1st Saturday – August 3rd, 2019

Jul 282019
 

Dear friends,

 

For those joining us this Saturday, August 3rd, for our first Saturday of the month Upaya Sangha of Tucson meeting, we will meet from 10:00 am to noon, and our meeting will include brief sutra chanting, sitting meditation (Zazen), participant check-in, announcements, and a brief tea break. After this, Sensei Al will offer a dharma talk on “Who Am I – Really?: Reflections on Shifting Senses of Self.”

 

If this is your first time to join us, we meet at Tucson Community Meditation Center (TCMC), 1231 E. Edison St., one block south of Grant, just west of Mountain, on the north side of the street. We meet the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. There are plenty of zafus (meditation cushions) and chairs.

 

Parking reminder: It’s important to the future of TCMC to observe mindful parking by not parking on the same block as the Center and by leaving an empty parking space in front of the homes on the neighboring blocks. Please reserve TCMC driveway parking for people who cannot walk far.

 

Please help us to accommodate our members who are chemically sensitive to fragrances or other scented products. Thank you for not wearing perfume, aftershave, or similar products.

Also, please don’t forget to regularly check the Community Page of this Sangha Website for new announcements.

 

Thanks.

Fall-Winter, 2019 Study Group: Desire That Binds, Desire That Liberates

Jul 192019
 


The desire for liberation, a liberation that is marked by peace, entangles with the desire that binds, a bondage that is marked by dissatisfaction. Through insight one distinguishes the desire that liberates from the desire that binds. Through cultivating such insight, one then gains certainty in what is to be abandoned and what is to be cultivated.

In this collection of lectures Thanissaro Bhikkhu elucidates dharma from the early Canon on the Buddha’s instructions to his disciples on how to distinguish skillful desire from unskillful desire, pointing out the means to unbinding, that is, the means to a liberation that is marked by peace.

Over the eight meetings in this four-month course, you will be listening to audio presentations, studying the supporting texts, and completing a study guide prior to each of our meetings.


REQUIREMENTS: A computer with CD player, an email address or a cooperative friend with same

FEE: $25.00 (the cost of materials, postage, and TCMC space use contribution).
No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

TO REGISTER: Mail a $25.00 check, made payable to Upaya Sangha, to Christine Johnson at 4145 N. Stone Ave., #102; Tucson, AZ 85705-8807. Include, in addition to your name, your postal address & email address & telephone number.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: August 14, 2019

WHEN: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Beginning on Thursday, September 5th, the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of September, October, November & December.

LOCATION: Tucson Community Meditation Center; 1231 E. Edison Tucson, AZ. The Center is one block S. of Grant and 2 houses W. of Mountain Ave.

CONTACT: Christine Johnson; christine-johnson@cox.net ; 520-207-8718 (no text)

PARKING: It is important to the future of TCMC to observe mindful parking by not parking on the same block as the Center and by leaving an empty parking space in front of the homes on the neighboring blocks. Please reserve TCMC driveway parking for people who cannot walk far. Thank you!

3rd Saturday – July 20th, 2019

Jul 152019
 

Dear friends,

 

For those joining us this Saturday, July 20th, for our third Saturday of the month Upaya Sangha of Tucson meeting, we will meet from 10:00 am to noon, and our meeting will include brief sutra chanting, sitting meditation (Zazen), participant check-in, announcements, and a brief tea break. After this, Sensei Al will offer a dharma talk on “When Body and Mind Dropping Away is Not Enough.”

 

If this is your first time to join us, we meet at Tucson Community Meditation Center (TCMC), 1231 E. Edison St., one block south of Grant, just west of Mountain, on the north side of the street. We meet the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. There are plenty of zafus (meditation cushions) and chairs.

 

Parking reminder: It’s important to the future of TCMC to observe mindful parking by not parking on the same block as the Center and by leaving an empty parking space in front of the homes on the neighboring blocks. Please reserve TCMC driveway parking for people who cannot walk far.

 

Please help us to accommodate our members who are chemically sensitive to fragrances or other scented products. Thank you for not wearing perfume, aftershave, or similar products.

Also, please don’t forget to regularly check the Community Page of our Sangha Website (see below) for new announcements.

 

Thanks.

1st Saturday – July 6th, 2019

Jul 022019
 

Dear friends,

 

For those joining us this Saturday, July 6th, for our first Saturday of the month Upaya Sangha of Tucson meeting, we will meet from 10:00 am to noon, and our meeting will include brief sutra chanting, sitting meditation (Zazen), participant check-in, announcements, and a brief tea break. After this, Sensei Al will offer a dharma talk on “The Elusive Joy of Selfless Interdependence.”

 

If this is your first time to join us, we meet at Tucson Community Meditation Center (TCMC), 1231 E. Edison St., one block south of Grant, just west of Mountain, on the north side of the street. We meet the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. There are plenty of zafus (meditation cushions) and chairs.

 

Parking reminder: It’s important to the future of TCMC to observe mindful parking by not parking on the same block as the Center and by leaving an empty parking space in front of the homes on the neighboring blocks. Please reserve TCMC driveway parking for people who cannot walk far.

 

Please help us to accommodate our members who are chemically sensitive to fragrances or other scented products. Thank you for not wearing perfume, aftershave, or similar products.

Also, please don’t forget to regularly check the Community Page of our Sangha Website (see below) for new announcements.

 

Thanks.