Just One More… Appreciative Joy: Jealousy Selfish Desire and Buddhist Teaching on the Cycles of Addiction.
By Ajahn Amaro
Next Zoom meeting: Friday, March 5, 5-6:30 p.m.Pacific time
READING ASSIGNMENT:
Read from page 58 at “So We Allow…” in chapter 7 “Knowing Emotions within the Body” through page 75, chapter 9 “Question and Answers”
PDF attached. PDF, EPUB and MOBI are available for download at:
https://forestsangha.org/teachings/books/just-one-more?language=English
The Dharma-Inspired book group is self-led. For our current book, Anne Foster is acting as facilitator and contact person:afoster@rawbw.com.
Now WEEKLY via Zoom!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84573235424?pwd=cFpycVZMVnpQVmxqMUhiYXhod3AwUT09
Meeting ID: 845 7323 5424
Passcode: 696522
Dial by your location
+1 669900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 845 7323 5424
Passcode: 696522
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcYRvd8IPi
About these books
From the preface:
“The small books in this series of four, consisting of reflections and practices related to the ‘Sublime Abiding Places for the Heart’– the four brahma-viharas. The vision for the series is to explore these sublime abidings via the somewhat oblique approach of looking at what counters or muddies their activity. … In this third book we will be investigating mudita through the lens of self-centered desire and its relationship to dissatisfaction; how the quest to fulfill personal craving lead not to joy but rather to pain-haunted addictions; how joy, instead, comes from unselfishness,giving and consciously delighting in the blessings that others have....”
To receive updates about Dharma Friends events via e-mail:
Go to https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/dharma-friends/and follow the instructions under "subscribe to receive e-mail updates".