MABA & Tsunami Relief, Buddhist Events

Posted by on Mar 15, 2011 in Events and Education, Green or Nature, Healing, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on MABA & Tsunami Relief, Buddhist Events

Hello All!  Blogger Slacker returns with spring events at MABA, including their China trip and tsunami relief for the Buddhist community in Japan.  If you have never been to MABA, this pic is from them. www.maba-usa.org for directions and information   Mid-America Buddhist Association Monastery via Hwy. 94 to Schindler Rd. in Augusta , MO – a secluded and tranquil setting Dear Friends, See Below for information about: 1)     Earthquake – Tsunami Relief 2)     Sunday Meditation Schedule 3)     Sunday Study Group 4)     Spring Meditation Retreat — April 16 5)     Qingming Ancestor...

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Happenings at MABA

Posted by on Dec 28, 2010 in Events and Education, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on Happenings at MABA

This pic was lifted from the MABA site, but this is what it looks like out there as the sun comes up.  It’s a gorgeous and peaceful place.  The monastics are going to be entering into their winter retreat, but I wanted to post this for New Year’s Eve and the winter study groups.  Happy New Year to all of you, peace and blessings and good vibes!  The rest is a straight cut/paste from their flier.   I hope this finds all well and at peace.  I will post again in 2011! Dear Friends, See information from MABA below on 1. New Year’s Blessing Assembly 2. Monastic Retreat Schedule 3....

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Meditation and Attention Span

Posted by on Nov 22, 2010 in Events and Education, Happiness, Healing, Spirituality, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on Meditation and Attention Span

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of the spirit… ~~Jeremy Taylor   I took this pic of the flowers with the small Buddha out at MABA, the Mid America Buddhist Association.  It was a day of choosing focus and the flowers in direct focus with Buddha in the back seemed to capture if for me.   MABA is a gorgeous place and one of many places in the St. Louis area to learn more about meditation.  St. Louis offers meditation and prayer opportunities in nearly every faith tradition or practice, as do most cities.  If you are looking for suggestions about places to check...

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Blogger Slacker

Posted by on Nov 10, 2010 in Misc stuff that is totally unrelated to anything obvious, ponderings, Thought or Quote O' the Day | Comments Off on Blogger Slacker

Hello  all 🙂  I’ve been a total blogger slacker the last few weeks, but with good and fun reason.  If you are interested, you can read about some of those adventures on Spirituality Blog, a post titled Love is Kind.  I was thinking a lot about time, love, patience, kindness, fun, grief, healing, and on and on it goes. I took this pic in Florida, after driving an enormous damn yellow moving truck from St. Louis all the way south.  Any further with that stuff and we would have all drowned! 😉   Along the way, I had plenty of time to think and ponder, which was part of the fun.  I was...

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A Day of Mindfulness seminar and retreat

Posted by on Oct 4, 2010 in Events and Education, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on A Day of Mindfulness seminar and retreat

This is an event fyi…I have known Bridget for years, she’s a great teacher, this promises to be a lovely day. There is a lovely labyrinth at Mercy Center as well if you make it out there. peace 🙂 Taking Refuge in the Present Moment Saturday, November 6, 2010 – 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ** Optional 2nd retreat day, Sunday, November 7, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday ** Mercy Center, 2039 N. Geyer Rd, St Louis, MO By Donation * Sylvia Boorstein defines mindfulness in this way:  Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience. . . It isn’t more complicated than that. ...

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