This is a one minute contemplation on the breath and how our ideas of inside and outside are illusory:
by Lisa Ernst
One Minute Audio Contemplation: Emptiness of the Breath
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
True Refuge Residential Retreat: Steady Mind, Open Heart
7 p.m. December 10 – Noon December 13, 2015
Special extended practice option through noon December 15
Retreat full, email onedharmaretreat@gmail.com to be added to the wait list
Please join us for a weekend of meditation at a beautiful, wooded retreat site near Nashville. True refuge is turning toward our experience and finding freedom in the way things are. As winter approaches and daylight wanes, there is a natural tendency to slow down and turn inward. Yet, in the busyness of the holiday season we may forget that true refuge is right where we are. This silent retreat will focus on cultivating a quality of compassionate presence that embraces our experience with equanimity and insight. Through this practice we begin to pierce the illusion of separateness and taste the joy of interconnectedness to all things.
This silent retreat is suitable for newer as well as experienced students. The retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, instructions, dharma talks and private meetings with the teacher. Retreat fee includes lodging and all meals.
The 3 night retreat is $220 if paid in full by November 10; after $245. If you wish the stay through the 15th, the retreat fee is $365 if paid by November 10; $395 after. There will be a separate opportunity at the retreat to make a dana (generosity) offering to the teacher. A reduced fee spot is available in the case of financial need. Please inquire for details.
Lisa Ernst is a Buddhist Meditation teacher in the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Chah. She is the founder of One Dharma Nashville. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. She regularly leads classes, daylong and residential meditation retreats.
Please inquire at onedharmaretreat@gmail.com about slot openings or to be added to the wait list.
Lotus Flowers and Opening Exhibit at Franklin’s First Friday Art Crawal
Many of you who read this blog know how much I love lotus flowers (the name of the blog gives it away). I just completed a painting from one of my favorite places to see lotus flowers — Reelfoot Lake. This painting will be featured in my upcoming solo exhibit:
Reelfoot Lake Lotus, 48″ x 36,” acrylic on canvas
The exhibit will open on Friday, October 2, 6 – 9 p.m. at Jack Yacoubian Jewelers and Fine Art, 114 3rd Avenue South, Franklin, TN. The opening will coincide with Franklin’s First Friday Art Crawl, so if you’re in the area, you can enjoy art all over town.
Buddhist Psychology Workshop
Nashville Friends House
Saturday, October 17, 9 a.m. Noon
Led by Lisa Ernst
Dependent origination, also known as Buddhist psychology, stands as the Buddha’s deepest insight into the nature of suffering and liberation.
Buddhist Psychology provides us with a map of the inner terrain of mind and heart. Not simply a concept, but a way of living life, a path to liberation that we can experience and wake up to right now. In this class we will explore the links of dependent origination, emptiness, and the path to transformational insight. You will gain a deeper
understanding of how all things arise in dependence on multiple causes and conditions and how your practice can help you break the cycle of suffering.
The class will include instruction, experiential practice and discussion. Cost is $40 and can be paid by Paypal here. Instructions for paying by check are at this link. Be sure to include your email address with your check. A reduced feet spot is available in the case of financial need. For questions, email onedharmaretreat@gmail.com.
The Lotus Blooms in The Mud 