Our sangha has co-organized a new Meet-up group Milwaukee Buddhism. Please click on the link below to join the group and see various Buddhism related events in the greater Milwaukee area. A special thank you to Rachael Carter and Judy Hall for started the Milwaukee Buddhism group which will enable all the Milwaukee area sanghas to post their public meditation schedules and special classes, retreats, and other events in one place.
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Fall Mindfulness Classes Announced
MINDFULNESS IN EVERYDAY LIFE Fall 2010
The Intra-vaganza led by Paul Norton, M.D. Order of Interbeing
Classes Offered Tuesdays and Saturdays Beginning September 11th, 2010.
Eleven Tuesdays 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. or
Eleven Saturdays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Milwaukee Mindfulness Practice Center
1922 East Park Place, Milwaukee 53211
Sep 11 / 14 Beginning Mindfulness Practice
Sep 18 / 21 Sitting and Walking Meditation
Sep 25 / 28 Mindfulness of Body
Oct 2 / 5 Mindfulness of Feelings
Oct 12/ 16 Mindfulness of Thought*
Oct 19/ 23 Mindfulness of the World
Oct 26 / 30 Four Noble Truths
Nov 2 / 6 Lovingkindness
Nov 9 / 13 Compassion
Nov 16 / 20 Sympathetic Joy
Nov 30 / Dec 4 Equanimity / Graduation
* one week gap in Saturday class ; no class on October 9
$140 for entire course $15 for any individual week
Includes reading materials and 2 CDs of guided meditation
To register: Email milwmindful@hotmail.com or
Phone 414-962-8678 or Mail to the Center
All proceeds go to the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee
Buddhist Psychology:The Self in Process
Buddhist Psychology: The Self in Process New Class Monday nights at the center 7-8:30
Taught by Paul Brodwin, PhD
Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee
1922 E. Park Place, Milwaukee WI
Monday evenings, 7 to 8:30, - 17 May to 28 June, 2010 (no class 31 May, Memorial Day)
$90 for entire course, $15 for individual drop-in sessions, price includes readings.
To register: please call 962-8678 or email: milwmindful@hotmail.com
I am happy to offer a new course on Buddhist Psychology this May/June. Sangha members have often asked for an “intermediate” course, so I have designed this 6-week exploration for people who already know about basic Buddhist doctrines and mindfulness practice. Of course, scholarships are available; no-one should be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact me via email or on Sunday/Wed. sangha meetings for more info.
One Day Retreat 4-24 at the Center
In-town Meditation Retreat Saturday, April 24, 2010
Extend and stabilize your mindfulness practice at a convenient one-day retreat in the heart of Milwaukee’s East Side
You may participate for as long or as short as you like.
The retreat offers long periods of silent sitting and walking meditation. Basic instruction on these core practices will be provided at the start of the morning session, if necessary.
Date/Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Saturday, April 24, 2010
Location: Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee, 1922 E. Park Place, Milwaukee, WI 53211 (between Murray & Cramer)
Cost: No charge. Contributions to the Mindfulness Center are appreciated.
Please bring your own lunch, or join the group for lunch at a local restaurant. Tea and cookies will be provided.
Retreat schedule
9:00 am Welcome to retreat; meditation instruction (if needed); brief dharma reading
9:15 – 12:00 Sitting and walking meditation (alternating periods
of 30 minutes sitting and 10 minutes walking)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (on your own or at local restaurant)
1:00 – 2:30 Brief dharma reading. Sitting and walking meditation (alternating periods
of 30 minutes sitting and 10 minutes walking)
2:30 – 2:45 Break for refreshments or outdoor walking
2:45 – 3:55 Sitting and walking meditation (alternating periods
of 30 minutes sitting and 10 minutes walking)
3:55 – 4:00 Brief dharma reading and closing
Smiling Dandelions Mindfulness Retreat-Appleton
The Snowflower Sangha in Madison is sponsoring a weekend mindfulness retreat in Appleton May 21-23 with Cheri Maples, who is a teacher ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh and a member of the Snowflower Sangha. We would like to invite all who are interested to attend. Click here to download the flyer for this retreat.
MAY 21- 23
Friday
6 pm . . . Check-in
7-9 pm . . . Social
9 pm . . . Silence begins
Saturday
8 am . . . . . . Breakfast
Noon . . . . . . . . Dinner
5:30 pm . . . . . . Supper
Sunday
8 am . . . Breakfast
Noon . . Dinner (silence ends)
Retreat activities are planned around
these events. More details will be available
before the retreat.
Monte Alverno Retreat
and Spirituality Center
1000 N. Ballard Road
Appleton, WI 54911
56 single rooms
All linens provided All meals vegetarian
Accommodations
On-campus: $155 per person
Off-campus: $80 per person
(includes everything except
overnight accommodations)
Cost / Dana
In the tradition of the Buddha, the teachings are offered for free. The teacher
is reimbursed only for travel expenses and room and board during the retreat. Dana (generosity) is available to students in the form of a donation made directly to the teacher at the retreat in any amount one is able or comfortable giving.
