Dharma Class with Murshid Wali Ali Meyer

Class Recordings for October, 2018

Classes 70 - 72

Welcome back to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 70-72, originally held in the month of October, 2018.  These are the final three Dharma Night Classes available, and like them all, contain much information, and many readings and practices.

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Class #70 - October 4, 2018

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Welcome - Taking Refuge; Reading from 'The Zen Eye' Foundation of Buddhist Practice pp.92-95; Alaya-Vijnana Practice, Centering Exercise #8; Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra; Amal Practice from Sufi Barkat Ali to Murshid Sam - Introduction; Amal Practice; 'In Quest of God' by Papa Ramdas - Bringing Prajna & Heart Together; Inhale Bliss, Exhale Serenity Practice; Om Gate Gate Mantra; Dedication.

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Class #71 - October 11, 2018

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Taking Refuge; Bowl of Saki for October 10; Papa Ramdas 'In the Quest of God" Reading and Commentary; Meditation Attunement - Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram;  Meditation; Inhale Bliss, Radiate Peace, Serenity; Zen Eye (Sokei-an Sasaki) - 'Buddhist Students' (pp 96-99); Reading from SAM's Dharma Transmission + Incense from Roshis; Barkat Ali Amal Practice, Subboohun - Quddoosun - Rabbul-Malaekate - Wa Rooh; Amal Practice; Post-amal Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #72 - October 18, 2018

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Taking Refuge; The Voyage of Dharma; From 'The Zen Eye'-The Harmful View of Emptiness; Commentary on Sokei-an and Empty Mind; Al-Wasi' from 'Physicians of the Heart'; Ya Wasi' Practice; Amal Practice- Subboohun - Quddoosun - Rabbul-Malaekate - Wa Rooh; Contemplation; Version if HIK amal practice - Subbuhun - Quddusun - Qayyamun - Dayamun - Abbadan - Abad; Amal Contemplation; Closing Remarks on Amal - Emptiness; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for September, 2018

Classes 67 - 69

Welcome back to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 67-69, originally held in the month of September, 2018.  Murshid Wali Ali begins the Dharma Night classes once again with practices, teachings and insights from the various dharma traditions.

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Class #67 - September 13, 2018

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Introduction to Class & Taking Refuge; Reading from 'The Zen Eye', Motionless Mind pp 61-63; Meditation on the Deep Ocean; Intro to Papa Ramdas & Reading of His Stories; Story #61 - Ignorance Is Like Dust In The Eye; Story #104 - The Two Sadhus; Story #9 - The Devil And The Pole; Ramnam Mantra Chanting, Fikr/Meditation; More on Papa Ramdas and Murshid Sam Accounts; Radiance Sutra #42 with Meditation; Murshid Sam Stories, Events, Scheduling Discussions; Dedication.

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Class #68 - September 20, 2018

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Introduction & Taking Refuge; Reading from Hazrat Inayat Khan on Willpower, with Commentary; Vijnana Bhairava # 27; Concentration Instruction and Practice; Inhale Bliss, Exhale Serenity; Practice - Subboohun, Quddoosun, Rabbul-Malaekate, Wa Rooh; Sokei-an Sasaki, 'The Zen Eye' pp 17-18; Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra Reading & Commentary; 'Gate Gate, Paragate...' Chant from the Sutra; Meditation; Karuna Yoga Gita (Murshid Sam) Reading & Commentary; Concluding Comments & Khatum.

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Class #69 - September 27, 2018

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Taking Refuge; Vijnana Bhairava Practice Instruction; Sitting Practice; Post-Practice Commentary & Discussion; Zen Eye Reading & Commentary - The Great Ocean pp 35-38; Amal Practice Teaching; Amal Practice with Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for May-June, 2018

Classes 61 - 66

Welcome back to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 61-66, originally held in the months of May and June of 2018.  The single class held in June, Class 66, was the last in the series about Zen in America and Murshid Sam's Zen Teachers, their teachings and transmissions.  Therefore, we are including the last of the series here with the May classes.  We hope you have found great benefit in following this series!

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Class #61 - May 3, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge; Original Nature reading, pp 375-380; Meditation; Original Nature reading, pp 380-384; Preview of the rest of Original Nature; Commentary - Sasaki and Senzaki, SAM in Japan; Closing Remarks, Dedication.

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Class #62 - May 10, 2018

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Welcome; Taking Refuge; Centering Exercises History; Manual for Self-Realization, Verses 84-85; Akasha Contemplation; Original Nature Reading pp 384-392; Meditation; Dedication and Closing Remarks.

