Florida Community of Mindfulness

During this Sunday at the Florida Community of Mindfulness, Dharma teacher Fred Eppsteiner shares with us the world we live in: The Mind. These teachings of Buddha on True Mind reveal the uncontaminated, naturally pure mind always calm and still, endless. The lessons promote understanding of wisdom and emptiness in a new way finding energy that fuels the path. Having realized True Mind previously covered by thoughts, stories, dramas, and other attachments, with this understanding of True Mind one can be free and unburdened.

During this Sunday at the Florida Community of Mindfulness, Dharma teacher Fred Eppsteiner answers questions from students.

In this Dharma talk, Fred contrasts the self-limiting qualities of the "fragile Western ego" concerned only about self with the Buddhist teachings and practices of No Self.   

 

Emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and learning to be "other-centered," the talk suggests ways of retraining the mind to develop an intelligent, loving, compassionate self.

 

During this Sunday at the Florida Community of Mindfulness, Dharma teacher Fred Eppsteiner answers questions from students.

Today on Mother's Day, Dharma teacher Fred Eppsteiner shares with us Thich That Hanh’s “A Flower for You” also called “A Rose for your Pocket”; Thay’s appreciation of motherhood. Thay reveals our deep interconnectedness with our mothers.

 

Fred teaches us ways we can develop a true loving, kind, and compassionate heart. He also teaches about working with the “inner critic”, the subject for the upcoming retreat. 

Today on Vesak, the celebration of the birth of the Buddha, Dharma teacher Fred Eppsteiner shares with us the life and birth of the Buddha and the significance of the Buddha’s Enlightened Mind; that which made the Buddha a Buddha. We celebrate today because the Buddha opened the path to Awakening. He pointed out directly that all of us have this Awakened Nature.

In this talk, Dharma Teacher Fred Eppsteiner shares with us a Buddhist prayer; "May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness. May all beings be free of suffering and the cause of suffering. May they never be disassociated from supreme happiness which is without suffering. May they remain in boundless equanimity free from both attachment to close ones and rejections of others."

 

Fred teaches us the personal implications of this prayer so it may have relevance for our own life.

In this talk, Dharma teacher Fred Eppsteiner shares with us Thich Nhat Hanh’s vision of community, and how a community can manifest as a family and a family as a community. Thay states "I continue to feel that sangha building is the most precious work that we can do as practitioners. The sangha is our community of practice. It is also our refuge. We rely on it and trust it to support our deepest aspirations, give us energy and inspiration on the path of practice."

Fred describes why he feels this topic is so important in today's world and how the class will be structured. Please visit floridamindfulness.org for more information and to register.

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The teachings of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness were the foundation of the Buddha’s meditation system and are the basis for living a wholesome and happy life. Learning to be aware and present to both the experiences of one’s body and to the experiences of one's mind is the practice of full awareness.