, a leader in the Quaker community here, and was the key figure in introducing and fostering Re-evaluation Co-counseling to the city. She is knowledgeable regarding Buddhism and has done much deep spiritual work, including years of study with J. Krishnamurti.
09/02/04	Taped dharma talk by Sharon Salzburg.	Ken Munoz, sangha member
09/09/04	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine, who was our teacher 2001 to 2003, has recently returned from ten months of intensive silent retreat practice.
09/16/04	Sangha Membership Meeting. This will be our Annual Meeting where we will select 5 new board members. See Membership Meeting for more details.	Joanne McEntire, sangha member
09/23/04	Short talk and then discussion on Intuition, Synchronicity, and Grace.	Don Tarbutton, former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives north of Santa Fe. Don has been a Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric Kolvig, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
09/30/04	We'll listen to a tape of a Gregory Kramer dharma talk. Greg explains how his talking and listening meditation process titled Insight Dialogue relates directly to the Buddha's teachings. An interesting talk for everyone to hear, but particularly if you're thinking about sitting the retreat with Greg Kramer October 28-31. Please note that, this evening, we will be meeting at Vicki's home. See Directions to Vicki's House.	Sandy Lee, sangha member
10/07/04	Jason Siff, head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project will visit our sangha and give a dharma talk. Jason will visit us while doing a teacher-in-residence program in Santa Fe September 19-October 17.	Jason Siff
10/14/04	We'll have a very informal meeting. We'll sit together and then either socialize or have a discussion, whichever the group prefers. (Ended up discussing work of Jason Siff -- see above.)	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
10/21/04	We'll hold a special meeting to discuss our upcoming teacher residency in February.	Christine Hall and Fred Herman, sangha members
10/28/04	We won't sit at the Wat. However, Gregory Kramer has invited everyone to join those doing the retreat at the Canossian Center to attend the Thursday evening sitting and dharma talk there.	Greg Kramer
11/04/04	Talk and discussion about Taking Refuge After the Election. We have seen plenty of polarization and passion during this election year. Eric will ask the sangha to share what we are feeling after November 2. He will talk about liberating qualities of the teachings and the practice that can help us anchor in the dharma after the election, and he will lead a guided metta meditation.	Eric Kolvig, sangha member (this evening)
11/11/04	Dharma talk.	Lila (Kate) Wheeler. Lila will visit us while she is doing a residency with the Santa Fe sangha. Lila learned Vipassana meditation from Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein in 1977 and has been leading shorter retreats around the United States for nearly 20 years. She has practiced with Western and Asian teachers from a variety of traditions in the US, Burma, India, Thailand and Europe. She's also a writer of fiction and journalism. Her most recent publication is Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction, an anthology of other writers' stories published in spring 2004 by Wisdom Publications.
11/18/04	Talk and lead a discussion on Dana. If you have the time, it would be helpful to read: Dana and Teacher Support before the meeting; it has two (relatively short) articles about the practice of dana, written by dharma teachers Robert Beatty and Kamala Masters/Steve Armstrong respectively.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
11/25/04	No meeting because of Thanksgiving.
12/02/04	Dharma talk	Lila Wheeler. See 11/11/04 for biography.
12/09/04	We'll continue the discussion about dana started on November 18. If you have the time and haven't done so already, it would be helpful to read this before the meeting: Dana and Teacher Support. It t has two (relatively short) articles about the practice of dana, written by dharma teachers Robert Beatty and Kamala Masters/Steve Armstrong respectively.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
12/16/04	We'll practice insight dialogue, which was presented by Gregory Kramer at a recent retreat. Insight dialogue is the mindful practice of speaking and listening, usually done in small groups. You can read more about insight dialogue at www.metta.org.	Joanne McEntire and Terry Thompson, sangha members
12/23/04	We'll listen to a taped dharma talk by Jack Kornfield on The Last Teachings of the Buddha.	Joan Granger, sangha member
12/30/04	A celebration and ceremony of dana and the Wat Buddhasothorn.	Vicki Gottlieb, sangha member
01/06/05	Talk about The Buddhist Perspective on the Death Penalty.	Don Tarbutton, a former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives north of Santa Fe. He has been a Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric Kolvig, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
01/13/05	We'll hold a discussion on the state of our sangha and what we want/need from it. We will discuss how we individually, collectively and collaboratively can create a sangha that nourishes our spiritual practice and growth through the practice of giving to the community. This is a continuation of past discussions on two topics: what we want our sangha to be and dana (giving/generosity).	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
01/20/05	We'll listen to a tape by Tara Brach on Radical Self-Acceptance and say a few words. This will be followed by group conversation if there is time. Tara Brach is co-leading a retreat in Albuquerque with James Baraz April 21-26. She teaches at retreats all over North America and is also widely known for her recent book, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha. Tara founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC and is the senior teacher there.	Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member
01/27/05	Dharma talk.	Jason Siff, head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project. Jason will be do a residency with our sangha during June 2005.
