{"id":5875,"date":"2016-07-23T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T21:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=5875"},"modified":"2016-11-04T18:40:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T22:40:19","slug":"practice-and-talk","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/practice-and-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice and Talk Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Every 2nd\u00a0 and 4th Sundays of the month<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ideal for beginners to the most veteran practitioners<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Just attend, practice, and learn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twice a month, we offer two unique opportunities to explore the core teachings and practices of Buddhism, and the unconditional compassion of Shin Buddhism. \u00a0Our Practice &amp; Talks are non-committing occasions to learn about Buddhism in a nurturing, gentle, and systematic way. Open to the general public. No experience necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Practice &amp; Talk is divided in a few segments: Reflection, Meditation, and Talk. The first segment of the Sunday morning practice focuses on a couple of standard and short Buddhist rituals like going for refuge; the second part focuses on meditation practices, which include voice and sitting meditation plus sutra (scriptural) chanting; the third portion of the P &amp; A is devoted to an intellectual engagement with the teachings. There is no lecturing or sermonizing; participation is important but not required. \u00a0The talk can be a discussion of a reading, a formal talk but it is always enveloped with discussion and Q &amp; A. The session becomes a learning experience for everyone including the teacher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A short Introduction to Meditation Training<\/strong> session will be held before the gathering at 8:45 a.m. (if volunteers are available)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>About the Unique Meditation Space<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Our meditation space is unmatched in Connecticut. You might have to go to Japan to experience a similar traditional atmosphere. The room is adorned with light colored wood with traditional designs that create a serene ambiance that soothes the mind and senses.\u00a0 An entire wall is a clear glass window that overlooks a spectacular Zen garden and adjacent tatami room.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every 2nd\u00a0 and 4th Sundays of the month Ideal for beginners to the most veteran practitioners Just attend, practice, and learn. Twice a month, we offer two unique opportunities to explore the core teachings and practices of Buddhism, and the unconditional compassion of Shin Buddhism. \u00a0Our Practice &amp; Talks are non-committing occasions to learn about&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-5875","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5875","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=5875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6359,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5875\/revisions\/6359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=5875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}