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Previous Events

 

  • Wed 1/14 - Lynne - Fear - Listening
  • Wed 1/7 - Victoria
  • Sun 1/4 - Susan - The First Realization of Great Beings                                                                                                             

2025

  • Wed 12/31 - David - Present Moment, Wonderful Moment
  • Wed 12/24 - Lynne
  • Wed 12/10 - David - The Fifth Mindfulness Training: Nourishment and Healing (Sense Impressions)
  • Sun 12/7 - Lynne - "The Happiness of Letting Go"
  • Wed 12/3 - Victoria - Shutting the doors in a storm
  • Wed 11/26 - Lynne - Gratitude
  • Wed 11/19 - David - The Fifth Mindfulness Training: Nourishment and Healing
  • Wed 11/12 - Lynne - The Fourth Mindfulness Training: Loving Speech and Deep Listening
  • Wed 11/5 - Victoria - The Third Mindfulness Training: True Love
  • Sun 11/2 - Victoria - The Fourth Mindfulness Training: Cultivating Loving Speech and Compassionate Listening
  • Wed 10/29 - David - The Second Mindfulness Training: True Happiness - The Mindfulness Survival Kit
  • Wed 10/22 - Lynne - The First Mindfulness Trainging: Reverence For Life
  • Wed 10/15 - Victoria
  • Wed 10/8 - David - "Please Call Me By My True Names" from Ch 1 - Emptiness - The Wonder of Interbeing in The Art of Living
  • Sun 10/5 - Bob McCormick - "Transformation"
  • Wed 10/1 - Lynne
  • Wed 9/24 - Victoria
  • Wed 9/17 - David
  • Wed 9/10 - Lynne
  • Sun 9/7 - David - "Connecting to Spiritual Roots" (the Tu Hieu Temple section of In Love and Trust) 
  • Wed 9/3 – Victoria
  • Wed 8/27 – David
  • Wed 8/20 – Lynne
  • Wed 8/13 – Victoria
  • Wed 8/6 – David
  • Sun 8/3 - Barb S - "How to Practice Sacred Criticism"
  • Wed 7/30 – Lynne
  • Wed 7/23 – Victoria
  • Wed 7/16 – David
  • Sun 7/13 -  Lynne - "Deep Listening and Deep Looking at the Mindfulness Trainings" 
  • Wed 7/9 – Lynne
  • Wed 7/2 – Victoria
  • Wed 6/25 - Victoria
  • Wed 6/18 - David
  • Wed 6/11 - Lynne
  • Sun 6/8 -  Jacki - "Looking Deeply" 
  • Wed 6/4 - Victoria
  • Wed 5/28  - David
  • Wed 5/21- Victoria
  • Wed 5/14 - Lynne
  • Wed 5/7 - David - "Greeting Someone" from Present Moment, Wonderful Moment
  • Sun 5/4 - Zack -  "Ordinary Mind: The Wisdom of Mazu Daoyi" 
  • Sat 5/3 - Half Day of Mindfulness Event 
  • Wed 4/30 - Lynne
  • Wed 4/23 - Victoria
  • Wed 4/16 - David
  • Wed 4/9 - Lynne
  • Sun 4/6 - Victoria - "Transforming Powerlessness"
  • Wed 4/2 - Victoria
  • Wed 3/26 - David - "Emptiness" and "The Insight of Interbeing" from The Art of Living
  • Wed 3/19 - Victoria
  • Wed 3/12 - David - Silence
  • Wed 3/5 - Victoria 
  • Sun 3/2 - Barbara Sickles - The Eight Realizations of Great Beings
  • Wed 2/26- David - Fear About the Future from Fear
  • Wed 2/19 - Lynne - We Were Made For These Times
  • Wed 2/12 - Victoria - Power
  • Wed 2/5 - Lynne - Tadpoles
  • Sun 2/2 - Jacki Jones - "Students and Teachers Practicing Together and Offering Happiness" from In Love and Trust, Letters from a Zen Master
  • Wed 1/29 - Victoria
  • Wed 1/22 - David - "Offering Happiness" from In Love and Trust: Letters from a Zen Master
  • Wed 1/15 - Lynne
  • Wed 1/8 - Victoria - At Home in the World
  • Sun 1/5 - Susan - In Love and Trust: Letters from a Zen Master with the topic “Cultivating the Mind of Love, Sangha Building by Building Siblinghood”
  • Wed 1/1 - David - "The Power of Stillness: making space for mindfulness is easier than you think" from Silence