02/03/05	Taped dharma talk by Larry Rosenberg, the founder of the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center and a regular teacher at IMS.	Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
02/10/05	Taped talk by dharma teacher Christopher Titmus.	Joanne McEntire, sangha member
02/17/05	Suzanne Kryder will talk about her recent retreat in Burma.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and Community Dharma Leader
02/24/05	Matthew Flickstein, who'll be doing a residency in Santa Fe, will visit our sangha and give a dharma talk. Later note: Matthew became ill and could not meet with us. Suzanne Kryder talked more about her retreat in Burma.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member and Community Dharma Leader
03/03/05	We'll continue our ongoing discussion on Dana: Dana, digging a little deeper.	Fred Herman, sangha member
03/10/05	Grove Burnett will give a dharma talk. Grove will visit Albuquerque while doing a residency in Santa Fe.	Grove Burnett, co-director of the Vallecitos Mountain Refuge. He has practiced environmental law since 1972 and is co-founder of the Western Environmental Law Center, a public interest firm dedicated to protecting the natural resources and environment of the West. Grove has devoted the last 20 years to intensive training and practice in the Buddhist meditation tradition, training with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
03/17/05	We'll listen to part of a tape and discuss Tara Brach's work on Radical Self-Acceptance. Tara Brach, along with James Baraz, will lead a retreat in Albuquerque in April. See Residential Retreats for more about the retreat.	Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member
03/24/05	Grove Burnett will give a dharma talk.	Grove Burnett, see March 10 above.
03/31/05	Sangha membership meeting. See Membership Meetings for more information.
04/07/05	Dharma talk	Dharma teacher Grove Burnett. Grove will visit Albuquerque while doing a residency in Santa Fe. Grove is co-director of the Vallecitos Mountain Refuge. He has practiced environmental law since 1972 and is co-founder of the Western Environmental Law Center, a public interest firm dedicated to protecting the natural resources and environment of the West. Grove has devoted the last 20 years to intensive training and practice in the Buddhist meditation tradition, training with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
04/14/05	Dharma talk	Grove Burnett, see April 7.
04/21/05	Tape by Sharon Salzberg and lead a discussion on Loving Kindness. (First of three part series, April 21, April 28, May 5.)	Sangha members Terry Thompson and Joan Granger
04/28/05	Tape by Sharon Salzberg and lead a discussion on Loving Kindness. (Second of three part series, April 21, April 28, May 5.)	Sangha members Terry Thompson and Joan Granger
05/05/05	Concluding discussion on Loving Kindness based on a taped dharma talk by Sharon Salzberg. (Third of three part series, April 21, April 28, May 5.)	Sangha member Joan Granger
05/12/05	Taped dharma talk by Sharon Salzburg about Metta.
05/19/05	Talk and discussion on Non Harming and the First Five Precepts.	Sanga member Maggie Seeley.
05/26/05	Kathleen will talk about her recent trip to Iraq.	Kathleen O'Malley, sangha member
06/02/05	Discussion about Two Aspects of Practice from Suttas and Other Readings.	Sangha member Fred McEnroe
06/09/05	Dharma talk	Jason Siff, head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project will give a dharma talk. He will be in Albuquerque for a residency with our sangha June 8-30. See Sangha Teacher Residencies for more details about Jason's residency.
06/16/05	Dharma talk	Jason Siff. See June 9 for details about Jason.
06/23/05	Dharma talk	Jason Siff. See June 9 for details about Jason.
06/30/05	Dharma talk	Jason Siff. See June 9 for details about Jason.
