Even in the most turbulent of times, we can take refuge in one truth: We choose the seeds we water in our lives. Only we can nurture the qualities that help us stay clear, courageous, and connected – both for ourselves and for our communities.
In this live, month-long journey, senior Dharma teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo offers a grounded and accessible exploration of the Four Wise Efforts, a foundational framework in the Buddhist tradition that teaches us how to prevent unwholesome states from arising, befriend and transform those that have arisen, cultivate wholesome states not yet present, and enlarge the goodness already within us.
Drawing on key elements of Buddhist psychology, insight practice, the Engaged Buddhism movement started by her teacher, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and her decades of teaching across diverse communities, Kaira Jewel guides us in working with our own minds – and our collective life together – by tending the seeds of our mental and emotional states.
This course weaves individual, relational, and collective practice. Through teachings, guided meditations, reflective exercises, and a social movement ecology framework, you’ll explore how tending your inner garden becomes an act of resistance – one that nourishes not only your own well-being, but the communities and world you care about.
By grounding our attention, stabilizing our hearts, and nurturing the goodness in ourselves and others, we can meet the challenges of our moment with resilience, wisdom, and a vision of the world we truly wish to grow.
