When: Saturday, February 21, 2015, 9AM-4PM
Please note that the date of the retreat has been changed. The PBA November 2014 Newsletter announced a save the date for this retreat as Feb. 7.
Where: Plymouth Meeting Friends, 2150 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Description:
Lay … Click to read more…
When: Sunday, February 8, 2014, 7:30PM – 9PM
Where: Plymouth Meeting Friends, 2150 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Description:
“Why Should We Practice?”
Led by Robin Carr
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When: Saturday, February 14, 2015, , from 9:30AM-12PM
Where: Radnor Friends Meeting, 610 Conestoga Rd, Villanova, PA, United States
Description:
SN 22.85 at SN III 109
Yamaka Sutta: Discourse to Yamaka
• translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
• translated from Pali … Click to read more…
Our next lecture and discussion will be on Sunday, January 11, 2014 at 7:30PM at our Plymouth Meeting Friends Location.
The speaker will be Richard McKinney and his topic will be “The Eightfold Path.”
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When: Saturday, January 10, 2015, from 9:30AM-12PM
Where: Radnor Friends Meeting, 610 Conestoga Rd, Villanova, PA, United States
Description:
Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha translated from the Pali by Sister Vajira & Francis Story
Note: Prior to the Sutra Study, there … Click to read more…
Our upcoming lecture and discussion will be on the book: MOST INTIMATE: A Zen Approach to Life’s Challenges by Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara
Bob Kaizo Koller and Gail Furyu Zivin wrote a … Click to read more…
Note: Prior to the Sutra Study, there will be sitting meditation from 9:30AM to 9:50AM
When: Sat, December 13, 10am – 12pm
Where: Radnor Friends Meeting, 610 Conestoga Rd, Villanova, PA
The Sutras that will be studied this Saturday will be the following.
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Most Intimate: A Zen Approach to Life’s Challenges
by Roshi Pat Enkyo
Shambala Publications, 2014, 140 pages
Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara earned a devoted following from the PBA community from annual weekend retreats that she led for our sangha during the 1990’s and 2000’s. For many of us, … Click to read more…
Robin continues his exploration of love as presented in the Buddha’s teachings. Part 1 concluded with the discovery of M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Traveled. In Part 2, Robin continues his discussion of the impact this work had on him and how this furthered his understanding of Buddha’s teaching … Click to read more…
There are many notions about love in our popular culture that are nothing like those taught by the Buddha. I should start by acknowledging this talk is not a scholarly examination of Buddha’s teachings on love, and is far from complete or comprehensive. It is more of a personal, selective … Click to read more…