07/07/05	Short talk and then discussion on Opening to Vulnerability and Fear in our Practice.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
07/14/05	We'll listen to a taped dharma talk -- the first dharma talk of April 2005 Tara Brach/James Baraz retreat here in Albuquerque.
07/21/05	Dharma talk	Daeja Napier.
07/28/05	Don Tarbutton will talk about his experience over the last eleven months participating in the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies Chaplaincy Training Program. This introductory program serves as preparation and discernment for people who are considering a possible career in professional chaplaincy including the possibility of serving a local sangha in a pastoral role. The program provides basic training in spiritual care: attending the sickand dying, performing weddings, memorials and other ceremonies and offering spirtual direction for lay practitioners. Also, Don wanted people to know that the Sati Center is now accepting applications for the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program for September 2005 - July 2006. People can contact Don for more information, 505-583-2152 or karunanewmexico.com.	Don Tarbutton, a former Albuquerque sangha member who now lives north of Santa Fe. He has been a Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric Kolvig, and completed the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program through Spirit Rock in July 2003. For more about Don and his work see the Amnesty International profile about Don: Faith in Action.
08/04/05	Discussion about Intention based on Jamez Baraz retreat CD.	Vicki Gottlieb, sangha member
08/11/05	Discussion about Right Speech in Today's World.	Maggie Seeley, sangha member
08/18/05	Dharma talk. Also Eric will offer 20 minute interviews between 4 and 6 pm, before the sitting and dharma talk. Alexcia, the interview coordinator for Eric's visits, will provide a sign-up schedule on Thursday nights before the dates of Eric's visits -- or contact Alexcia directly at 265-6206.	Eric Kolvig
08/25/05	Short talk and then discussion on Opening to Vulnerability and Fear in our Practice.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
09/01/05	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
09/08/05	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
09/15/05	Taped dharma talk by Eric Kolvig.	Terry Thompson, sangha member
09/22/05	Membership meeting. See Membership Meetings for more details.
09/29/05	Discussion on The Inclination of the Mind Toward Silence.	Fred Herman, sangha member
10/06/05	Talk and discussion on Meditation.	Maggie Seeley, sangha member
10/13/05	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
10/20/05	Short talk, reading and discussion on Happiness.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
10/27/05	Dharma talk	Arinna Weisman
11/03/05	Discussion on Letting go of the desire to become	Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
11/10/05	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
11/17/05	Dharma talk	Jason Siff, head teacher for The Skillful Meditation Project.
11/24/05	Thanksgiving Day. We won't meet on this evening.
12/01/05	Dharma talk	Diana Lightmoon. Diana is currently in teacher training with Jason Siff.
12/08/05	Suzanne Kryder just returned from a 3-week pilgrimage to India to see the four holy sites of the Buddha: Lumbini, Nepal where he was born; Bodh Gaya where he reached enlightenment; Sarnath where he gave his first teaching; and Kushinagar where he died. She'll describe some of her experiences and show a few photos from the trip.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
12/15/05	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
12/22/05	Short talk and then discussion about Meditation, Concentration and Wisdom.	Ted Ulinski, sangha member
12/29/05	Hilary Heyl will share her experience attending Jason Siff's retreat in early November and will lead a discussion about Jason's work.	Hilary Heyl, sangha member
01/05/06	We will reflect on intentions for our practice in the coming year, similar to the western idea of making resolutions.	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
01/12/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
01/19/06	A Consensus Workshop - what it is and how do we get there	Fred Herman and Suzanne Kryder, sangha members.
01/26/06	Dharma talk	DaeJa Napier
02/02/06	Dharma talk	Diana Lightmoon. Diana is currently in teacher training with Jason Siff.
02/09/06	Dharma talk	DaeJa Napier
02/16/06	Dharma talk	Daeja Napier
02/23/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
03/02/06	Sangha membership meeting.
