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The Albuquerque sangha meets every Thursday evening, unless noted otherwise
below. Everyone is welcome.
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| When:
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| 6:30-7:10:
| Sitting with meditation instruction if desired.
Please come a few minutes early to get settled
before the bell rings at 6:30.
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| 7:10-7:15:
| Short stretch break
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| 7:15-8:10:
| Dharma talk or discussion or other activity.
For details, see What We'll Do After the Sit below.
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| 8:10-??:
| Sangha announcements, mingling, put away chairs.
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| Also see Dinner below.
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| Where:
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The monks at the Wat Buddhasothorn Temple generously allow
us to use their meditation hall on Thursday nights. See Directions to Wat Buddhasothorn
Temple.
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| Sitting:
| If you are new, these
Sitting Instructions
may be helpful. Someone will probably offer to give instructions
during the sitting. Please feel free to ask for instructions, even
if you aren't so new.
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| Bring:
| (1) If you like to sit on the floor, please bring a meditation
cushion. The room is carpeted. There are plenty of chairs.
(2) If we have a visiting teacher, please consider offering dana to
the teacher. (See Dana section below).
(3) We also ask for a small optional donation to the sangha so
that we may make a donation from the sangha to the Wat and
to help cover other sangha expenses.
There'll be baskets for sangha and teacher dana on the table at the back
of the room.
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| Dana:
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Dana (pronounced "dah-na") is a Pali word meaning generosity.
Dating back to the time of the Buddha, there has existed an
interdependence between those who offer the teachings and those who
receive them. According to this tradition, our visiting teachers do
not charge for coming to meet with us. The teachings are given freely.
Voluntary contributions for the teachers' support are always gratefully
accepted. If we have a guest teacher, you'll find a basket for teacher
dana on the table at the back of the room. If you need for your dana
contributions to be tax deductible, you can write a check payable to
Albuquerque Vipassana Sangha. Please write on the check what
the dana is for. We hope that you'll be generous to our wonderful
teachers. (For more about dana, here is an essay from the Cloud
Mountain Retreat Center site:
Dana
The Practice of Generosity.)
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| Interviews:
| Eric Kolvig, our resident teacher,
offers 20 minute interviews between 4 and 6 pm on the nights he is here
to give a Thursday evening talk. To sign up for an interview with Eric,
call Alexcia Trujillo at 265-6206 or speak with her at a sangha meeting.
Laura Wright
visits our sangha monthly and offers interviews before her dharma talks.
Please contact Laura to schedule an interview:
laura lwrightnm.com.
Also, Laura is offering an Independent Sutta Study Course. If you
are interested please contact her.
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| Dinner:
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If you'd like to socialize with other sangha people before the
meetings, please come for dinner at 5:00. We gather at restaurants not
too far from the Wat. See Thursday Night
Dinners for details.
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| History:
| For a list of Thursday night happenings in the past, since April 1999,
see Thursday Night
Meetings Previous Activities.
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What We'll Do After the Sit
These details might change at any time. Please check back close to
the date to confirm. Additional dates will be filled in as activities
are confirmed.
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| 11/06/08:
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia will give a dharma talk during her
residency with us.
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| 11/13/08:
| Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia will give a dharma talk during her
residency with us.
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| 11/20/08:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 11/27/08:
| Thanksgiving -- no meeting
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| 12/04/08:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 12/11/08:
| Laura
Wright will give a dharma talk on What Really Matters:
Meditative stillness and meditative action. (See above for
Interviews info.)
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| 12/18/08:
| Community night with topic to be announced.
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| 12/25/08:
| Christmas -- no meeting
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| 01/01/09:
| New Year's Day -- no meeting
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| 01/08/09:
| Community night on the First Noble Truth,
facilitated by Valerie Roth.
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| 01/15/09:
| Community night on the Second Noble Truth.
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| 02/05/09:
| Community night on the Third Noble Truth.
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| 02/12/09:
| Community night on the Fourth Noble Truth.
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| 02/19/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 03/05/09:
| Brian Lesage will give a dharma talk during his
residency with us.
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| 03/12/09:
| Brian Lesage will give a dharma talk during his
residency with us.
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| 03/19/09:
| Brian Lesage will give a dharma talk during his
residency with us.
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| 03/26/09:
| Santikaro
will give a dharma talk. (Also see
audiodharma
talks by Santikaro.)
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| 04/02/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 04/30/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 07/30/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 08/13/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 09/10/09:
| Laura
Wright will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 09/24/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 10/29/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 11/05/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 11/12/09:
| Laura
Wright will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 12/03/09:
| Eric Kolvig will give a dharma talk.
(See above for Interviews info.)
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| 12/10/09:
| Brian Lesage will give a dharma talk.
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