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Insight News 4/05 Insight Meditation Center • Redwood City www.insightmeditationcenter.org APRIL, MAY, JUNE 2008 VOLUME 11, NUMBER 2 The Buddha’s Teachings on Love Just as blood nourishes the heart which keeps it flowing, so To be “free” only when things are pleasant is not real libera- love nourishes spiritual freedom and is, in turn, kept flowing by it. tion. Similarly, to love only in optimal conditions is not real love. The connection is so strong that Buddhism, often known as a Path Not a few Buddhist meditators have experienced great love while of Freedom, could equally be called a religion of love. Perhaps in meditation, only to have it disappear quickly outside of medi- this is what he had in mind when the Dalai Lama said his religion tation. It can be easy to love all beings in the abstract, but it can be is kindness. For the Buddha, love is one of the paths to full spiritu- a great challenge to do so when we have to live with them. It is al liberation. one thing to love and another to express that love in daily life. If we call Buddhism a religion of love we need to be clear what One of the most rewarding spiritual practices is to cultivate the we mean by love, or more precisely, what forms of love we are ability to bring love into all aspects of our life and to all people we including. Because freedom is the guide, the measure, and the encounter. This entails learning how to include love’s presence ultimate goal of all things Buddhist, Buddhist love includes those while we speak to others, are in conflict with others, and are living forms of love that are characterized by freedom. Love that with others. While this can be a daunting task, it begins with hav- involves clinging, lust, confusion, neediness, fear, or grasping to ing the intention to do so. And it is supported by appreciating self would, in Buddhist terms, be seen as expressions of bondage each manifestation of love that we encounter. Even practicing lov- and limitation. ing-kindness for the time it takes to snap the fingers is beneficial. Lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and a particular Each drop of practice is significant and, as the Buddha said, “with form of equanimity are the four kinds of love taught and encour- dripping drops of water, the water jug is filled.” aged in classic Buddhist teachings. None of these are uniquely —Gil Fronsdal Buddhist; they are four qualities of heart that reside within every- one, at least as potentials. Teachings about the four forms of love existed in India prior to the Buddha – they were elements com- mon to the Indian spiritual world which he included within his Metta Retreat system of practice. While Buddhism cannot exist without love, it may be helpful to realize that love can exist happily apart from From April 27 through May 4, IMC will be offering its first Buddhism. Learning the ways of these four loves does not require weeklong Lovingkindness (Metta) Retreat. In the past all one to become a Buddhist. It only requires a willingness to devel- our retreats have been Vipassana retreats. Lovingkindness op innate capacities. practice is a core Buddhist practice that provides a founda- Love does not need to be left to chance. It mustn’t be a matter tion for healthy attitudes toward oneself and others, and of “falling in love,” nor must it be accepted in whatever degree or frequency it happens to appear. The Buddhist tradition has devel- for the practice of mindfulness. We are very fortunate to oped a range of practices and reflections designed to develop our have Bhante Sujiva teach this retreat. Sujiva is a Malaysian capacity to love. As with a treasure behind a locked door, we can monk who spent years in deep practice and study in find the key that allows us to open the door of love; like a muscle, Burma. He is well-versed in metta practice and has pub- love can be strengthened through practice. lished a wonderful book on the topic. He lives in Europe In their most developed forms, the four types of love can each and speaks fluent English. The retreat will be held at the become a boundless radiance glowing from us. As such, love may hostel at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills. For more informa- flow from us equally toward all beings or it can glow freely with- tion, please contact Curt Smith, 408/842-0988, out needing to be directed to anyone. When boundless, love with- out any particular object is recognized in Buddhism as a form of [email protected]. liberation. SANGHA PROGRAMS & NEWS IMC ADDRESS CHANGE SANGHA YELLOW PAGES: ONLINE VERSION IMC has changed its address from 1205 Hopkins Avenue to 108 We now have two versions of the Sangha Yellow Pages. The new Birch Street. Because IMC’s front door faces