03/09/06	Bonnie Duran, who recently completed three months on retreat, will lead a discussion of the joys, challenges and opportunities for intensive meditation practice.	Bonnie Duran
03/16/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig, dharma techer
03/23/06	Dharma talk on The Seven Concentric Circles of Spiritual Development. Note: The talk is available on CD. Cost per CD is $5. Proceeds go to the sangha. Available with each CD, or separately for free, is a one-page outline of the talk, listing the Seven Circles and major subtopics. CDs are available from Sandy Lee on Thursday evenings or you can contact him at sleecs.unm.edu.	Dharma teacher Matthew Flickstein. He has been practicing and teaching vipassana meditation for over twenty-five years. At one time, he was ordained as a monk in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition. His primary teacher has been Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, a Buddhist monk for over fifty-eight years and author of the highly regarded book, Mindfulness in Plain English. Matthew co-founded the Bhavana Society Meditation Center in West Virginia with Bhante Gunaratana in 1982. Matthew has published two books, Journey to the Center, A Meditation Workbook and Swallowing the River Ganges: A Comprehensive Practice Guide to the Path of Purification, through Wisdom Publications.
03/30/06	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
04/06/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
04/13/06	Dharma talk	Grove Burnett, founder of the Western Environmental Law Center, a public interest environmental law firm. He has litigated many important environmental cases in the Southwest, including the reintroduction of the endangered Mexican Wolf (the Lobo) back into the wild. Grove is also co-founder of the Vallecitos Mountain Refuge, a wilderness ranch and contemplative center for the nonprofit and activist community, located 45 miles west of Taos. Grove has trained extensively in the Buddhist traditions for over 25 years with Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, and Thich Nhat Hanh. He is currently completing a 4 year intensive teacher training program with Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock. In addition to teaching retreats at Vallecitos, he teaches retreats with Steven Smith, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein, including meditation retreats for the Yale Law School and the Insight Meditation Society.
04/20/06	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
04/27/06	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
05/04/06	Walking the Talk, a discussion on the effects of practice in our daily life.	Fred Herman, sangha member
05/11/06	Small group discussions about What is going on in my meditation practice?	Suzanne Sluizer, sangha member
05/18/06	Getting to Know Your Sangha. Some of us who have been a part of the AVS for a number of years are happy to see many new faces at our Thursday evening get-togethers and we would enjoy getting to know you - and allowing you to know us - better. Recent-comers: What got you to our Thursday night meetings? What were/are you hoping to find and how might the Sangha better help you meet your needs? Longer-time members: What do you love about our AVS? Are there ways it disappoints you? In addition to our Thursday evening programs and other announced events, many of us "old-timers" find pleasure in our less formal associations and friendships with one another. Association on a regular basis with others seeking to live lives informed and nourished by Dharma can be an invaluable support to living the Dharma. Community has been integral to Buddhism from its inception. Let's think together how we might better serve each other. Tentative format: Small group sharing; large group discussion; time for unstructured socializing. Cookies.	Mel Schneider, sangha member.
05/25/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
06/01/06	Dharma talk	Martine Batchelor
06/08/06	Dharma talk	Diana Lightmoon.
06/15/06	Ted Ulinski will lead a discussion on Awareness. Ted will begin with a brief reading from the Satipatthana Sutra (The Foundations of Mindfulness). Ted has pulled together the following recommendations and website addresses for those who would like to do some reading on the topic of awareness or clear comprehension: Bhikku Nanamoli and Bhikku Bhodi's translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, The Middle Length Discourse of the Bhudda. Another translation, though not as good, but free, can also be read at the Access to Insight website. Recommended background reading is Soma Thera, The Way of Mindfulness, Nyanaponikha Thera, The Heart of Bhuddist Mediation, and Sadawaya N Silanadana, Four Foundations of Mindfulness. These can be read at BuddhaSasana English Articles.	Ted Ulinski, sangha member
06/22/06	Presentation and discussion on Bringing It All Back Home. It's about experiential truth, self, other, and getting back to where we once belonged.	Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member.
06/29/06	Dharma talk	Stephen Batchelor
07/06/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
07/13/06	Dharma talk	DaeJa Napier
07/20/06	We'll listen to a taped talk by Ajahn Amaro and then hold a discussion.	Tim Wadsworth, sangha member
07/27/06	Dharma talk	DaeJa Napier
08/03/06	We'll listen to a recorded dharma talk by Donald Rothberg on The Dharma of Difficult People. Many of us have come across the teaching that difficult people are Buddhas, sent to teach us. Donald Rothberg talks about his thinking and work with this practice. Followed by a discussion.	Elizabeth Rapaport, sangha nember
08/10/06	We'll listen to portions of a Pema Chodron CD with time for related group sharing and discussion.	Mel Schneider, sangha member
08/17/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
08/24/06	Dharma talk	Diana Lightmoon, licensed psychotherapist, massage therapist and Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner. She has been practicing meditation for 17 years. She is currently in teacher training with Jason Siff of the Skillful Meditation Project. She also teaches meditation to men and women incarcerated in New Mexico prisons through Heart Mountain Prison Project. Note:Diana will be available for interviews on Friday, August 25. Please check back for details about how to sign up. Also, Diana will lead a two-day workshop on Saturday and Sunday, August 26-27. Please see Day Retreats for details about that.
