WHUUF Buddhist Sangha
WELCOME!
The WHUUF Buddhist discussion and meditation group gathers in community to share wisdom and insights on Buddhism, Meditation and Mindfulness.
We uphold the WHUUF Covenant of Right Relations (https://whuuf.net/about-us/
Join us in person or by Zoom on Sundays from 9 – 10 AM.
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IN PERSON: We meet in the Fireside room located down the hall from the WHUUF main office.
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BY ZOOM: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/
97751343013 (Meeting ID: 977 5134 3013)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are reading Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs by Steve Hagen (2003).
Thanks to Robert Rubenstein for providing the link for an electronic version of the book: https://archive.org/details/
HAPPY EARTH DAY ON 4/22/26 (AND EVERY DAY…)
A note from Gloria Jean:
” ‘The earth is not just our environment. The earth is our mother.’ – Dalai Lama XIV & Thich Nhat Hanh
Estimated to be 4.54 billion years old, Planet Earth / Mother Earth is the source of our human existence and sensory pleasures. We receive ongoing sustenance from Mother Earth. Earth Day is an opportunity to consider Buddhist themes of loving kindness (metta), gratitude, and interconnection.
Please join me in celebrating the majesty of our beautiful home and its past, present, and future inhabitants by expressing gratitude through ‘random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.’ In addition, meditations on loving kindness and gratitude for our sustenance are ways to internalize this gratitude.
For your viewing pleasure and intellectual enjoyment, here are links to flyby video footage of Portland from space (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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(Panorama of the Pacific Northwest. Image source with article: https://science.nasa.gov/
DISCUSSION FOR SUNDAY, 4/26/26
This week, we will discuss the Noble Eightfold Path, as described in the graphics below. Norma Heyser will moderate a discussion based on a pre-meeting activity (#1) and questions (#2 and #3), as follows:
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1) Make your own graphic writing down each of the eight topics.
2) How does each one manifest in your life?
3) Would you add, delete or change them?
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(Image source with article: https://www.
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DALAI LAMA ENDORSES PEACE FROM WITHIN
On 12/31/20, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet penned a message on compassion and human values that is titled “Countering Stress and Depression.” He speaks of human nature and shares examples from his life experience on how to apply the Noble Eightfold Path as a source of comfort: https://www.
DALAI LAMA ENDORSES PEACE ON EARTH
The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet shared a timely message of peace, quoted below from https://www.dalailama.com/
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I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it speaks to the very essence of what all major religions teach.
Indeed, whether we look to Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or any of the world’s great spiritual traditions, the message is fundamentally the same: love, compassion, tolerance, and self-discipline. Violence finds no true home in any of these teachings. History has shown us time and again that violence only begets more violence and is never a lasting foundation for peace.
An enduring resolution to conflict, including the ones we see in the Middle East or between Russia and Ukraine, must be rooted in dialogue, diplomacy and mutual respect — approached with the understanding that, at the deepest level, we are all brothers and sisters.
I urge for and pray that the violence and conflicts may soon come to an end.
DALAI LAMA
31 March 2026
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“ECO-PLAY” ART EXHIBIT
Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich, Artist and Studio Arts Instructor at Lane Community College, is participating in a two-person art exhibition with Sal Strom at Lincoln City Cultural Center’s Fiber Arts Studio Gallery in Lincoln City, OR from 3/13 – 5/10/26. The work “imagines a world built upon environmental restoration and wonder.” Gallery hours are Wed-Sun 10 AM – 5 PM.
Per Kathleen: “I’m particularly looking forward to sharing more of my artist-designed fabric panels and Jacquard woven/mixed media enhanced tapestries in conjunction with my multi layered paper collages.” The following is one of Kathleen’s creations. See more at www.caprarioart.com and https://www.lincolncity-
“bioDIVERSITY – Earthen” Jacquard woven tapestry with fire retardant material cutouts, 72″x 54″, 2026
WEDNESDAY MORNING MEDITATIONS
Online group meditation offered by WHUUF is on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 AM for 30 minutes. There is no book discussion. Check in at https://uuma.zoom.us/my/
EXPRESSING GRATITUDE
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