Recordings of Inquiry at Appamada. These are open sessions where participants meet with an Appamada teacher in direct encounter.

2017 Appamada Inquiry

2017 Dharma Talks

Appamada's Precepts Course is a one-year program, meeting once a month for two hours. The basic text for the course is Diane Rizzetto's Waking Up to What You Do. At the end of the year, there is a ceremony for formally taking the Buddhist precepts for those who wish to do so. See Appamada's website for more information about the Precepts Program.

2017 Precepts Program

http://www.buddhistactionnow.org
The purpose of Buddhist Action Now is to provide in the public sphere a platform for collective action and speech that manifests and advocates for the dharma values of compassion, wisdom, connection, ethical action, and care. By our Bodhisattva Vow we speak out and take action on behalf of all beings, for their liberation and relief from suffering. 

Specifically, we confront and oppose the forces of greed, hatred, ignorance and fear. We provide exemplars of dynamic, diverse, caring and cooperative communities. We work to transform public consciousness and action toward all that is wholesome, connected, caring, and liberating, for all beings and for our planet.

Buddhist Action Now

The Writer
~ Richard Wilbur

In her room at the prow of the house
Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed
with linden,
My daughter is writing a story.
I pause in the stairwell, hearing
From her shut door a commotion of typewriter keys
Like a chain hauled over a gunwale.
Young as she is, the stuff
Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy:
I wish her a lucky passage.
But now it is she who pauses,
As if to reject my thought and its easy figure.
A stillness greatens, in which
The whole house seems to be thinking,
And then she is at it again with a bunched clamor
Of strokes, and again is silent.
I remember the dazed starling
Which was trapped in that very room, 
two years ago;
How we stole in, lifted a sash
And retreated, not to affright it;
And how for a helpless hour, through the crack of
the door,
We watched the sleek, wild, dark
And iridescent creature
Batter against the brilliance, drop like a glove
To the hard floor, or the desk-top,
And wait then, humped and bloody,
For the wits to try it again; and how our spirits
Rose when, suddenly sure,
It lifted off from a chair-back,
Beating a smooth course for the right window
And clearing the sill of the world.
It is always a matter, my darling,
Of life or death, as I had forgotten. I wish
What I wished you before, but harder.

2021 - 06 - 29  I  Inquiry I Love is required — and not enough I Flint Sparks

2021-06-25/26 | One Day Sit | Healing The Earth Through Spiritual Practice | Laurie Winnette

2021-06-27 | Dharma Talk | Basho Begins His Journey | Joel Barna

2021-07-06 I Inquiry | Everyday Clinging I Flint Sparks

2021-07-04 | Dharma Talk | Softening the Grip of Our Core Beliefs | Laurie Winnette

Metta Prayer

This is what should be accomplished by the one who is wise,

May I be well, loving, and peaceful. 
May all beings be well, loving, and peaceful.

May I be at ease in my body, 
feeling the ground beneath my seat and feet, 
letting my back be
long and straight, 
enjoying breath as it rises and falls and rises.
May I know and be intimate with body mind, whatever its feeling or mood, 
calm or agitated, tired
or energetic, irritated or friendly.
Breathing in and out, in and out, aware, 
moment by moment, of the risings and passings.
May I be attentive and gentle towards my own discomfort and suffering.

May I be attentive and grateful for my own joy and well-being.
May I move towards others freely and with openness.

May I receive others with sympathy and understanding.
May I move towards the suffering of others 
with peaceful and attentive confidence.
May I recall the Bodhisattva of compassion; 
her 1,000 hands, her instant readiness for action.
Each hand with an eye in it, the instinctive knowing what to do.
May I continually cultivate the ground of peace for myself 
and others and persist, mindful and
dedicated to this work, independent of results.

May I know that my peace and the world's peace are not separate; 
that our peace in the world is
a result of our work for justice.
May all beings be well, happy, and peaceful.


~ Kushin Seisho Maylie Scott

2021-07-13 I Inquiry I Loneliness I Flint Sparks

2021-07-12 | Depth In Practice | Passing Through the Gateless Barrior

Kim's Vow

I vow to live with a soft front and a strong back
remembering the boundless support of the great Mother Earth, 
the ancestors, the grandmothers, the teachers, and spiritual friends 
so that I may live with a heart that is open 
and courageous enough to attend to my own suffering. 
May I heal what can be healed,
let go of what is not mine to carry, 
and forgive my own limitations and the limitations of others; 
and may this open more space within me 
for life and love and joy to flow through. 

