Are You Listening? Zen Meditation, a Deaf Perspective, pt. 1

Patty Underbrink
Are You Listening?
Zen Meditation, a Deaf Perspective
(presented in ASL, with subtitles on the non-signed dialog)
- part 1 of 3 -

A Dharma Talk in American Sign Language (ASL) given by Patty Underbrink.

Interpreted into spoken English by Jenny Powley.

Awakening Heart (Community of Mindful Living).
An interfaith sangha inspired by the Universal Wisdom and Compassion of Buddhist Spirituality in the tradition of our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh.

Gatherings every Sunday evening at 5:30 pm
ASL interpretation for the deaf provided each week
@ Unity Church of Dallas
6525 Forest Ln
Dallas, Texas 75230

Facilitated by Brother ChiSing

Information at http://www.AwakeningHeart.org

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• buddha
• buddhism
• buddhist
• thich
• nhat
• hanh
• zen
• meditation
• spiritual
• practice
• sangha
• deaf
• asl
• mindfulness
• Br. ChiSing
• Brother ChiSing

[humbleness00]

Yeaah.... Zen meditation.

[humbleness00]

umm, good ! i accordingly...... Why don't i tell you the truth.... Yeah you do want what i tell you the truth.... I am atheist and defense. i honestly, i meditate sometime, truly wonderful !

[stacygm]

This is great! I enjoyed it! It's so nice to see spiritual experiences from other deaf. I'm deaf and have been practicing Hinduism for 5 years now. There are a lot of similarities between Buddhism and Hinduism. I love Eastern Philosophies. Would love to connect with more deaf Buddhist and Hindu's.

[stacygm]

@tenzindad Are you on facebook?

[claredygert]

I'm a Buddhist practitioner (Drikung Kagyu) and a student of ASL. I wonder what kind of support/materials Deaf practitioners would like that they don't currently have? It seems like we should work together to bring Dharma to everyone, including the Deaf. I'm interested in your thoughts.

[cikazu]

as a practicing deaf buddhist for 27 years (since 4 years old and was exposed to the practice by my mother who kept me involved in the activities since then) I am so relieved to see there are other deaf buddhist. I have been searching for other as myself for a while. I would like to connect with people who are like me.

[marianicolay]

I am happy to see a deaf person express how they feel inside and relay to hearing people. I am happy you have inner peace from Zen. Good luck in Life!!

[coolnycman1976]

I am deaf person and desire to study buddhism for myself with open mind.

[Signlang1]

I am an Educational Interpreter, and we are beginning to study buddhism in my student's class. I am trying to learn signs and vocabulary related to this topic. Anyone have a good resource online for that? Or willing to send me video clips of signed vocabulary??

[tenzindad]

WOW! PAH! I have been a Deaf Buddhist for almost 10 years and it is a rare chance to run into a fellow deaf buddhist. Namaste! We need to form an alliance nationally if there isn't already one. Peace to you all!