We welcome experienced dharma teacher Rev. Christie Bates to open our 10 month long study of the 10 parami. These are aspects of heart and mind that we can cultivate to enhance the quality of our lives.

Rev. Christie Bates is the perfect teacher to open this study as she wrote a book and developed an app called "The Beautiful Human" which are based on these Buddhist teachings.

Rev. Christie Bates is a Dharmacharya of the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order trained by Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni and the late Venerable Pannadipa Bhikkhu. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor. A focus on contemplative therapy and practice includes Brainspotting (a highly targeted mindfulness practice) since 2013, Internal Family Systems, and other experiential modalities. Christie is the author of Accepting Your Resurrection (2008) and The Beautiful Human: Contemplative Wisdom for Moving Beyond Diet Culture to Create a Life of Real and Lasting Beauty (2022). She was instrumental in establishing Buddhist recovery communities in middle Tennessee in the late 2000s. She has extensive background working with individuals and families in recovery from substance and process addictions, mental health disorders, chronic developmental stress and acute trauma. This includes a total of 12 years in program direction and facilitation in residential treatment settings, numerous Buddhist residential retreats, and full-time private practice for the last six years. In Spring 2019, Christie moved from Nashville TN to Oxford, MS to live closer to family here. You can find some of her writings on Buddhism at medium.com/the-fifth-posture

The ten perfections in the Theravāda tradition are generosity (dāna), morality (sīla), renunciation (nekhamma), insight (pañña),energetic diligence (viriya), patience (), truthfulness (sacca), resolution (adhiṭṭhāna), loving-kindness (metta), and equanimity (upekkhā).

Every second Sunday of the month we will host a new dharma teacher to speak on each parami (perfection) this week we will study resolution (adhiṭṭhāna) with Rev. Christie Bates, we look forward to practicing with you!

The Ten Perfections: Qualities of the Buddha & how we can practice these virtues in our daily lives

By Flowering Lotus Meditation

The Ten Perfections: Qualities of the Buddha & how we can practice these virtues in our daily lives

A year long study of the ten parami with dharma talks and writing sessions to support your study.

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