08/31/06	Short talk and discussion on Mindfulness in the Work Place.	Suzanne Kryder, sangha member
09/07/06	It's Only A Dream, a discussion about impermanence.	Fred Herman, sangha member
09/14/06	Discussion about The Four Noble Truths.	Jerilyn Bowen, sangha member
09/21/06	Guided meditation using a CD by Sharon Salzberg entitled Guided Practice/06king with Hindrances followed by a discussion of five hindrances: desire, aversion, sleepiness, restlessness and doubt.	Lydia Maestas, sangha member
09/28/06	We'll hold a membership meeting. The agenda will include our annual board election.
10/05/06	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
10/12/06	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
10/19/06	Dharma talk Don says: "The topic will be the Perfection of Truth. The talk will be an adaptation of a sermon I gave on the Power of Truth to an interfaith audience for Sunday morning chapel service at the Veterans Hospital in Seattle. I want to demonstrate how I was able to be inclusive of the teachings of the Buddha in that pretty Christian setting."	Don Tarbutton, former Albuquerque sangha member. He has been a Vipassana practitioner and student of the Dharma since 1996. He studied with Eric Kolvig, and participated in the 2-1/2 year Community Dharma Leadership program at Spirit Rock. Don has recently completed a year-long Buddhist chaplaincy training program following by a year-long internship in the Clinical Pastoral Education program at the Veteran's Administration hospital in Seattle.
10/26/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
11/02/06	Short talk and then discussion about Obstinate Views.	Ted Ulinski, sangha member
11/09/06	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
11/16/06	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
11/23/06	No meeting this evening because of Thanksgiving holiday.
11/30/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
12/07/06	Discussion on Buddhist Contemplative Practice	Hilary Heyl, sangha member
12/14/06	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
12/21/06	Recorded dharma talk by Bhante Gunaratana about the five dharmas worth contemplating followed by a discussion	Ted Ulinski, sangha member
12/28/06	Dharma talk	Shaila Catherine
01/04/07	Discussion about Generosity	Kathryn Turnipseed, sangha member
01/11/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
01/18/07	Dharma talk	DaeJa Napier
01/25/07	General membership meeting	Kathryn Turnipseed, sangha member
02/01/07	Dharma talk.	Diana Lightmoon. Diana is a teacher with the Skillful Meditation Project, training with Jason Siff.
02/08/07	Continuation (from Jan 4) of discussion about Generosity	Kathryn Turnipseed, sangha member
02/15/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
02/22/07	Discussion on Putting the horse before the cart: Sila and its place in dharma practice	Tam Saimons, sangha member
03/01/07	Talk on Three Characteristics of Experience as realized through the Four Levels of Mindfulness.	Laura Wright. Laura has been teaching meditation classes, workshops, seminars, and retreats since 1997. She worked closely with her main Dharma teacher, Pujari (Ed) Keays, for eight years, and has also studied with Matthew Flickstein, recently completing his Advanced Teachers Training Program. Laura's passion for Theravada Buddhism is apparent in her teachings and is obvious in her recently published book, Reflective Journaling, A Guide to Personal and Spiritual Growth.
