Adult Ministries

Adult Sunday School Offerings

Buddhist Meditation

A six week course

beginning April 13 at 9:15 A.M.

(No class on May 11)

An Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

Please join Graham Gibbard and Bonnie Vivian for a six-week course on meditation as a spiritual practice. We will devote some time to the history and essential teachings of Buddhism, particularly the nature and the experience of mindfulness, and will introduce the group to a variety of meditation exercises. The course begins on Sunday, April 13 at 9:15 A.M.

If you would like to do some reading on Buddhism and meditation, we recommend the following:

 

Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing  Thich Nhat Hanh  Parallax press,  1995/1996.

The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching  Thich Nhat Hanh  Broadway Books, 1998/1999.

Living Buddha, Living Christ  Thich Nhat Hanh  Riverhead Books, 1995/2007

Insight Meditation (a step-by-step course on how to meditate from teachers at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts) Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein  Sounds True, 2001

For more information please contact Graham Gibbard at 303 670-4790.