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TOPICS

Here are notes from the topics we have been discussing in our weekly meetings.  Select and click on a title below:

Learning from experience

Nirvana and other terms

Three marks of existence

Four noble truths (or tasks)

Eightfold path

Pratītyasamutpāda – dependent origination

Karuna, metta, ahimsa

Dharma & mindfulness

Skandhas – the Buddhist view of the self

Karma & reincarnation

Transience, clinging, non-attachment

Maya, language & division

MIND – some Buddhist views

Śūnyatā – ‘emptiness’

Suspending judgement

Buddha nature, the unconditioned

 Sangha – learning, growth and realisation

The practice of awakening

The art of awakening and art education

Unlearning, transformation and mindful meditation

Ideal & actual – theory & practice

What do we mean by practice

Non-self – contingency – anatta

On death and dying

Acceptance

Suffering, craving and Fourfold Task

Joy & equanimity

More on ‘dependent arising’ – pratitya-samutpada

Belief, doubt & enquiry

Suchness – tathatā

Buddhism & psychotherapy

Enlightenment in everyday life

Contingency & conditionality

The Book of Eights

Language, Buddhism & meditation

More on the self

More on contingency & time

Buddha’s social teachings

Renewing society

Historical development

Theravada & Mahayana

After awakening??

Dogen, self, interdependence

Buddha’s life & times

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    • TOPICS
      • Learning from experience
      • Nirvana and other terms
      • Three marks of existence
      • Four Noble Truths
      • Eightfold Path
      • Pratītyasamutpāda – dependent origination
      • Karunā, mettā and ahimsa
      • Dharma & Mindfulness
      • Skandhas
      • Karma & Reincarnation
      • Transience, clinging, non-attachment
      • Maya, language and division
      • MIND – some Buddhist views
      • Śūnyatā – ‘emptiness’
      • Suspending judgement
      • Buddha nature, the unconditioned
      • Sangha – learning, growth and realisation
      • The practice of awakening
      • The art of awakening and art education – some parallels
      • Unlearning, transformation and mindful meditation
      • Ideal & actual – Theory & practice
      • What do we mean by the word ‘practice’
      • Non-self – contingency – anatta
      • On death and dying
      • Acceptance
      • Suffering, craving and Fourfold Task
      • Joy & equanimity
      • More on ‘dependent arising’ – pratitya-samutpada
      • Belief, doubt & enquiry
      • Suchness – tathata
      • Buddhism and psychotherapy – notes from Glenn Roberts’ talk
      • Enlightenment in everyday life
      • Contingency & conditionality
      • Book of Eights
      • Language, Buddhism & meditation
      • More on the self
      • Buddha’s Last Words
      • More on contingency & time
      • Buddha’s social teachings
      • Renewing society
      • Historical development
      • Theravada & Mahayana
      • After awakening??
      • Dogen, self, interdependence
      • Buddha’s life & times
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