TOPIC FOR THE MAY 31, 2023 ZOOM
We now have the option to meet in person as well as through the medium of the Zoom app, either through your computer or smartphone.
For those who haven’t been to the site, the house is at 1818 Carrigan Avenue, Winter Park, 32789. It is the only house on the block with a sheet metal roof. Park on the street or in the driveway—please be considerate of the neighbor’s property. Walk to the left of the garage and through the gate in the chain link fence; the cottage in the back yard is where we meet.
We will meditate in silence from 7 to 7:45, then, after a break, the Dharma talk will begin. I will make every effort to Zoom the meeting, but there may be some technical glitches during the process, and the meeting will be recorded and posted as usual.
There will be a small box near the front door for dana, the practice of donating to the teacher out of gratitude for the teaching. The contribution is not required, and the money will be used to maintain the building and pay for the Zoom subscription. There is a lending library of Dharma related books in the cottage that operates on a trust basis.
As I understand how Zoom works, you must preregister at the site Zoom.us, entering the URL : https://us04web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuf-2srDMtnERzureO8f2K4iQeRCf-dQ and using the password 620329 in order to participate in the events; registering one time will provide access to all the upcoming meetings, as long as we continue streaming them. The meeting can be accessed by smartphone as well as any internet-connected computer system, following the instructions at the Zoom website. The meetings will be recorded and posted on the website as usual.
This talk begins a review of the Virtue Aggregate of the Noble Eightfold Path, beginning with an overview of the topic of virtue, both from a Buddhist and contemporary psychological and prosocial perspective. This will be followed by a more specific review of Right Speech, the first of the three elements of the Virtue Aggregate, also with a focus on Buddhist and contemporary psychological perspectives. I am the teacher for this talk, and I hope you can join us. I wish you well. Peter
Reviewing Virtue and Right Speech
This talk provides an overview of the Virtue Aggregate within the Noble Eightfold Path, followed by a review of Right Speech, the first of the three elements constituting virtue. The review reflects the traditional characteristics of Right Speech as well as providing a more contemporary psychological and cultural perspective on the topic, including the value of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), a well-researched practice of psychotherapy. The dualistic characteristics of any language are compared to the non-dualistic realizations that the Noble Eightfold Path is intended to cultivate.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: RIGHT SPEECH AND THE SELFING STORY
The topic for the next talk will include a review of Right Action, another component of the Virtue Aggregate
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