If you have special needs or would like more information, please call
Jenny at (920) 729-4982 or Margaret at (920) 915-7837 or e-mail
SmilingDandelion@gmail.com.
Library Lending Resources List
We are pleased to publish our list of available for books at the center. Please enjoy the use of this lending library. And help us keep the books organized by returning them to their appropriate places on the shelves. Simply sign out a book and return it when you are finished reading it.
Books are arranged with Thich Nhat Hanh’s collection listed first. All others are listed alphabetically by title.
Thich Nhat Hanh:
A Joyful Path
Anger
Answers from the Heart
Breathe, You Are Alive!
aHHHHhHhjh Call Me By My True Names
Calming the Fearful Mind
Creating True Peace
For a Future to be Possible. – 2copies
Friends on the Path
Happiness
Hermitage Among the Clouds
Living Buddha, Living Christ
Mindful Moments
Old Path, White Clouds Poems
Our Appointment with Life:
Peace is Every Step
Peace is Every Breath
Present Moment, Wonderful Moment
Stepping Into Freedom
Taming the Tiger Within
Teachings on Love
The Art of Power
The Dragon Prince
The Energy of Prayer – 2copies
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings
The Heart of Understanding
The Miracle of Mindfulness – 2copies
The Moon Bamboo
The World We Have
Thundering Silence
Transformation & Healing
Writings of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
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Advice From a Spiritual Friend, Geshe Rabten & Geshe Dahrgyey
Advice on Living & Dying a Better Life, Dalai Lama
A Flower Does Not Talk, Abbot Zenkei Shibayame
HouHHfjfjfjA Mindful Way, Jeanie Seward-Magee
An Open Heart, the Dalai Lama
A Path With Heart, Jack Kornfield – 2copies
A Primer of Soto Zen, Reiko Masunaga
A Simple Monk, ed., Tom Morgan
Appreciate Your Life, Taizen Maezumi Roshi
At Hell’s Gate, Claude Anshin Thomas
Awakening the Buddha Within, Lama Surya Das
Awakening the Buddhist Heart, Lama Surya Das
Awakening the Mind of Enlightenment, Geshe Namgyal Wangchen
Bankei Zen, Peter Haskel & Yashito Hakeda
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Bearing Witness, Bernie Glassman
Beginning Mindfulness, Andrew Weiss – 2copies
Buddha, Karen Armstrong
Buddha and Buddhism, Maurice Percheron
Buddha’s Nature, Wes Nisker
Buddha’s Warriors, Mickel Durham
Buddhism is Not What You Think, Steve Hagen
Buddhism Plain & Simple, Steve Hagen
Buddhist Women Across Cultures, ed., Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Buddhist Women on the Edge, ed., Marianne Dresser
Cave in the Snow, Vicki Mackensie
Change of Heart, ed., Lama Shenpen Drolma
Crazy Wisdom, Chogyam Trungpa
Dharma Family Treasures, ed., Sandy Eastowak
Dharma Gaia, ed. Allan Hunt
Emotional Alchemy, Tara Brach
Engaged Buddhist Reader, ed., Arnold Kottler
Essence of the Heart Sutra, Translated & edited by Geshe Thupten Jenpa
Ethics for the New Millenium, Dalai Lama
Everyday Blessing, Myla & Jon Kabat-Zinn
Everyday Suchness, Gyomay Kubose
Everyday Zen, Charlotte Joko Beck
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, Sharon Salzberg
From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, Dogen & Uchijama
Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2X
Guided Meditations, Jack Kornfield (CD set filed with other audio/video recordings in bottom section)
Heal Thyself, Saki Santorelli
How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America,
Rick Fields
How to See Yourself as You Really Are, the Dalai Lama
How To Practice, the Dalai Lama
In Buddha’s Kitchen, Kimberley Snow
Introducing Buddha, Jane Hope & Borin Van Loon
It’s Easier Than You Think, Sylvia Boorstein
Kensho, The Heart of Zen, Thomas Cleary
Kindness, Sarah Conover
Kundun, Mary Craig
Kukai: Major Works, Yoshito S. Hakeda
Learning True Love, Chan Khong
Letting Go of The Person You Used To Be, Lama Surya Das
Living the Mindful Life, Charles Tart
Long Quiet Highway, Natalie Goldberg
Lust for Enlightenment: Buddhism and Sex, John Stevens
Making Friends with Death, Judith L. Lief
Meditation for Wimps, Miriam Austin
Meeting of Minds: Dialogue on Tibetan & Chinese Buddhism, Dalai Lama &
Venerable Chan Master Sheng-Yen
Mindfulness in the Marketplace, Editor, Allan H. Badiner
Miraculous Living, Rabbi Shoni Labowitz
Mother of the Buddhas, Lex Hixon
Nothing Special Living Zen, Charlotte Zoko Beck
No Time To Lose, Pema Chodrun
Opening the Inner Gates, ed., Ed Hoffman
Ordinary Magic, ed., John Welwood
Pay Attention for Goodness Sake, Sylvia Boorstein
Prince Siddhartha, Jonathon Landaw & Janet Brooke
Questions of Heaven, Gretel Ehrlich
