Dharma Talks – Sixteen Sundays of Summer

May 15, 2009

Dharma talks are designed for Transformation, Education, Meditation, and Instruction as well as spending time together helping each other to learn and grow.  Talks are held every Sunday at 12:15 – 1:15 at The Fitness Place, 215 N. McCormick, Prescott.  (see Map).  

The talks are FREE to the public ( donations are accepted).

Upcoming topics are as follows:

5.17.09 Krishnamurti – Freedom from the Known
5.24.09 Releasing The Past – Freeing ourselves of the past
5.31.09  The Art of Dream Yoga – Advanced techniques to awaken
6.07.09  Who’s the Buddha? - Methods to understand the concept of Buddha
6.14.09 Mindfulness –  Doing what you’re doing, while you’re doing it.
6.21.09 Standing Meditation – Standing Up for enlightenment
6.28.09 Chi-Gong – Developing Energy Skills
7.5.09 Bodhidharma & Kung-Fu – The Buddha Bodhidharma and his connection to Kung-Fu
7.12.09 Toning – Vibrational techniques for inner peace and tranquility
7.19.09 Love & Renunciation – How you can forgive yourself and everybody else.
7.26.09 The Heart Sutra – A reading and discussion.
8.02.09 The Diamond Sutra – Readings
8.9.09 Transcendental Mantras – Effective mantras for transcending
8.16.09 The Lotus Sutra – Readings and discussion.
8.23.09 The Tao Te Ching – Enlightening selections from the famous Tao Te Ching.

Please join us for these weekly teachings and discussions – along your spiritual path.

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Western Minds Understanding Chinese theories

March 2, 2009

We must as Westerners understand that there is a need to express the theories and philosophies of Tai-Chi in a way that is easy for the Western mind to comprehend. To understand Xin and Yi one must simply realize the clarity and wisdom that arises as a result of quieting the mind. For instance the notion of Xin and Yi. There are not actually two different parts of our mind that could be subdivided in this manner. It is a way of speaking to teach that an overly emotional mind can cause one to be out of balance. Calmness directly experienced through the physical comprehension that Tai-Chi offers becomes a Physical foundation to build deeper mental experience. It is perhaps wise to say that when we have a mind that is calm and our emotions are in balance we make wiser decisions. (more…)

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