Meditation Meeting Handouts 2026

01-04-26 Enhancing Awareness on and off the Cushion

01-11-26 Metta and the Brahma Viharas

01-11-26 Metta Meditation Instructions

01-18-26 Equanimity

01-25-26 How Does it Feel When Aversion Subsides?

02-01-26 and 02-05-26 Mindfulness in Everyday Life

02-08-26 and 02-12-26 The Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation

02-15-26 and 02-19-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Traditional and Contemporary

02-22-26 and 02-26-26 The Heart of Generosity

03-01-26 and 03-05-26 Aging, Dying and the Reduction of Suffering A Middle Way Approach

03-08-26 and 03-12-26 The Buddha on Wealth and Prosperity

03-15-26 and 03-19-26 Samatha Calm Abiding Meditation

03-22-26 and 3-26-26 Metta Meditation: Cultivating Goodwill

(Metta)

03-29-26 and 04-02-26 Vipassana Meditation (Insight)

04-05-26 and 04-09-26 Renewal and Resilience

04-12-26 and 04-16-26 This Year’s Discussion Topics and Practices — A Review

04-19-26 and 04-23-26 The Middle Way

04-26-26 and 04-30-26 Learning to Ride the Wheel of Life – A discussion of the Four Noble Truths, the Eight Fold Path, and Dependent Arising

April 2026 Dependent Arising Example: Anger

05-03-26 and 05-07-26 The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Papanca and the Fabricating Mind

05-10-26 and 05-14-26 Appropriate View and Understanding

05-17-26 and 05-21-26 Appropriate Intention

05-24-26 and 05-28-26 Friendship in early Buddhism, Cicero, and Epicurus

05-31-26 and 06-04-26 Appropriate Communication: A Guide to Ethical Engagement