The Daily Sit
With
Bill & Susan Morgan
Monday-Friday: 10:30-11:15 AM EDT
Facilitated Sitting
Occasional Guest Teachers
Saturday & Sunday: 10:30-11:00 AM EDT
Silent Meditation
♦ Each week, a specific dharma theme will be addressed
♦ 15 minute Q&A each Wednesday and Friday between 11:00 to 11:15
♦ On weekends: Silent half hour meditation with no reflection
Please click the Zoom link above to join the call.
Enter the passcode: 108108.
Although BCBS is temporarily closed, we are blessed to be here during the shutdown and would like to offer a live half-hour meditation from the dharma hall to support your well-being and your practice.
From 10:30-11:15 EDT each weekday, let's come together virtually to bridge the physical distancing divide. There will be a specific dharma theme addressed throughout each week. On Wednesday and Friday, there will be a Q&A for the last 15 minutes. Weekends will be a silent half-hour sit.
There will be space for all who wish to attend the daily sit.
Our sessions will be recorded and posted below if you cannot join us live. Together we will get through this.
Recordings from previous sessions can be found at the bottom of this page. Recordings will remain posted for one week.
Joining the Sit
Daily at 10:30 US Eastern time, please click the Zoom link above to join the call. Enter the passcode: 108108. If the call has not yet begun, you will be asked to wait for the host to start the video, and then the call will open automatically.
If you have never used Zoom before, it may be a good idea to download the app before the call. Even without downloading the app, Zoom will give you instructions when you click the link.
If joining by phone, please find the dial in number here and use the Meeting ID: 626 660 347
For technical difficulties, please call us at (978) 355-2347 ex 10, or email contact@buddhistinquiry.org.
Supporting BCBS
This program is freely offered, and we hope it can be a source of ease and support during this difficult time. Please consider making a contribution to the center. We thank you for your support.
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Information about other free resources can be found here.
Previous Sessions
The loud noise heard in the recordings is the meditation hall settling as it heats and cools.
Here is a link to past sessions held longer than one week ago: https://www.billandsusan.org/daily-sit
To respect the privacy of those asking questions during the Wednesday and Friday Q&A, recordings will only be posted from the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday sessions.
Introduction: You are not alone, you have a practice
JUNE 10: The dukkha of not-having
JUNE 15: The Dukkha of Pain
JUNE 17: Dukkha - Its Causes, Conditions, and Blessings!
Facilitating Teachers
Bill Morgan
Bill Morgan, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cambridge, MA. He has participated in many intensive retreats in meditation practice over the past 40 years and completed a four-year meditation retreat at the Forest Refuge in Barre, MA in 2013. Together with Susan Morgan, he has been leading mindfulness retreats for 15 years.
Susan Morgan
Susan Morgan, CNS, is a psychotherapist in Cambridge, MA. She is a board and faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy and contributing author to Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. Susan has a longstanding meditation practice and completed a four-year meditation retreat at the Forest Refuge in 2013. She has been leading retreats, primarily for caregivers, for the last 15 years. Lovingkindness and mindfulness of the body are integral to her teaching.
Guest Teacher
Dawn Scott has been practicing insight meditation since 2008, is a Diamond Heart practitioner, and currently serves as the Family Program Coordinator at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She teaches teen retreats at Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) and is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program.
