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

June 7 and June 11, 2026 Where Practice Takes Hold: Intention, Action, and Outcome

June 14 and June 18, 2026 Appropriate Action and Appropriate Livelihood

June 21 and June 25, 2026 Appropriate Effort

June 28 and July 2, 2026 Appropriate Mindfulness

July 5 and July 9, 2026, Appropriate Concentration

July 12 and July 16, 2026 The Eightfold Path as Tending Causes and Conditions

July 19 and July 23, 2026, Metta and the Four Immeasurables