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1. Amazon Link (the third edition)
2. Online Book Link Does not contain certain book specific preface, introductions, editor's note.
3. Buddhist Text Link

WHERE TO GET THE BK1-RdPn (Red Pine):

1. Amazon Link

NOTE: that we are here to read, exchange and help each other. We’re not here to expound. If you need deeper learning, please go visit a Buddhist teaching center. We will be adhering to the contents of the book. We will not have any inter-religious discussions. If you like to discuss any topics with anyone not pertaining to the book, we advise you to initiate a conversation with whomever on another zoom at another time, not during the book club discussion. Thank you for understanding.

Intro video to book club

- - - About the Commentator Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua established the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB) in Ukiah, California, which serves as one of the first Chan Buddhist monasteries in America. He also founded the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, with its administrative headquarters in Burlingame, California.

Per weblink - https://www.drba.org/our-founder.html
One of the most eminent Chinese Buddhist masters of the twentieth century, the Venerable Master Hsüan Hua (Xuanhua,1918-1995) was a monastic reformer and the first Chinese master to teach Buddhism to large numbers of Westerners. During his long career he emphasized the primacy of the monastic tradition, the essential role of moral education, the need for Buddhists to ground themselves in traditional spiritual practice and authentic scripture, and the importance of respect and understanding among religions. To attain these goals, he focused on clarifying the essential principles of the Buddha’s original teachings, on establishing a properly ordained monastic community, on organizing and supporting the translation of the Buddhist Canon into English and other languages, and on the establishment of schools, religious training programs, and programs of academic research and teaching.

- - - - About Red Pine
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JP86Q0/about?ccs_id=1934df44-0144-4f2f-8c71-f1e762a0c7db

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Foundations of Freedom and Satipațțhāna in Practice, Event 2: Mindfulness of Feeling and Mind

Per BGR: The Buddha taught Satipaṭṭhāna, the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, as the “direct path to realization.” This teaching invites us to apply careful attention to what is always present: our body, feeling tones, mind, and mind-objects. Through strengthening our mindfulness (sati) we can experience presently arisen states without being pulled into desire and aversion. This provides a foundation of clarity and peace, even in the midst of challenging conditions.

On August 16, from 12 noon to 3 pm ET (9 am to 12 noon PT), Buddhist Global Relief will host Satipaṭṭhāna in Practice, Event 2: Mindfulness of Feeling and Mindfulness of Mind. Offered over Zoom, this half-day of practice will be the second of a series dedicated to different establishments of mindfulness given over the course of 2025. In this session, we’ll be focusing on the second and third establishments of mindfulness—feeling tones (vedanā) and mind (citta).

With decades of experience in meditation and monastic training, Ayya Ānandabodhī and Dhammadīpā Roshi will offer guidance on developing these two establishments of mindfulness. You are welcome to join BGR for this half-day of practice to broaden and deepen your own experience and understanding. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Event Details - https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/satipatthana-part-2-2025/

Please reserve the date to join us for this wonderful celebration of the global BGR community.

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About Buddhist Global Relief (BGR) - https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/

BGR Leadership - https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/about-us/leadership/biographies-of-board-members-and-directors/#bhikkhu-bodhi

Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi - https://www.baus.org/en/about-us/our-team/baus-presidents/ven-bhikkhu-bodhi/

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### Teachers

Ayya Ānandabodhī
Ayya Ānandabodhī was born and raised in Wales, UK. She has spent over 30 years as a Buddhist monastic, practicing mostly in the Forest Tradition in the UK, and for the past 15 years in the US. Taking full ordination in 2011, she joined the worldwide revival of the Theravāda Bhikkhunī Order. Ayya now resides at Pārāyana Vihāra in Port Townsend, Washington, and teaches meditation retreats in the US and occasionally overseas. Ayya’s practice and teaching are guided by early Buddhist scriptures, living in community, and through nature’s pure and immediate Dhamma. Ayya Ānandabodhī is a member of the BGR Sangha Council.

Dhammadīpā Roshi
BGR Board member Dhammadīpā is the founder of Dassanāya Buddhist Community in Alexandria, Virginia. She has been practicing Buddhism since 1987 and she was ordained in 2007. Dhammadīpā has received Dharma Transmission in the tradition of Soto Zen, and practiced for five years as a nun in the Theravāda tradition. In addition to English, she teaches in Spanish, an expression of her Latin heritage. She enjoys watercolor painting and spending time with her adult daughter.