With
Peace Twesigye
Recorded : June 4, 2023
The dominant culture treats unpleasant feelings as problems, and pleasant feelings as if we should experience them all the time. This is neither possible nor wise. How can we fully feel the beautiful and...
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With
Yahel Avigur
Recorded : May 28, 2023
The qualities of trust, faith, and confidence are essential for mental health, profound spiritual explorations and the depth of relationships. To serve well, trust needs cultivating in conjunction with qualities of discerning wisdom and...
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With
Jill Satterfield
Recorded : May 21, 2023
Our heart/mind is naturally creative; it foresees, remembers, dreams, and perceives. The products of our imagination shape our intentions, expanding the realm of possibilities beyond what we’ve learned, seen, or experienced thus far. We...
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With
JD Doyle
Recorded : May 14, 2023
The Buddha invites us to travel the Middle Path, between extremes. How do we navigate this path that leads to knowledge, understanding and liberation? We practice with mindfulness and kindness to meet our day...
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With
Sarah Powers
Recorded : May 7, 2023
In this ever-changing landscape of living, the buddha dharma and psychological inquiry offer us skillful ways to pause and soften into the things that bring pain and suffering, while also reminding us to fully...
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With
Lila Kimhi
Recorded : April 30, 2023
The pursuit of freedom and happiness in the Buddha’s journey holds significant relevance to our own lives, particularly during challenging times. Embracing uncertainty, stepping out of our comfort zones, maintaining integrity, and risking it...
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With
Gregory Kramer
Recorded : April 23, 2023
When the mind is both bright and still, it sees things that are usually hidden to it. And there are things it does not see. And there can be apprehensions that change everything, and...
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With
Bart van Melik
Recorded : April 16, 2023
‘All things fall apart’ was the Buddha’s last teaching before passing away. How can we live peacefully with this universal and challenging truth? In this session, we’ll practice how attuning to change supports letting...
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With
Nobanto Mpotulo
Recorded : April 9, 2023
I cannot be fully me if you are not fully who you are destined to be. I AM Because We Are.
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With
Vidyamala Burch
Recorded : April 2, 2023
In this session Vidyamala introduces key areas of body awareness where mindful breathing can help to bring about regulation and calm in the body/heart/mind. She calls these the 5 B’s of the breath: Buttocks,...
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With
Ronya Banks
Recorded : March 26, 2023
You may have noticed that sometimes breaking old patterns is hard to do! But thanks to surviving ancient Buddhist teachings, we are NOT doomed to being stuck in the rut of the same old...
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With
Ralph Steele
Recorded : March 19, 2023
Racism and cultural identity have indiscriminately been seeded into human consciousness since the beginning of humanity. The health of any community begins with the Sense of Self. This Dharma assembly will focus on our...
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With
Mimi Kuo-Deemer
Recorded : March 12, 2023
This session explores ways that qigong, a Chinese energy cultivation practice, can deepen our embodied presence. There is discussion, intention-led movement and meditation to help ground our awareness, free up blockages and discover ways...
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With
Larry Ward
Recorded : March 5, 2023
We are living in a time of change that is evolutionary in its mystery, scope and depth. Emerging values of wellness of the self, Earth and society call us beyond the trance of colonial...
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With
Willa Blythe Baker
Recorded : February 26, 2023
"This thing person called "me", the one who is sensing, thinking and perceiving right now….who or what is it? This is an age old question that the traditions of the East, especially Buddhism and...
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With
Caverly Morgan
Recorded : February 19, 2023
Dualities are endless. Why? Because when we look through the lens of duality, everything seen appears to be dualistic. Join Caverly for a Dharma talk revolving around a reading from her new book The...
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With
Mark Coleman
Recorded : February 12, 2023
When we turn our attention to the sensory, natural world around us, mindfulness practice can become easeful and expansive. Nature allures awareness through her beauty, and range of dynamic, enchanting experience. In this session...
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With
Christopher Titmuss
Recorded : February 5, 2023
Humans live in the spell of the self, as if it had substantial existence.
Dharma offers a reflection/meditation/inquiry into this phenomenon.
One who asks 'Who Wakes Up?' lives in the spell.
Teaching will offer ways to a...
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With
Chris Willard
Recorded : January 29, 2023
How can we, and our communities, not just survive but thrive during challenging, post-traumatic times? Spirituality, positive psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, mindfulness and more have boosted human resilience in the face of adversity for generations....
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With
Pascal Auclair
Recorded : January 22, 2023
In this session, we will explore the Buddha’s wise use of images in the Phena Sutta. We will see how these are representations of the deepest teachings of Insight Meditation and how they can...
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With
James Baraz
Recorded : January 15, 2023
The Buddha was known as The Happy One. Though Joy is one of the Seven Factors of Awakening, with so much emphasis on working with suffering, joy can sometimes seem frivolous or unspiritual. His...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : January 8, 2023
So many of us feel assailed by doubt, anxiety and insecurity. Unhelpful self-talk, along with the uncertainties of the world, heighten and reinforce thought tendencies. Dharma practice helps us recognize and uproot ingrained patterns,...
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With
Vimalasara Mason-John
Recorded : December 18, 2022
In times of struggle we can always call on the ancestors. Our affinity ones are just as important as our biological ones. The Buddhist path is full of affinity beings who inspire us. Join...
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With
Norman Blair
Recorded : December 11, 2022
Finding a comfortable body posture when meditating is a crucial element in our practice. We can use our bodies as a way of experiencing change and impermanence. In this session, we will be looking...
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