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WELCOME TO APPAMADA

 

This is the wiki site for Appamada, a Zen sangha in the tradition of Joko Beck, with resident teachers Flint Sparks and Peg Syverson. The wiki is a kind of library or archive of materials related to this sangha. The name Appamada comes from the traditional Pali language in which the Buddha's teachings were first set down in writing. Appamada has a long and interesting history you can read about in the articles on this site, but basically it can be translated asmindful care, or watchful concern. It is an active, aware, engagement with the present moment experience and an intimate relationship with all that is. We have studied the use of this term in the Buddha's teachings, reflected deeply, and come to realize that this term expresses our aspirations and our experiences with our teaching, our practice, and this sangha. The Buddha compared appamada to an elephant's footprint, which is large enough to hold the footprint of every other animal; in the same way, this quality of mindful care was said to contain all of the Buddha's other teachings.

 

The community website for Appamada is here: www.appamada.org
We recommend that you read Stephen Batchelor's excellent article, "The Buddha's Last Word: Care,"
  explaining the concept of appamada in Buddhist practice. To get a sense of how important appamada was in the Buddha's teachings, you might read the very short Appamada Sutta, in which Thanissaro Bikkhu translates this term as "heedfulness."

We will be talking and writing much more about this term and our vision for our teaching and for the sangha. We will also be crafting the capacity and architecture to cultivate Appamada online.

 

 

Quick Reference

Teachers

Flint Sparks and Peg Syverson

Location

913 East 38th St.

Austin, TX 78705 (map)

Website

www.appamada.org

Zazen

6:30 AM Monday-Friday

7;30 PM Wednesday, informal tea follows

8:00-10:45 Sunday, informal brunch at Central Market follows

Inquiry Group

12:30 PM Tuesday

Sunday Dharma Talks

2010

Intensive readings and recordings

December 2009

June 2010

Study

Study guide (still in development)

What does "Appamada" mean?

Chants and Sutras

Current classes

Diamond Sutra 2010,  Flint Sparks 

Precepts Program 2010, Peg Syverson

Appamada Groups

Introduction to groups at Appamada

 


Ordinary Mind

Appamada is the evolution of the Ordinary Mind Zen group in Austin. You can find the archives of Ordinary Mind Zen-Austin here (http://ordinarymind.pbworks.com), and the original blog here (http://ordinarymindaustin.blogspot.com).

   

 

 

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