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April Contemplation
As a complex religious tradition, or group of traditions, Buddhism has a lot to say about the natural world. Passages in many Buddhist texts reveal sensitivity to the beauties of nature and respect for its various beings. A good example is the Jataka tales (“birth stories”) that describe the previous lives of the Buddha before he became the Buddha. In many of them he is born as an animal, and in some of the best-known tales the Buddha sacrifices himself for “lower animals,” such as offering his rabbit body to a weak tigress so that she can feed her starving cubs. Such fables challenge the duality usually assumed between humans and “nature”— as if we were not part of nature! They suggest that the welfare of every living being, no matter how insignificant it may seem to us, is spiritually important and deserving of our concern. All beings in the Jatakas are able to feel compassion for others and act selflessly to help ease their suffering. In contrast to a Darwinian “survival of the fittest,” which is often used to justify our abuse of other species, its stories offer a vision of life in which we are all interconnected, parts of the same web of life, and therefore also interresponsible, responsible for each other... Any genuine solution to the ecological crisis must involve something more than technological improvements. If the root of the problem is spiritual, the solution must also have a spiritual dimension...We discover the meaning we seek in the ongoing, long-term task of repairing the rupture between us and Mother Earth, our natural ground. That healing will transform us as much as the biosphere.
David Loy in Healing Ecology: What can Buddhism Contribute to our Understanding of the Ecological Crisis?
Selected in honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2026
Meditation Schedule
Our online and on location meeting information can be found below.
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April 2026
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 2, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: Mindfulness Meditation
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
April 7, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 9, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: Mindfulness Meditation
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
April 14, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Teacher: Peggy Kersulis
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 16, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: "Mindfulness Meditation"
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
April 21, 7:30 - 9:00
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Wednesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
April 22, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Teacher: Dharma Duet - Eric McCullum & Annette Lombardi
Topic: The Brahmaviharas: Compassion Karuna
Location: St. Cross Episcopal Church, 1818 Monterey Avenue, Room 4, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
In Person Only
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 23, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: "Mindfulness Meditation"
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
April 28, 7:30 - 9:00
Teacher: Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Topic: TBA
Register: https://insightla.org/event/lmu-practice-group-3/2026-01-13-19-30/registration/
Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
April 30, 9:00 - 9:45
Teacher: Annette Lombardi
Topic: Mindfulness Meditation
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/926255490?pwd=NVBEUUdVYVhvM0ozQmlrckRqU29oUT09
Dial in: (669) 900-6833 & Meeting ID: 926 255 490, Password: 628733