New Book | Dharma Study Group | “Compassion” by Christina Feldman

IMC-Lewes Posted on June 27, 2017

The Dharma Study group is currently reading “Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World” by Christina Feldman.  Commentary on the book is listed below.  Please join us in this timely undertaking. Copies of the book are available on Amazon Link to review of “Compassion.” Compassion in the face of pain, anguish, or unspeakable evil often produces confusion and bewilderment: How can someone endure such unjust suffering with such calm? Wouldn’t it be more natural, and more proper, to not be calm at all? In Compassion, Christina Feldman draws over 30 years of experience as a Buddhist to explain how … [Read More]

Deepening our Practice on and off the Cushion

IMC-Lewes Posted on December 20, 2015

We have learned that having a common topic or theme for the year has helped give continuity across the various IMC-L programs. The current focus for our sangha’s study is “Deepening our Practice on and Off the Cushion”. What we do on the cushion informs what we do in our lives, moment to moment, and that what we study off the cushion helps direct some of our meditation in addition to the path we take in our daily lives. We think this focus will provide an opportunity to look at how to bring our meditation into our lives, as well as how to become more skillful while meditating on the cushion.

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