{"id":5017,"date":"2015-12-25T21:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T02:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=5017"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:54:57","slug":"meditation-sunday-open-to-all","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/meditation-sunday-open-to-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation Sunday: CANCELED"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">CANCELED DUE TO SNOW STORM<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>1st and 3rd Sundays of the month<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>10 a.m. &#8211; 11: 20 a.m. <\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Suggested donation $10 at the door.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ideal for beginners to the most seasoned meditators<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>All are welcomed<\/strong> to this simple and revitalizing ancient practice. Come and directly engage in sitting, walking, bowing, and voice meditation, in an atmosphere of noble silence with Dharma Teacher Senpai Lewis-Bastias or one of his Associate Teachers.<\/p>\n<p>This Sunday morning meditation practice is strictly devoted in cultivating the mind and presence without any lecturing or discussion. You may practice any form of silent sitting meditation you feel comfortable with such as <em>zazen<\/em>, <em>vipassana<\/em> or <em>shikantaza<\/em>. Zafu cushions and chairs are available; however you can bring your cushion if you wish. Wear causal but nice and comfortable clothing.<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to meditation, we recommend that you visit the following web sites and try to practice a little at home before arriving. If volunteers are available, we will be offering an <strong>Intro to Meditation<\/strong> at 9:45 a.m. for beginners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meditation<\/strong> by Ven. S. Dhammika<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Practice-Buddhist-Meditation\" target=\"_blank\">How to Practice Buddhist Meditation<\/a><\/strong> (with photos) by WikiHow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANCELED DUE TO SNOW STORM 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month 10 a.m. &#8211; 11: 20 a.m. Suggested donation $10 at the door. Ideal for beginners to the most seasoned meditators &nbsp; All are welcomed to this simple and revitalizing ancient practice. Come and directly engage in sitting, walking, bowing, and voice meditation, in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-5017","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","hentry","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13802,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5017\/revisions\/13802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=5017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}