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Practice Meditation on Zoom with an Abbey-Related Dharma Community
It can be a challenge to keep motivated as someone new to the Dharma, or even as an experienced practitioner. That’s where Dharma friends come in! Join a group for your morning meditation and follow the practices done at the Abbey.
The group is lead by friends of the Abbey, some of whom have been meditating together everyday online for years. All levels of experience are welcome. We’re friendly!
The normal schedule for the Lay Practitioner’s Practice Group (LPPG) is:
- Sunday – Friday mornings – at 5:30 AM Pacific (6:30 a.m. MST)
- Saturday morning – at 5:30 AM Pacific (Abbey Monastic leads the practice)
- Evening practice
- Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. MST
- Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. MST
- Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. MST
- Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. MST
- Saturday evenings at 7:00 p.m. MST
Changes to the schedule: On full and new moon days the group meets at 6:00 a.m. (MST) to take the 8 Mahayana Precepts together.
During Retreat from Afar the practice from the retreat is led.
When the Abbey is holding a retreat (see events for schedule), the group facilitates meditation on the Zoom link sent for the online retreat.
Practice Structure
We follow the structure of the Abbey’s morning meditation:
- Set daily motivations & motivation specific to day’s practice
- Bow and greet one another virtually
- Morning mantra recitations
- 21 Shakyamuni Buddha recitations for the Buddha Hall
- 35 Buddhas (Option to leave & dedicate on one’s own, if needed)
- Lamrim practice within the context of rotating sadhanas (leader’s choice)
Connection Information
Write Abbey friend and meditation coordinator Kathy at [email protected] for more information, to be added to reminder e-mail lists, and to get the Zoom group password.
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Connect with the Abbey Online
We are here to support you in the Dharma!
Online Teachings and Events
- How to practice vidoes: How to sit on a cushion, set up an altar, make a prostration, etc., all covered in this YouTube playlist.
- Numerous short Bodhisattva Breakfast Corner (BBC) show ways to use Buddha’s teachings to think about and work with challenges
- Join the monthly Medicine Buddha Puja, offered once a month on Zoom, and send your prayer requests.
- Tune into the monthly Sharing the Dharma Day, which includes meditation, teaching, and Zoom discussion.
- Find ongoing teachings, retreats, and special courses online. See the event calendar for upcoming teachings and events.
- Our YouTube Channel has thousand of video teachings on tons of topics. Browse to your heart’s content.
Practice Meditations led by Ven. Thubten Chodron
- Audio Recordings of Guided Lamrim Meditations
- Green Tara Practice with Request for Protection from Eight Dangers
- Longer Green Tara Practice
- Medicine Buddha Guided Meditation
- 1000-armed Chenrezig – guided meditation
- Taking and giving (tonglen) meditation and teaching
- Taking and giving meditation with outline of meditation points
Learn from books by Ven. Thubten Chodron.
Sravasti Abbey
692 Country Lane
Newport WA 99156 USA
[email protected]
509-447-5549
Also see ThubtenChodron.org