I vow to be with and bear witness to the suffering of others. 
May I have the strength and wisdom to offer care and compassion 
and the skillful means to turn us just a little bit more towards freedom.

I vow to honor the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha dedicating myself to practice, study and spiritual friendship. 

 ~ Kim Neuschel

2021-07-20 Inquiry I Living a Life of Vow I Flint Sparks

2021-07-27 I Inquiry I The Thought of Enlightenment I Flint Sparks

2021-07-25 | Dharma Talk | Sewing Buddha's Robe | Ann Lipscomb

2021-07-18 | Dharma Talk | No Eyes, No Atoms | Krzysztof Piekarski

2021-07-27 | Precept Class #2 | Todd Bankler

2021-07-31 | Practice Intensive Part 1 | Laurie Winnette

2021-08-01 | Practice Intensive Part 2 | Todd Bankler

2021-08-02 | Depth in Practice | Passing Through the Gateless Barrier

2021-08-03 I Inquiry I The Dharma of John Glatfelter I Flint Sparks

2021-08-09 | Depth In Practice | Passing Through the Gateless Barrier

Ron Kurtz video link shared in meeting.

Introduction to the Hakomi Method with Ron Kurtz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcRda7-tsXU

2021-08-10 I Inquiry  I Hakomi and Loving Presence I Flint Sparks

2021-08-08 | Dharma Talk | On Appreciative Inquiry | Joel Barna

2021-08-16 | Depth In Practice | Passing Through the Gateless Barrier

Here is Starlit's poem and discussion: http://justthis.austinzencenter.org/2021/08/delight.html

Here is the guided meditation on smile that was done the meditation period before the talk: https://tinyurl.com/GuidedSmile

2021-08-15 | DharmaTalk | On Happiness | Kim Mosley

Mentioned in discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oR5nl82Jnk
How tapping into Self-wisdom could help our society heal

Five online conversations,
hosted by your Foundation for Self Leadership, 
start in Fridays @ 3 pm, September 3rd

2021-08-17 I  Inquiry  I IFS and the Larger Self  I Flint Sparks

2021-08-24  I Inquiry I One Buddha and One Ancestor I Flint Sparks

2021-08-24 | Precept Class 3 | Todd Bankler

2021- 08-31 I Inquiry I Seeking, Taking, and Being Refuge I  Suzanne Kilkus

2021-09-07 I Inquiry I So Many Years of Single-Minded Effort I Flint Sparks

2021-09-13 | Depth in Practice | Ordinary Wonder

2021-09-14 I Inquiry I What our teachers model I Joel Barna

2021-08-29 | Dharma Talk | Laurie Winnette | Stream Entering

2021-09-12 | Dharma Talk | Joko's Algorithm for Thoughts | Joel Barna

Laurie referenced this article: https://tricycle.org/magazine/karen-armstrong-scripture/

2021-09-05 | Dharma Talk | The Lost Art of Reading Scripture | Laurie Winnette

2021-09-20 | Depth In Practice | Ordinary Wonder

2021-09-21 I Inquiry I The Path of Mercy for All Existence I Flint Sparks

An investigation into the Four Practice Principles by Joke Beck and Allan Kaprow, comparing “a self-centered dream” to “life as it is.”

2021-09-26 | Dharma Talk | Four Practice Principles | Kim Mosley

2021-09-27 | Depth In Practice | Ordinary Wonder

2017 - 01 - 10 - Inquiry - Flint Sparks

2017 - 01 - 03 - Inquiry - Flint Sparks

2017 - 01 - 17 - Inquiry - Flint Sparks

2017-02-05 | Dharma Talk | The Greening of the Dharma | Peg Syverson

2017-01-08 | Dharma Talk | Abuse of Power | Peg Syverson

2017-01-15 | Dharma Talk | Joel Barna

2017-01-22 | Dharma Talk | LZTA Meeting | Peg Syverson

2017-01-29 | Dharma Talk | Writing Exercise | Peg Syverson

2017 - 02 - 07 - Inquiry - Place - Peg Syverson

2017 - 02 - 14 - Inquiry - Rare Sutra - Peg Syverson

2017 - 03 - 07 - Precepts Class 3

2017 - 02 - 07 - Precepts Class 2

2017 - 01 - 10 - Precepts Class 1

2017 - 04 - 04 - Precepts Class 4

2017 - 07 - 12 - Precepts Class 6

2017 - 10 - 13 - Buddhist Action Now

2017 - 10 - 14 - Buddhist Action Now

2017 - 10 - 21 - Buddhist Action Now

2017 - 10 - 28 - Buddhist Action Now

2017 - 11 - 11 - Buddhist Action Now

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