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Class #63 - May 17, 2018

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Opening Meditation; Taking Refuge; Original Nature Reading (pp 389-395); Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #64 - May 24, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence Reading re-Soyen Shaku (p 310-312); Original Nature (pp 367-368); Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Original Nature (pp 368-376); Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #65 - May 31, 2018

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Taking Refuge, Original Nature Introduction; 'Original Nature' Reading (pp 398-400) with Commentary; Story of Karmapa's Cremation; 'Original Nature' Reading (pp 400-402) with Commentary; Book & Zen Considerations with Samadhi Story; Meditation Instruction; Meditation; Dedication to the Great Web of Life.

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Class #66 - June 7, 2018

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Welcome, Class Update; Taking Refuge; Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra (Heart Sutra) with Commentary; Recitation of Prajna Paramita Hridaya Mantra; Meditation; he Zen Eye - 'The Key' (pp 23 - 25); Commentary on The Key; Where Religions Meet: Non-Egoic State; Closing Remarks & Dedication.

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Class Recordings for April, 2018

Classes 57 - 60

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 57-60, originally held in the month of April, 2018.

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Class #57 - April 5, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge, Bowl of Saki for March 4 with SAM Commentary; Original Nature Introduction; Original Nature Reading, pp 334-335 with Commentary; Reading from Paul Reps' Centering Exercises; Original Nature Reading, pp 335-340; Meditation; Original Nature Reading, pp 340-346; Historical and Closing Remarks, Dedication.

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Class #58 - April 12, 2018

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Taking Refuge; Original Nature Excerpt, p 363, & Meditation Instruction; Meditation; Original Nature Reading, pp 346 - 359; Murshid Sam & Rinzai Zen Story, with Q&A; Taking Refuge Silently, Dedication.

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Class #59 - April 19, 2018

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Introduction, Historical Perspective; Taking Refuge; Bowl of Saki for April 19th; Original Nature Reading, p 368, with Commentary; Meditation; Original Nature Reading, pp 359-367, and Contemplation; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #60 - April 26, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence Reading re-Soyen Shaku (p 310-312); Original Nature (pp 367-368); Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Original Nature (pp 368-376); Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for February, 2017

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes classes 4-7, originally held in the month of February, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

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Class #4 - February 6, 2017

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Background of Teachers & Coming to America; Readings from Sokei-an's Autobiography; Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra; Followup Comments; Reading - Sokei-an's Platform Sutra & Commentary; Continue w 6th Patriarch Story, and Ko-an; Continue w 6th Patriarch Story, & SAM Story; Reading concluded; Q & A; Sitting;Three Refuges Practice.

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Class #5 - February 13, 2017

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Remarks Before Class; Three Refuges Mantra; Reading - 'The Key' from The Zen Eye; SAM's Writings on Buddhism, Mantra from SAM; Sitting Instruction and Practice; Reading from Sokei-an's Autobiography; Sixth Patriarch Sutra; Silent Meditation; Comments, and Gate Gate Practice; Advice on Practicing and Dedication.

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Class #6 - February 20, 2017

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Three Refuges Practice & Gate Gate Mantra; Going Deeper Into "Original Nature" and Platform Sutra; Sutra Reading & Commentary Part 2; Sutra Reading & Commentary Part 3 & Sitting; Dedication.

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Class #7 - February 27, 2017

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3 Refuges Mantra, Prajna Paramita Sutra; Reading from 'Holding the Lotus to the Rock'; Sitting Instruction and Practice; Sixth Patriarch Sutra; Commentary; Q&A; Sitting in Silence; Closing

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Class Recordings for March, 2018

Classes 54 - 56

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 54-56, originally held in the month of March, 2018.

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Class #54 - March 8, 2018

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Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence, 'Buddhism & Women' p 272, 275; Original Nature, pp 324-316; Meditation Instruction & Meditation, Commentary; Original Nature, pp 316-321; Experience vs Concepts, Historical Sketches of 6th Pat, Senzaki, SAM, & HIK; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #55 - March 15, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge; Prajna Paramita Sutra - Teaching, Chanting, Meditation; Bowl of Saki for Match 15; Original Nature Reading, pp 321-328; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #56 - March 29, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge; Heart of Perfect Wisdom - Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra; Meditation; Original Nature Reading (pp329-335) with Commentary; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for February, 2018

Classes 50 - 53

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 50-53, originally held in the month of February, 2018.

