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This Sunday we have a guest teacher, Mal Huxter.
Mal will give a short talk about Dharma. That is,  the meaning of the word and how the term Dharma is understood in a few different ways. I will also make reference to some frequent words about Dharma that are chanted as a homage to the Dharma.

Mal Huxter is a clinical psychologist in private practice and a Dharma teacher.   He is the author of “Healing the heart and mind with mindfulness. Ancient path, present moment”, Routledge 2016. He designs and conducts courses, workshops and silent retreats.  He has been teaching mindfulness and the four heart qualities (loving kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity) to the general public, clinical populations, therapists and other professionals since 1991. As a psychologist he is a teacher of MSC and CEB and trained in a range of therapies including CFT. As a meditator and meditation teacher he began training in Buddhist meditation practices in 1975, living in Thailand as a Buddhist monk in the forest tradition for two years in the late 1970’s.  Though mostly within the Theravada he has also practiced within Tibetan Mahayana and Zen traditions.  For more info about Mal go to:  https://www.malhuxter.com/

Time: 6:15pm for a 6:30 start.

Our program this week.

A 30 minute meditation (either silent or guided, depending on those present).
A short recorded dharma talk of about 15 minutes.
Then we share a cuppa and conversation, finishing at 8pm. It’s a warm and friendly environment.

We are presently working our way through series of guided meditations and talks by Gil Fronsdal: Introduction to Mindfulness.

Location: Mindful Psychology
6 Qualtrough Street, Woolloongabba

We are grateful to Mindful Psychology for generously hosting these evenings.

There is off-street parking.
Enter through the main entrance at the front of the building and go up the stairs on the left. The sitting room is on the first floor. Chairs are available, but please bring your own cushion or meditation bench.

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Meeting ID: 849 5773 9986
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This is a peer-group discussion on a discourse from the Pāli Canon. The group will read the sutta together, rotating with each person present reading a small section, followed by reflection and discussion.  It is recommended that participants try to read one or more translations of the sutta beforehand.

A link to the sutta will be shown here shortly before the meeting.

 John Kelly has been a practicing Buddhist since the early 1990s and has studied the Pāli language since the early 2000s. He has been principal assistant to Bhikkhu Bodhi in four of his most recent sutta translation publications. In 2005 John was a founding member and designer on the team that created SuttaCentral.net, a continuously growing trove of information on early Buddhist texts, translations, and parallels. John has an MA in Buddhist Studies, and his dissertation for this MA, “The Buddha’s Teachings to Lay People”, was published in Buddhist Studies Review.

Time: 6:15pm for a 6:30 start.

Our program this week.

A 30 minute meditation (either silent or guided, depending on those present).
A short recorded dharma talk of about 15 minutes.
Then we share a cuppa and conversation, finishing at 8pm. It’s a warm and friendly environment.

We are presently working our way through series of guided meditations and talks by Gil Fronsdal: Introduction to Mindfulness.

Location: Mindful Psychology
6 Qualtrough Street, Woolloongabba

We are grateful to Mindful Psychology for generously hosting these evenings.

There is off-street parking.
Enter through the main entrance at the front of the building and go up the stairs on the left. The sitting room is on the first floor. Chairs are available, but please bring your own cushion or meditation bench.

RESTORE, RELAX, REJUVENATE

The Heart Insight Meditation group is delighted to advise that that are running full days of silent meditation on the first Saturday each month (except January).

The silent retreat days will be held in the beautiful meditation centre and grounds of the Brisbane Quaker Meeting House in Kelvin Grove. This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your practice with the support of other meditators, in a quiet, private and treed setting. The program will alternate between sitting and walking meditations, and will include lunch and tea breaks. The full day will be held in noble silence.

Please note that no formal guidance or instructions will be offered.

Time: Please arrive by 8:45am – noble silence will start at 9am. The day will end at 3.30pm or you can leave earlier if you prefer.

Address: Quaker Meeting House, 10 HampsonStreet, Kelvin Grove. There is some onsite and street parking available. Public transport options are nearby.

What to bring:

• whatever seating arrangement is comfortable for you (chairs and a small numbeer of cushions are available)
• water bottle
• lunch / snacks
• a cash donation towards venue hire (we suggest between $10 and $20) or bank details will be available on the day.

If you have any questions, please email: heart.insight.group@gmail.com

We look forward to welcoming you!