Friends,
It will be good to sit with you and explore the dharma together, a month since we last had such an opportunity.
For this upcoming Thursday, Sept. 1 sit, we’ll be considering a priceless teaching best known in Tibetan tradition, the “Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind.” This is a very precious teaching because it encourages us to not waste time…to use our extraordinary good fortune of life in a human body, to pursue the spiritual path as best we can.
While this is technically a Tibetan teaching, it’s also perfectly suited to encourage us on any aspect of the Buddhist path, including the Theravada.
We’ll be sitting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, finishing at 9 p.m.
If you wish to attend by Zoom, the URL will be https://tinyurl.com/Eastside-Insight-9-1-2021
If you’ll be attending in person, we’ll be sitting in the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church chapel, in Kirkland. The address is 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033.
Very much encouraging the in-person, if you feel comfortable with that, as a way to strengthen our human Eastside sangha. I just came back from multiple flights from packed airports in Austin, Atlanta and Boston, and I can guarantee that our humble sits are far more spacious, and less dense with people, than any of those places.
It’s very helpful if a few people can sign up to help set up, and big bows to Catherine Mardesich and Paul Henwood, who did so last time. Here’s a link to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit
If you wish to make a dana offering to the teacher, or to Northlake, that would be welcomed, helpful and appropriate.
https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022
Steve Wilhelm
7510 117th Ave. NE
Kirkland, WA 98033
May you be well, and see you on Thursday!
With bows and appreciation,
Steve