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Class #50 - February 1, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence Intro & Reading - The 7 Treasures (pp 244-248); Inayat Khan - Mysticism of Sound Reading with Commentary; Mirror Consciousness Meditation Instructions, Meditation; Papa Ramdas Intro, Reading & Commentary on One Being; Original Nature (pp 293-294); Commentary on Zen in America; Original Nature Meditation Instruction, Meditation; Prajna Paramita Mantra Chanting; Dedication.

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Class #51 - February 8, 2018

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Welcome, Taking Refuge, Murshid SAM's Buddhist History; Centering Exercises (Shiva Practices) #3 & #4; Meditation; Remarks on Meditation; Original Nature Reading (pp 296-304) with SAM Story; Story Contemplation & Commentary; Attendee Story; Commentary; Teaching Realization; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #52 - February 15, 2018

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Welcome & Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence Reading (p 340, p 344); Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Original Nature Reading (pp 304-311); Commentary, Q & A; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #53 - February 22, 2018

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Welcome, Class Schedule & Taking Refuge; Overview of the Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, and Sokei-an Sasaki; SAM Article from Sufi Vision & Initiation pp125-129 & Commentary; Meditation; Commentary; Original Nature Reading, pp 311-313, with Commentary; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for January, 2018

Classes 48 - 49

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 48-49, originally held in the month of January, 2018. 

==>(Regrettably, the Dharma Night Class #47, of January 4, 2018, was not recorded).

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Class #48 - January 11, 2018

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Taking Refuge and Introduction; Eloquent Silence #27 It Is Not Mind - Buddha - Things (pp 130-132); Meditation Instruction and Meditation; Original Nature (pp 275-283); Meditation Instruction and Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #49 - January 25, 2018

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Taking Refuge, Reading from Murshid Sam's 1956 Diary - Thailand; Original Nature Reading (pp 283-286) with Commentary - History;  Meditation Instruction and Meditation; Original Nature Reading (pp 286-290) with History; Eloquent Silence Intro & Reading (pp 338-340, 344); Sokei-an's Invitation; Q & A; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for December, 2017

Classes 44 - 46

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Class #44 - December 4, 2017

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Taking Refuge, Original Nature pp 200-202, 212, 213-214, 216-219 with Commentary; Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Eloquent Silence Case 11: Joshu Examines a Hermit Monk in Meditation (pp 77-79); Q & A, Buddhist Stories; Dedication.

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Class #45 - December 11, 2017

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Taking Refuge, Honoring Mother Krishnabai; Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Reading on Dying; Original Nature (pp 223-225, 230-234); Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Q & A - Mother Krishnabai, Noor-un-Nisa, etc.; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #46 - December 18, 2017

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Welcome, Taking Refuge, Historical Review & Plan for Future Classes; Eloquent Silence - N Senzaki, Buddhism & Women (pp 272-275); Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Nyogen Senzaki Writings from Internment Camp (Eloquent Silence, pp 334 & 338); Commentary on Sokei-an's Internment & Marriage to Ruth Fuller; Original Nature (pp 28-32); Commentary - Dharma Path, Women in Religion, Emptiness & Expression; Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Post-Meditation Comments; Dedication & Wishes for New Year.

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Class Recordings for November, 2017

Classes 41 - 43

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Class #41 - November 13, 2017

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Introduction - Background; Taking Refuge; Intro to Centering Exercises from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones; Centering Exercise Teaching and Practice; Second Centering Exercise Teaching and Practice; Third Centering Exercise Teaching and Practice; What is Zen Intro, Reading & Story of HIK - Nyogen Senzaki; Original Nature Reading (pp 142-143, 186-189), with Commentary & Stories; Meditation Introduction, Instruction & Meditation; In Honor of the Feminine, Closing Remarks & Dedication.

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Class #42 - November 20, 2017

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Taking Refuge, Eloquent Silence, Seven Treasures (pp 253-256); Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra (Heart Sutra); Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Commentary on & Chanting of Prajna Paramita Sutra; Original Nature (pp 191-199); Meditation; Holding Infinity in the Heart; Experience vs Conceptualization, Closing Comments; Dedication.

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Class #43 - November 27, 2017

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Opening & Eloquent Silence #46, Proceed from Top (pp 194-196) with Commentary;  Meditation Instruction; Meditation; Post Meditation Commentary; Original Nature Excerpts (pp 83-86, 91-93); Commentary on Reading - Original Nature; Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Post-meditation Comments; Original Nature Reading (p 136); Closing Comments & Dedication.

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