03/08/07	Dharma talk	Matthew Flickstein
03/15/07	Dharma talk	Brian Lesage
03/22/07	Dharma talk	Brian Lesage
03/29/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
04/05/07	We'll listen to and then discuss a recording of a dharma talk by Ajahn Amaro on Knowing vs. Thinking	Ron Stillman, sangha member
04/12/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
04/19/07	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
04/26/07	Discussion on Evil begets Evil. Good Begets Good, verses 1 and 2 of the Dharmapada.	Ted Ulinski, sangha member
05/03/07	We'll watch a video of Joseph Goldstein dharma talk about Concepts and Reality.	Joan Granger, sangha member
05/10/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
05/17/07	Dharma talk	Brian Lesage. Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years. He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism. He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S. He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety of settings for the general population and has also taught adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress. He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig
05/24/07	Dharma talk	Bhante Kossagautamo, a visiting monk to the Wat
05/31/07	Listen to a CD dharma talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu on The Sublime Attitudes.	Ken Munoz, sangha member
06/07/07	Dharma talk.	Laura Wright, who has been teaching meditation (vipassana) workshops and retreats since 1997, and is a published author. Her teaching reflects her Buddhist based practice and her eight years of close study with her Dharma teacher, Pujari Keays. Laura has recently studied intensively with Matthew Flickstein.
06/14/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
06/21/07	Discussion about the three refuges (the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha), the practice of chanting the refuges, and the five precepts undertaken by householders: (1) non-harming, (2) not stealing, taking only that which is freely offered, (3) not indulging in sexual practices that would bring harm to self or others, (4) speaking only that which is true and helpful (5) refraining from alcolhol and drugs that cloud the mind.	Joan Granger, sangha member
06/28/07	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
07/05/07	Dharma talk	Bhante Dhammaratana Thera
07/12/07	Dharma talk	Bhante Dhammaratana Thera
07/19/07	Dharma talk	Bhante Dhammaratana Thera
07/26/07	Dharma talk about Strengths and Weaknesses of the Spiritual Approach to Peacemaking in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.	Dharma teacher Stephen Fulder. Dr. Fulder was born in London in 1946 and has worked professionally and has had many books published in the field of natural medicine and medicinal plants. He is founder and senior teacher of the Israel Insight Society, the main Vipassana and dharma teaching organization in Israel, and has been teaching retreats, classes and courses for 13 years. He is co-founder and teacher of Middleway and Akoda, Jewish-Arab organizations that carry out dharma inspired peace activities and also teach peace leadership, in Israel and the Palestinian areas.
08/02/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
08/09/07	Dharma talk	Writer and long-time Zen student
08/16/07	Talk about The Teachings of the Buddhas, the first in a series of five talks. See href="salient_teachings.html">The Salient Teachings of the Buddha for more information.	Laura Wright, who has been teaching meditation (vipassana) workshops and retreats since 1997, and is a published author. Her teaching reflects her Buddhist based practice and her eight years of close study with her Dharma teacher, Pujari Keays. Laura has recently studied intensively with Matthew Flickstein.
08/23/07	Dharma talk.	Shaila Catherine
08/30/07	Dharma talk about The Progress of Insight.	Brian Lesage, who has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years. He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism. He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S. He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety of settings for the general population and has also taught adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing, a naturalistic approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress. He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig.
09/06/07	Talk about The Four Sublime or Heavenly Abidings, the second in a series of five talks. Please see The Salient Teachings of the Buddha for more information.	Laura Wright, who has been teaching meditation (vipassana) workshops and retreats since 1997, and is a published author. Her teaching reflects her Buddhist based practice and her eight years of close study with her Dharma teacher, Pujari Keays. Laura has recently studied intensively with Matthew Flickstein.
09/13/07	Community Night Program on Spiritual Friendship or Kalyana Mitta. It will be a combination of 20 minutes of a recorded dharma talk by Carol Wilson, some reading by me from Bikkhu Bhodi and then a short small group chat using some questions to spur conversation.
09/20/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
09/27/07	Membership meeting
10/04/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
10/11/07	Dharma talk about Karma and Rebirth, the third in a series of five talks. See The Salient Teachings of the Buddha.	Laura Wright
10/18/07	Community Night Program on Generosity.	Kempton Lindquist, sangha member
10/25/07	Dharma talk	Lila Kate Wheeler. Lila learned Vipassana meditation from Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein in 1977 and has been leading shorter retreats around the United States for nearly 20 years. She has practiced with Western and Asian teachers from a variety of traditions in the US, Burma, India, Thailand and Europe. She's also a writer of fiction and journalism. Her most recent publication is Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction, an anthology of other writers' stories published in spring 2004 by Wisdom Publications.