Birch, the Hopkins Sangha Yellow Pages Online is now accepting listings, and the address has caused confusion for newcomers. The new address Sangha Yellow Pages Binder on the IMC literature table is ready will remedy this situation, and also enable emergency services to be updated for 2008. personnel to quickly locate our front door. The Sangha Yellow Pages Online will display basic information about your business in a simple table form. You must be a mem- ONLINE COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS ber of Insight Forum to view the Sangha Yellow Pages Online. To MEDITATION subscribe, go to www.insightmeditationcenter.org and click by Gil Fronsdal and Ines Freedman. July 14 – September 1, 2008 “Subscribe.” Note that if you do not want to receive e-mails from In order to support the large community that listens to our Audio Insight Forum, you can change your preferences under “Edit Dharma recordings, IMC is experimenting with offering an online membership.” To view the new Sangha Yellow Pages Online, go course based on Gil Fronsdal's six-week Introduction to to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/insightforum/database and Mindfulness Meditation class. The course will be supplemented click “Sangha Yellow Pages.” with written material, mindfulness exercises for bringing the To be included in either version, pick up an instruction form practice into daily life, and reflective questions. Ines Freedman, found inside the Sangha Yellow Pages Binder on the literature the online teacher for the course, will provide further teachings table. For the online version, slip your completed form into the and email guidance to the participants. For more info, go to pocket labeled “Yellow Pages Online forms” in the front of the www.audiodharma.org/onlinecourses/index.html. binder. It will be entered into the online database. For the binder, create a one-page description of your business or service and BUDDHIST CHAPLAINCY TRAINING place it the appropriate section of the Yellow Pages binder. If you This fall will mark the beginning of the sixth year that IMC has already have a sheet in the 2007 Sangha Yellow Pages Binder, hosted Sati Center’s Introduction to Buddhist Chaplaincy. This please move it to the 2008 binder. The 2007 binder will be training is taught by Jennifer Block (education director and chap- removed from the literature table on June 2, 2008. lain for Zen Hospice), Paul Haller (abbot of S.F. Zen Center), and It may seem more convenient to submit information via e-mail. Gil Fronsdal. It has been a pioneering program for Buddhist prac- However, by requiring that you physically drop off your informa- titioners interested in offering spiritual care and support to oth- tion at IMC, we ensure customer confidence that you are indeed ers. A strong thrust of the program is its introduction to the fields connected with IMC and have listed your business mindfully. If of hospital, hospice, and prison chaplaincy. During the year of you have questions, please contact Wendy Alger, 650/315-7953, training, the students volunteer in a variety of such institutions [email protected]. throughout the Bay Area and beyond. A number of the graduates from the Sati program have gone on to SPIRIT ROCK 20TH ANNIVERSARY RETREAT receive further training and are now working as hospital chaplains. Emptiness and Compassion with Gil Fronsdal and Guy A few of the graduates volunteer on IMC’s Chaplaincy Council and Armstrong—May 31, 10am to 4pm, a Benefit for Spirit help Gil with supporting IMC members experiencing major life Rock's Capital Campaign. challenges. Some eight Zen priests have gone through the chap- Emptiness and compassion lie at the heart of Buddhist teachings. laincy program as a way to supplement their priest training. Compassion flows from emptiness and emptiness purifies com- Two years ago the training spawned an annual symposium for passion. Spirit Rock teacher Guy Armstrong will join Gil Fronsdal Buddhist Chaplains held every October at IMC. Both the chap- to present teachings and practices on these essential qualities. laincy training and the symposium have drawn Buddhist practi- IMC is offering this retreat as a benefit for Spirit Rock's scholar- tioners from around the country. It has been very gratifying that ship fund. It was Spirit Rock that provided the original seed and IMC could be connected to the maturing community of Buddhist nourishment for IMC. For much of IMC's history, Spirit Rock pro- chaplains. Having the chaplaincy training at IMC is a wonderful vided innumerable forms of support for IMC's growth. Without reminder of how we can share the benefits of our practice with Spirit Rock it is highly unlikely that IMC would exist. The day's others.
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