[Discussion-AZC] Eightfold Path Opportunities

[Kojin John Dinsmore]

The Saturday Morning (8:30) Discussion Group will resume this  
Saturday. Let's meet in the library (704 W. 31st St.); I'll make  
coffee. I forgot to include this in Week at a Glance. Bring in your  
questions and experience concerning the Eightfold Path (this is easy,  
since the 8-fold path encompasses all of practice).

The theme of our upcoming (like, starting this Saturday) Practice  
Period is the Nobel Eightfold Path. Come to Barbara's Book Discussion  
Group Wednesday evenings at 7. Discussion of Eight Mindful Steps to  
Happiness by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (author of Mindfulness in  
Plain English) begins tomorrow.

I will be posting Audios of  Talks and Discussion on the Eightfold  
Path as they occur at AZC on our Audio page:
	http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/Audio.shtml
The introductory talk I gave last Saturday is already there.

I am reposting a short Reading List on this checklist of the elements  
of a Buddhist life.

In our library:
	The Noble Eightfold Path, Bhikkhu Bodhi, BQ4320.B63.2000. Also found  
on-line here:
		http://www.urbandharma.org/pdf/eightfoldpath.pdf
		http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html

	The Wings to Awakening, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, pp.  172-187,  
BQ4302.D44.W56.2004. Also found here:
		http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/wings/ 
part2.html#part2-h

	Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana,  
BQ5612.G74.E5.2001

	The Heart of Buddha's Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh, Part II,  
BQ4230.N53.1999

	What the Buddha Taught, Walpola Rahula, Ch. V, BQ4132.R24.1974

Actually any introductory book on Buddhism is likely to discuss the 8- 
Fold Path if it discusses the Four Noble Truths (the 8-Fold Path is  
the Fourth Noble Truth).

Access to Insight (http://www.accesstoinsight.org/) is a wonderful on- 
line resource for early Buddhist teachings. See the Subject Index  
under "Noble Eightfold Path" here:
	http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-subject.html#n
You can find detailed discussion of each of the folds by following  
the respective links:

Kojin

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