Questions to a Zen Master, Taisen Deshimary
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
Salt Water Buddha, Jiamal Ygis
Sangha Building, Jack Lawlor
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation, eds., Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield
Shambala, Chogyam Trungpa
Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
Start Where You Are, Pema Chodrun
Taming the Mind, Chogyam Trungpa
Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu (oversized book)
That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist, Sylvia Boorstein
The Accidental Buddhist, Dinty W. Moore
The Art of Living, eds., Vipassura & William Hart
The Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama with Howard Cutler
The Awakening of Zen, Daisetz Susuki
The Buddha, PBS (Public Broadcasting System), video recording
The Buddha in the Robot, Masahiro Mari
The Buddhist Experience: Sources and Interpretations, Stephen Beyer
The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Inner Peace, Dalai Lama
The Essential Crazy Wisdom, Wes Nisker
The Flower Ornament Sculpture, Thomas Cleary
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, Jay L. Garfield, translator
The Heart of Buddha, Chogyam Trungpa
The Hungry Tigress, Rafe Martin
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom, Gill Farrer-Halls (oversized book section)
The Joy of Living & Dying in Peace, Dalai Lama
The Joy of Living, Yongey Mingsyur Rinpoche
The Myth of Freedom, Chogyam Trungpa
The Open Road, Pico Iyer
The Path to Tranquility, the Dalai Lama
The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception, Deshun Rinpoche
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Robert Thurman, translator
The Way of Non-Attachment, Dhiravamsa
The Wings of Awakening, Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The Wisdom of the Buddha, Jean Boisselier
The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, Dilgo Khyntse
The World of Buddhism, eds., Bechert & Gombrich (oversized book)
The Words of My Perfect Teacher, Patrul Rinpoche
The Work of this Moment, Toni Packer
The Zen of Listening, Rebecca Shafir
Total Relaxation, Sister Chan Khong (CD set filed with other audio/video recordings in bottom shelf)
Training the Mind, Chogyam Trungpa
Twenty Jataka Tales, Noor Inayat Khan
Two Zen Classics, Katsuki Sekida, translator
Walking Meditations, Nguyen Anh-Huong and Thich Nhat Hanh (DVD and CD set; plus folder with several CD copies.
What Book?, ed., Gary Yach
What the Buddha Never Taught, Tim Ward Gates
When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodrun
Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants, Arnie Kozak
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, R. Sapolsky
Zen and the Art of Making a Living, Laurence G. Boldt
Zen and the Sutras, Albert Low
Zen Essence, ed. Thomas Cleary
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, compiled by Paul Reps
Zen for Americans, Soyen Shaky
Zen Lessons: Art of Leadership, Thomas Cleary, translator
Zen Seeds, Shundo Aoyama
Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing, Frederick Franck
Regional Day of Mindfulness: 28 February
Sunday, 28 February, 2010, 9 am to 4:30 pm. Regional Day of Mindfulness , sponsored by the Lakeside Buddha Sangha in Evanston, IL. Led by dharma teachers Jack and Laurie Lawlor and held at Evanston Ecology Center. Flyers available at Center; please register early.
Fall Quarterly Meeting Minutes
Please follow this this link to download or view our meeting minutes from September.
September 2009 Mindfulness Center Minutes
Next quarterly meeting: 11 April 2010
Sunday, 11 April 2010. Quarterly business meeting of the Mindfulness Center. Meditation will be held from 9 to 10 am. All are welcome to attend (only members may vote). NOTE: This meeting is held on the *second* Sunday, in order not to conflict with Easter.
Children’s Mindfulness Program – Hermit’s Well
The Hermit’s Well program is for children, led by Paul Norton, Babara Ley, and Pat Holland. Please bring the kids at 10 am for a two-hour on-site supervised program of games, songs, arts and crafts, stories, snacks, mindfulness exercises, and other activities.
Hermit’s Well Schedule
2009 – 2010
September 20 Basics
Pebble Meditation & Still Quiet Place
October 18 Change
Change
November 15 Gratitude
Gratitude
December 20 Deep Winter Holidays
Gifts & Returning of the Light
January 17 Buddha
Being a Buddha
February 21 Dharma
Walking Like A Buddha
March 21 Sangha
Mountain and Lake
April 18 Lovingkindness
Lovingkindness
May 16 Nature
Air Meditation
June 20 Parents and Family
The Little Child
