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Tibetan Yoga is being taught at 3PM on Sunday's here at Dragon Seat by Chuck Sullivan a local acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist who has worked with opening energy pathways in the body for many years. This is open to all regardless of physical condition and is done in a chair. There is a meditation and contemplative component to the yoga.

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Dhamma

Here the Buddha's teachings are organized according to his method of "gradual training" (anupubbi-katha), a framework he frequently used (e.g., Ud V.3) to guide newcomers from first principles through progressively more advanced teachings, all the way to the fulfillment of the Four Noble Truths and the realization of Nibbana.

  1. Generosity (dana)
  2. Virtue (sila)
    bulletThe 5 Precepts
    bulletThe 8 Precepts
    bulletThe 10 Precepts
    bulletUposatha observance days
  3. Heaven (sagga)
    bulletThe Thirty-one Planes of Existence
  4. Drawbacks (adinava)
  5. Renunciation (nekkhamma)
  6. The Four Noble Truths (cattari ariya saccani)
    1. The Noble Truth of Dukkha (dukkha ariya sacca)
      bulletDukkha
      bulletThe round of rebirth (samsara)
    2. The Noble Truth of the Cause of Dukkha (dukkha samudayo ariya sacca)
      bulletCraving (tanha)
      bulletIgnorance (avijja)
    3. The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Dukkha (dukkha nirodho ariya sacca)
      bulletNibbana
    4. The Noble Truth of the Path Leading to the Cessation of Dukkha (dukkha nirodha gamini patipada ariya sacca) — The Noble Eightfold Path:
      Division Path Factor
      Discernment
      (pañña)
      1. Right View (samma-dithhi)
      bullet Intentional action (kamma)
      bullet Admirable friendship (kalyanamittata)
      2. Right Resolve (samma-sankappo)
      Virtue
      (sila)
      3. Right Speech (samma-vaca)
      4. Right Action (samma-kammanto)
      5. Right Livelihood (samma-ajivo)
      Concentration
      (samadhi)
      6. Right Effort (samma-vayamo)
      7. Right Mindfulness (samma-sati)
      8. Right Concentration (samma-samadhi)
      bullet Jhana

See also
Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

 

 

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