Opening IntentionNote: Our Monday night meetings begins with this opening intention that affirms our Sangha’s guiding principles.
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We meet to deepen our understanding and practice of Buddhism, meditation, and mindfulness.
Our focus is on the insights of evolving Buddhist traditions and exploring other teachings of mindfulness practice.
The Buddha’s first and most basic teachings are that:
Our path is to let go of cravings and aversions, and thereby experience the enlightenment possible in each moment.
Our path is to live in alignment with our values.
The Buddha taught that we awaken and transcend suffering through a combination of ethics, meditation, and wisdom.
In our practice, we aspire to cultivate the Four Limitless Qualities:
Do not believe anything:
Our focus is on the insights of evolving Buddhist traditions and exploring other teachings of mindfulness practice.
The Buddha’s first and most basic teachings are that:
- There is suffering.
- There are reasons for suffering
- There is an end to suffering
- There is a path to the end of suffering.
Our path is to let go of cravings and aversions, and thereby experience the enlightenment possible in each moment.
Our path is to live in alignment with our values.
The Buddha taught that we awaken and transcend suffering through a combination of ethics, meditation, and wisdom.
In our practice, we aspire to cultivate the Four Limitless Qualities:
- Lovingkindness
- Compassion
- Joy
- Equanimity
Do not believe anything:
- just because it has been handed down for many generations,
- just because it is spoken and rumored by many,
- just because it is found written in religious books,
- just on the authority of your teachers and elders.
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