DCS Half Day of Mindfulness

Nourishing Peace

Saturday, May 3, 2025

8am - 1pm


Shepherd of the Hills

5524 East Lafayette Blvd

Phoenix, AZ 85018


Contact Jacki Jones at clnseren@yahoo.com

2024

  • Wed 12/25 - Holiday break - no session
  • Wed 12/18 - Victoria
  • Wed 12/11 - David - "Be Grateful to Everyone" and "Obstacles As Questions" from Pema Chödrön's Comfortable With Uncertainty
  • Wed 12/4 - Lynne
  • Wed 11/27 -  Victoria
  • Wed 11/20 - David - "True Refuge in an Uncertain World" by Br. Phap Huu (Lion's Roar Nov 2024)
  • Wed 11/13 - Lynne - Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
  • Wed 11/6 - Victoria - Breathing palm to palm 
  • Wed 10/30 - David - "Be Beautiful; Be Yourself" from The Art of Living
  • Wed 10/23 - Victoria - "Taking Refuge In Yourself" from At Home In The World
  • Wed 10/16 - Lynne
  • Wed 10/9 - David
  • Wed 10/2
  • Wed 9/25
  • Wed 9/18 - David - "I Have Arrived, I Am Home"
  • Wed 9/11 - David - "Learning To Speak With Love Again" from True Love
  • Wed 9/4 - David - "Love Is Being There" from True Love
  • Wed 8/28 - David - "Four Qualities (Brahmavaharas): Loving Kindness" from True Love
  • Wed 8/21 -  David - "Be Grateful to Everyone" and "Obstacles As Questions" from Pema Chödrön's Comfortable With Uncertainty 
  • Wed 8/14 - Lynne - Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
  • Wed 8/07 - David - "The Action of Non-Action" from The Art of Living
  • Wed 7/31 - Lynne
  • Wed 7/24 - David - Paramita of Inclusiveness (Patience)
  • Wed 7/17 - Lynne
  • Wed 7/10 - David - "I Have Arrived, I Am Home" from Happiness
  • Wed 7/3 - Lynne
  • Wed 6/26 - Victoria
  • Wed 6/19 - David - "The Precepts Are the Basis" and "Nourishing the Beginner's Mind" from Thay's translation and commentary on The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan
  • Wed 6/12 - Victoria - Sutra on Happiness
  • Wed 6/5 - Lynne - Sutra on Happiness
  • Wed 5/29 - Lynne - Sutra on Happiness
  • Wed 5/22 - Lynne - Sutra on Happiness
  • Wed 5/15 - David - Right Diligence
  • Wed 5/8 - Victoria - No Mud, No Lotus
  • Wed 5/1 - David - Craving
  • Wed 4/24 - Lynne
  • Wed 4/17 - David - "True love takes a lot of courage" and "The Third Realization of Great Beings"

2023

  • Wed 12/27 - Lynne - Metta
  • Wed 12/20 - Victoria
  • Wed 12/13 - David - "Joyful vs Oppressive Silence" and "Noble Silence" from Silence
  • Wed 12/06 - Lynne - "Partially Right" from Fear
  • Wed 11/22 - David - "I have arrived, I am home" from Happiness
  • Wed 11/15
  • Wed 11/08 - First Wednesday night meet up!

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