The Eno River Buddhist Community
An Insight Meditation practice group
Associated with the Eno River Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship,
Durham, North Carolina
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An Insight Meditation practice group Associated with the Eno River Unitarian Universalist
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We are a Buddhist practice group that meets regularly for meditation, exploration of the teachings of Buddhism, and support in cultivating the path of practice. We ground our practice in the Insight Meditation (vipassana) tradition, while remaining open to wisdom from the broader spectrum of Buddhist teaching.
Our group seeks to explore the heart of Buddhist teaching and practice, while embracing the process of discovering skillful ways to adapt the tradition to our culture and times. We are peer led. Some participants work with planning and leading on behalf of the group as a form of awareness practice. Voluntary donations to support the activities of the community are gratefully accepted. The group is sponsored by the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF); however, involvement in the congregation is not required or expected.
Helpful things to know about how we practice.
The group meets every Monday evening from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at ERUUF, in the Commons Room of the CARE Building. Newcomers are always welcome. A concurrent session providing instruction in basic meditation practice is offered on the third Monday of each month from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Monthly Monday Night Schedule
Monday night meetings always include a half hour of sitting meditation, usually followed by walking meditation. Additional elements vary somewhat from week to week:
First and second Mondays: Key Buddhist teachings and practices;
Third Mondays: Recitation of the Five Precepts, concurrent meditation instruction;
Fourth Mondays: Metta (loving-kindness) meditation;
Fifth Mondays: Special topics.
Saturday Morning Retreats
We hold a morning retreat on the 2nd Saturday of every month from 9:00 a.m. to noon, providing an opportunity for more extended practice. The morning typically includes chanting of the refuges and precepts, two sitting periods, walking meditation, and gentle yoga practice (no previous yoga experience necessary). Saturday morning retreats are usually held in the Chapel at ERUUF.
Friday evening, September 25, and Saturday, September
26, 2009 – Cultivating a Joyful Heart: A Non-Residential Insight Dialogue
Retreat
With Phyllis Hicks & Sharon Beckman-Brindley
In difficult times, it can be a challenge to rest in awareness, allowing the clear knowing of stress and the mental and physical habits that sustain it. Shifting from unwholesome to wholesome states connects us with all of life, providing energy and spaciousness for clear seeing, wise action and a calm and joyful presence in the world.
In this retreat, we will practice silent mindfulness meditation and, together, the contemplations of Insight Dialogue to investigate the nature of the joyful heart and to cultivate a more nourishing awareness of this ever-present quality of being.
Insight Dialogue is a practice of exploring the Dharma while meditating in dialogue with others. Prior meditation experience is required. Please see the retreat flyer for more information.
Additional retreats are planned for May and December of 2010. More information coming.
Unless otherwise noted, all our meetings are held at the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF), 4907 Garrett Road, Durham NC 27707. Map and directions. On Monday nights we meet in the Commons Room of the CARE Building at ERUUF. When you enter the church driveway, bear to the left. Where the driveway makes a turn to the right, the CARE building is on your right. Saturday morning retreats are held in the Chapel in the Fellowship's main sanctuary building.
General questions: Scott Bryce 
Webmaster: Stephen Seiberling 
Revised 10/14/2008