http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/ Dharma House Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:50:55 GMT dharmajim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2153 Dear Jean: This is an excellent translation. It will be good to have this version part of our group study. Best wishes, Jim Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:29:09 GMT Jean Holroyd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2152 Dear Jim, The version that I have on hand (purchased years ago at The Bodhi Tree in L.A.) is a translation by Bunno Kato, Yoshiro Tamura, and Kojiro Miyasaka, Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:24:09 GMT Jean Holroyd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2151 For those who attended the Sutra Salon tonight, Thanissaro introduced the sutta that has the Buddha's description of emancipation by asking, "So - what's it Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:33:14 GMT dharmajim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2150 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2150 Good Friends: This is the reading schedule for the Lotus Sutra for the Sutra Salon in 2010: Lotus Sutra Reading Schedule January 2010 Chapters 1 and 2 February Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:21:01 GMT dharmajim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2149 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2149 Good Friends: The Sebastopol Sutra Salon will meet this coming Tuesday, October 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Many Rivers Books & Tea. We will continue with our Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:09:39 GMT dewdrop108@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2148 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2148 Bruce, Very rarely do I read the obits page. However, now that you mention it, I realize how valuable an opportunity it would be to include prayer for all the Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:21:31 GMT dharmajim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2147 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2147 Good Friends: I have never done this kind of practice. For quite a long time I actually had the personal policy of not doing readings for the dead unless Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:10:10 GMT Don Ross http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2146 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2146 ... Hello All, I heard of something like this practice in Reiyukai, back when I was a member. One of their training programs for senior members is to prepare Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:32:40 GMT Suzanne Stewart http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2145 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2145 I’ve been doing an informal Metta practice with the obit page for some time. I read them more as stories of lives lived than of those departed, and I thank Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:32:40 GMT Nancy Rogow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2144 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2144 Dear Dan: Many Japanese Buddhists incorporate a short prayer for the deceased each morning and evening, as do I. Perhaps Jim or someone else could tell us Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:29:07 GMT Dan Gurney http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2143 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2143 Hi, Bruce— I don't know of anyone who's thought to practice Metta with the obit column, but I think it's a great idea. Practicing Metta (and Karuna, Mudita, Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:04:49 GMT Norma Liner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2142 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2142 No, I've never heard of it. T ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:41:45 GMT Bruce Gibbs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2141 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2141 I read a poem this morning about the obit page in the paper. I like reading the obits sometimes. It occurred to me that reading them and saying Metta for all Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:22:20 GMT dharmajim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2140 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2140 Good Friends: The Sutra Salon meets early in the month of September because there are five Tuesdays this month. So the Sebastopol Sutra Salon will meet his Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:59:20 GMT dharmajim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2139 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-house/message/2139 Good Friends: The August Sutra Salon in Sebastopol will be meeting this coming Tuesday, August 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Many Rivers Books & Tea. A word about our