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Vimalakirti was a lay trainee with a
family during the time of Shakyamuni
Buddha. He was known to be highly
enlightened, and he gave many talks
on the Dharma. The Vimalakirti
Scripture contains these talks.
Periodically we send out an email in which Rev. Master Basil gives a brief update on the group and then goes over some aspects of the Dharma. If you would like to be included on our email list then please send your email address to seattledharmarefuge@gmail.com with your request to join.
Below is an archive of previous emails:
February 2024 – Unconditional Love of the Unborn
December 2023 – Striving for Perfection
August 2023 – Non-attachment / Simplicity
June 2023 – Willingness to Change
April 2023 – The Three Poisons
July 2022 – Impermanence/The Eyes of Faith
December 2021 – Reunion with the Eternal / The Kyojukaimon
September 2021 – The Practice Helps Us
June 2021 – Stillness in Activity/Strong Emotions
April 2021 – Mindfulness and the Egocentric Self
March 2021 – Stillness in Activity/Soap Opera
January 2021 – The Kaleidoscopic Mind
December 2020 – Dissolving Anger and Hate
October 2020 – Fearing the Future
September 2020 – The Less Obvious Buddhas/ Training Oneself
July 2020 – Superiority/Inferiority
May 2020 – Fear, Worry & Panic
April 2020 – Training with Restrictions
December 2019 – Righteous Indignation
September 2019 – Training with Adversity
June 2019 – Simple…….Yet Difficult
March 2019 – The Precepts/ I Finally Got It!
December 2018 – The Three Blames
October 2018 – Karma stories/Training 24/7
June 2018: Fault-finding, Negativity, Karmic Inheritance
November 2017: Holiday Training, Soap Opera and The True Refuge
July 2017: Training When Busy/Purify Your Heart/Why Training is Helpful
April 2017: Greed, Delusion, and the Master-Disciple Relationship
February 2017: Association Articles – R.M. Koshin; R.M. Basil
January 2017: Association Articles – R.M. Mokushin; R.M. Bennet
December 2016: The Precepts, Kyojukaimon and Commentary
September 2016: Bodhisattva Aspirations
March 2016: Faith/ Difficulties
December 2015: The Skandhas/ Training with the Self, part 4
July 2015: Bill Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous/ Dr Carl Jung
April 2015: Training with the Self, part 3/ Worry and Fear
February 2015: Training with the Self, part 2/ Karma
November 2014: Training with the Self, part 1
September 2014: Aspects of Training – Open Minded, Open Hearted; Regular Meditation; Mindfulness
June 2014: Training is Very Helpful in Difficult Times
April 2014: Training is Difficult And Very Beneficial
February 2014: Training with Fear and Terror
November 2013: Inherited Karma/ Capitol Punishment
September 2013: Suffering/ “Reasonable Anger”/ Negativism
February 2013: Gratitude and Turning to Something Deeper/ Ian Training in the Hospice
January 2013: The Purpose of Meditation is to Help Us
December 2012: Anger/ Righteous Indignation
November 2012: Refuge in the Unborn
August 2012: Karma, part 2/ Dreams
June 2012: The Perfection of Zen
May 2012: Keeping Ourselves Free from the Clutter of Bigotry and Theories