South Bay Insight LA
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March Contemplation
“One of the reasons the Lotus Sutra has remained so beloved around the world for so long is that it is considered the teaching of universal liberation. Everyone is guaranteed to become a Buddha, monastics and lay practitioners, women and men, animals and plants alike...
In Chapter Five’s Parable of the Medicinal Herbs, or the Parable of the Rain of the Dharma, the Buddha compares himself to a rain cloud that softly blankets the whole earth and the dharma to the rain that nourishes all beings and things equally...
Using this beautiful and gentle story of a cloud, rain, and seeds blossoming into living plants, we see the interconnectedness of nature, where all the components are inextricably linked and connected in order for something new to grow...
While the dharma rain falls equally on each of us, we must do the work—through our practice, or right endeavor—to grow into the best versions of ourselves...
We are all bodhisattvas in the process of becoming buddhas. It takes time to grow. We need to drink in the rain of the dharma and nurture the dharma around us, like the continuous, circular flow of being.”
Mark Herrick in Keeping in Mind Our Interbeing Through the Parable of the Medicinal Herbs,
in Tricycle Magazine, February 1, 2024
Read the entire article here.
Meditation Schedule
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March 2026
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
March 3, 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
March 5, 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
March 10, 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/
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Thursday Morning Meditation Practice Group
March 12, 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
March 17, 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
March 19, 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
March 24, 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
March 26, 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
Tuesday Evening Meditation Practice Group - InsightLA Sitting Group
March 31, 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/