{"id":8019,"date":"2018-07-05T22:20:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T02:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=8019"},"modified":"2019-03-10T07:45:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T11:45:15","slug":"practice-and-talk-meeting-37","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/practice-and-talk-meeting-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancelled: Practice and Talk Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Due to the burst of snow and sheet<\/strong> <strong>between 7 &#8211; 9 a.m.<\/strong> sadly we must cancel our 9\u00a0 a.m. meeting. See you in a couple of weeks.\u00a0 BTW, we will be kicking off our new group, Stoa Buddhist Philosophy Group, in Wethersfield this Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. at the That Book Store.\u00a0 visit the groups web site, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoabuddhism.org\/\">https:\/\/www.stoabuddhism.org\/<\/a><\/strong> or join us on Facebook at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/456730151530249\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/456730151530249\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>2nd\u00a0and 4th Sundays of the month<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ideal for beginners to the most veteran practitioners<\/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 as a philosophy of life. \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; T 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<p><strong>Address<\/strong>: Buddhist Faith Fellowship, 343 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT.<\/p>\n<h4><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 lightly 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the burst of snow and sheet between 7 &#8211; 9 a.m. sadly we must cancel our 9\u00a0 a.m. meeting. See you in a couple of weeks.\u00a0 BTW, we will be kicking off our new group, Stoa Buddhist Philosophy Group, in Wethersfield this Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. at the That Book Store.\u00a0 visit the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-8019","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\/8019","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=8019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/8019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8715,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/8019\/revisions\/8715"}],"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=8019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=8019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}