Category Archives: Upasaka

Watching a doubtful mind

By Paul | Published: June 28, 2009
My visit to Abhayagiri Monastery last week – and the 13-hour drive to and from – is in the past. So too is the feeling that overcame me shortly after arriving early Friday evening. The Buddha speaks of three kinds of feeling: pleasant, unpleasant and neither pleasant nor unpleasant. What I experienced during the initial [...]
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Upasika Renewal at Abhayagiri

By Paul | Published: June 18, 2009
Sunday, while many are celebrating Father’s Day, I will be at Abhayagiri Monastery participating in the annual Upasika Renewal Day. I’ll be traveling there tomorrow with several others from Portland Friends of the Dhamma. It will be my first visit to Abhayagiri. We plan to arrive by 5:30, in time to share tea and conversation with [...]
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