Friends,

For this upcoming Thursday, Feb. 6 Eastside Insight Meditation sit, we are happy to  welcome friend and  colleague Jason Bartlett as a guest teacher.

As some of you know, Jason leads Luminous  Dharma, an online group. He also leads retreats at Cloud Mountain and  elsewhere across the country.

The title of his talk Thursday will be: Exploring Samādhi and Wise Effort

“Jason will share perspectives on samadhi as part of the path, and how its appearance varies greatly among different practitioners. This will point to the integral roles of wise effort and ethical conduct, the roots of samadhi and liberating insight.”

Jason began training in Buddhism in 1993. He teaches an understanding of Buddhism applicable to the tumult of daily life. His specializations include prajñāpāramitā, emptiness and non-dual practices, liberating insight work, niànfó/recollection of the Buddha, breath meditation methods, jhāna, and Taoist zuòwáng.

The URL for the evening will be  https://tinyurl.com/Eastside-Insight-2025, and please note  that  this is  a new  URL for this year. Don’t use  last year’s  URL, because it won’t work.

Or, please come in person to the chapel at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 315 3rd Ave S., Kirkland, WA 98033. While Jason will be Zooming in, we’ll continue  to gather in  person for the  evening, at 7 p.m. as usual.

Please consider offering dana to Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, which makes this space available on a dana-only basis, in a very kind and generous way. If you do, please mention you’re from Eastside Insight Meditation.

https://tinyurl.com/NorthlakeUU-Paypal2022

Also you're invited to offer dana to Jason, with the  link below. Any cash dana  will be forwarded to him.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/luminousdharma
 

Big bows to the growing numbers of sangha members who have been stepping up to help set up for Thursday  evenings. It’s a blessing to do this good work with others, and we have fun before everyone arrives, so please sign up below!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

 
Last chance  for the six-week meditation course I’m offering in Kirkland, on six Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m., starting Feb. 5. This series is intended for people new to the practice as well as those already practicing who wish to deepen. Please sign up if you’re interested, and mention it to friends who may benefit. I’m happy to answer any questions.

We have one  Eastside volunteer for this series, and a second would be wonderful. This is a way you can support  the dharma, and also support people attending the series, who wish to deepen their dharma practice. Please step forward if you wish to volunteer, and email me at  stevellen95@comcast.net

Here’s a link for the series - https://seattleinsight.org/event/eastside-introductory-class-series-feb-2025-2/
 
With great gratitude for this noble sangha, and for all your kind hearts, as we enter the new year.
 
Steve