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Ethics 7b : Not-Stealing

Notes on a talk at Centre of Gravity by Mike Hoolboom and Pat Rockman, May 13, 2014 Context Sometimes, when I get really quiet and I can live inside the breath, it can be hard to tell where the inhale

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Ethics 7: Not-Stealing

This is a transcript of a talk given by Michael Stone as part of an online Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from the first limb of Yoga) and took them

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Ethics 6: Mindfulness

This is a transcript of a talk given by Michael Stone as part of an online Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from the first limb of Yoga) and took them

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Ethics 5b: Honesty

A talk given at Centre of Gravity, Toronto, March 18, 2014 Three Trainings In Korea, in the seventh century, a form of Buddhism began to flourish that was based in meditation, as opposed to a more scholarly, text-oriented approach. Because

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Ethics 5: Honesty

This is a transcript of a talk given by Michael Stone (with some extra riffs from the author) as part of an online Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from the

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Ethics 4: Not Harming

This text is a collage. It’s partly the words of the author and notes from a talk given by Michael as part of a Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from

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Ethics 3: Deep Background

Excerpted from a 2010 talk by Stephen Batchelor in Australia “But I think also that when the dharma comes through our age, when we conceive of ourselves in this age, we also have to bring into play ideas about evolution.

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Ethics 2: How We Get Along

You No one will read this sentence the way you’re reading it, whether you hold it in your heart, or let it drift off the tips of your fingers. The way you turn the page, skipping over certain words, allowing

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Ethics 1: Introduction

From Centre of Gravity, Toronto. Written by Mike Hoolboom. Why are you here? It’s the question I want to ask everyone who sits on a cushion, or rolls out a yoga mat. The answers, when they come, are predictably fantastical.

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Notes on Dying 5: Crow Funeral by Elaine Jackson

Notes on a talk by Elaine Jackson on death. This is the last evening we will dedicate to death and dying, at least until Michael returns. I did not prepare a dharma talk, but I will say a couple of

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Old Maps

Notes on a talk at Centre of Gravity by Michael Stone, May 6, 2014 First and Last I’m touched there’s many people here tonight. This will be the last time we’ll meet like this, so why not go back to

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Noting in the Empire of Selfies

Notes on a talk by Michael Stone, April 8, 2014, at Centre of Gravity Jerry Jerry Durlack found out he had cancer, and while he wasn’t afraid of the cancer, or of dying, he was scared of the pain that

About the Community Library

Michael was a great archivist and the Community Library was—and continues to be—a labour of love. Everything in the Community Library is available for free. Anyone, anywhere can have instant access to material that will help them deepen their practice and contribute to a culture of compassion and collaboration.

Libraries are places where we gather alone together. They are known to be places of refuge for seekers, as well as those who are marginalized. This library is no different. It helps us nourish our beautiful, international community without walls. Now, it will also help keep Michael’s legacy alive.

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