11/01/07	Dharma talk on Generosity	Brian Lesage. Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years. He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism. He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S. He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety of settings for the general population and has also taught adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress. He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig
11/08/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
11/15/07	Dharma talk about The Four Noble Truths or What's Suffering Got to Do With It, the fourth in a series of five talks. See The Salient Teachings of the Buddha.	Laura Wright
11/22/07	Thanksgiving. No meeting this week.
11/29/07	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
12/06/07	Community night. We'll listen to 20 minutes of a terrific talk by Carol Wilson on Dosa (or Aversion) from the 2006 fall IMS retreat and then have small group discussions guided by a few talking points about the topic.	Valerie Roth, sangha member.
12/13/07	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
12/20/07	Dharma talk on The Three Bases for Making Merit or Happiness, the fifth in a series of five talks. See The Salient Teachings of the Buddha.	Laura Wright
12/27/07	Community night. Sangha members Andrea Escher and Kathryn Turnipseed will share some of their experiences sitting the 6-week intensive meditation retreat at Insight Meditation Society from which they recently returned. They will each speak for 10 minutes and then answer any questions. Then the group will break into small groups for discussion.	Sangha members Andrea Escher and Kathryn Turnipseed
01/03/08	Dharma talk on Renunciation.	Brian Lesage. Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation for eighteen years. He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism. He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S. He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety of settings for the general population and has also taught adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing?, a naturalistic approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress. He is currently mentoring under Vipassana meditation teacher Eric Kolvig
01/10/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
01/17/08	Community night
01/24/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
01/31/08	Dharma talk	DaeJa Napier
02/07/08	Community night on The Experience of Compassion	Fred Herman, sangha member
02/14/08	Community night on Compassion Practice in our Work and Daily Life	Debra Serrino, sangha member
02/21/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
02/28/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
03/06/08	Dharma talk	Brian Lesage
03/13/08	Community night with topic Right Speech.	Valerie Roth, sangha member
03/20/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
03/27/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
04/03/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
04/10/08	Community night with topic Sympathetic Joy.	Kempton Lindquist, sangha member
04/17/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
04/24/08	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
05/01/08	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
05/08/08	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
05/15/08	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
05/22/08	Dharma talk	Jason Siff
05/29/08	Dharma talk on Compassionate Action. Please note that Eric will donate all the dana from the evening to the Foundation for the People of Burma. See our home page calendar for a note from Eric to our sangha about this.	Eric Kolvig
06/05/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
06/12/08	Community night on topic Motivations for Practice.	Debra Serrino, sangha member
06/19/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
06/26/08	Community night on topic Equanimity.	Valerie Roth, sangha member
07/03/08	Dharma talk, the first in a four-part series on The Seven Factors of Awakening.	Brian Lesage
07/10/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
07/17/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
07/24/08	Dharma talk, the second in a four-part series on The Seven Factors of Awakening.	Brian Lesage
07/31/08	Dharma talk	DaeJa Napier
08/07/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
08/14/08	Dharma talk, the third in a four-part series on The Seven Factors of Awakening.	Brian Lesage
08/21/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
08/28/08	Community night on topic Attachment	Tam Saimons, sangha member
09/04/08	Community night on topic The Importance of Sangha.	Sangha members Kathryn Turnipseed, Valerie Roth, and Debra Serrino
09/11/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
09/18/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
09/25/08	Community night on topic Refuge in the Sangha, A Sharing Circle	Sangha members Mark Steele and Kelly Klein
10/02/08	Dharma talk, the final talk in a four-part series on The Seven Factors of Awakening.	Brian Lesage
10/09/08	Dharma talk	Laura Wright
10/16/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
10/23/08	Dharma talk, 1st in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness download mp3	Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
10/30/08	Dharma talk, 2nd in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness download mp3	Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
11/06/08	Dharma talk, 3rd in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness download mp3	Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
11/13/08	Dharma talk, 4th in series on Four Foundations of Mindfulness download mp3	Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
11/20/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
11/27/08	Thanksgiving -- no meeting
12/04/08	Dharma talk	Eric Kolvig
12/11/08	Dharma talk on What Really Matters: Meditative stillness and meditative action	Laura Wright
12/18/08	Community night on Gratitude, with sharing circle,	Tam Saimons.
12/25/08	Christmas -- no meeting