With
Gregory Kramer
Recorded : May 24, 2020
Gregory writes: “Obviously our Dhamma practices infuse our lives (if not, something is amiss). We don’t usually talk about how this flows the other direction: the qualities we develop in our personal and professional...
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With
Eugene Cash
Recorded : May 17, 2020
These words, spoken by the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta, point us to the potential for awakening inherent in mindfulness practice. Even now, in the midst of the pandemic of Covid-19, we can explore...
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With
Justine Dawson
Recorded : May 10, 2020
Our current situation is giving us great practice with discomfort. whether we’re experiencing small inconveniences or significant disruption. Dharma teaches us that this very discomfort is a gateway to realization. Once our efforts to...
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With
Caverly Morgan
Recorded : May 3, 2020
We are deeply habituated to seek equanimity as if it’s a state to be found. In times of crisis, stakes are high. We try harder. The more desperate we feel, the more effort we...
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With
Jill Satterfield
Recorded : April 26, 2020
Jill writes: “We all possess the capacity to be very aware of our internal landscapes of body, heart and mind. And fortunately, with practice, we can tend to what we see, feel and know...
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With
Ronya Banks
Recorded : April 19, 2020
“The truth is that you will never be absolutely safe. All things change constantly, even what is most precious. This is the angst of life, the price of being a conscious human being.” –...
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With
Deborah Eden Tull
Recorded : April 12, 2020
The Coronavirus has given us the most explicit indication of interconnection in recent history. There is a quickening to the inquiry: What distortions is it time to let go of on behalf of the...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : April 5, 2020
Martin, the founding and guiding teacher of Sangha Live, leads our regular Sunday session, looking at skilful ways to meet this time of confinement and ‘forced retreat’. He offers various reflections on caring for...
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With
Kate Johnson
Recorded : March 29, 2020
Rarely has our inherent interdependence been more exposed than it is right now. As a society, we are depending on one another not only to wash our hands and keep our distance. We are...
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With
Pamela Weiss
Recorded : March 15, 2020
What would it look like to re-weave historical and archetypal women’s stories back into the fabric of Buddhist teachings? How could the inclusion of feminine qualities—receptivity, relationship, intuition and embodiment—transform the shape of practice?...
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With
Willa Blythe Baker
Recorded : March 8, 2020
If you seek to deepen in your meditation practice, there is no better friend than the body. Like a venerable teacher, the body has the power to draw you into the present moment, show...
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With
Kim Allen
Recorded : March 1, 2020
Dharma practice encourages us to see the present moment clearly – to meet and respond to it well. What is here in this moment? Another dimension of practice is to learn to appreciate absence:...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : February 23, 2020
At various times, it can feel like meditation practice has become routine. That nothing is really moving or deepening. However, there are many ways to consciously potentize your practice. In this class at the...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : February 16, 2020
Our lives include facing things we didn’t choose, and often cannot change; such as getting ill or injured, or loosing something or someone that we love. Dharma teachings invite us to turn towards these,...
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With
Stephen Fulder
Recorded : February 9, 2020
What is beyond the ordinary mind? What is beyond thought? How can we access a consciousness that is open, free and limitless? How can we dive into the ocean instead of being tossed by...
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With
Diana Winston
Recorded : February 2, 2020
This session will explore different ways in which attention works and associated meditation practices: from focused awareness, to flexible awareness, to natural awareness. We’ll do a number of fun experiential practices in hopes...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : January 26, 2020
Basic goodness is the fundamental ground of your own heart and mind and being. A buoyant heart allows us to face the ‘infinite ocean of suffering’ and stay open-hearted; It is the foundation for...
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With
Gregory Kramer
Recorded : January 19, 2020
The world is on fire, internally and externally; we can no longer look away, but in order to deal with it we need to be awake.The mind is often muddy, but it is also...
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With
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Recorded : January 12, 2020
Drawing on Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching on the different layers of consciousness, we will explore the nature of the seeds that sleep in the depths of our mind. We can each learn to be...
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With
Christopher Titmuss
Recorded : January 5, 2020
We start a new year. It is 2020. Perhaps the intensity of environmental dramas in 2019 finally made clear to many people the vulnerabilities to life on Earth. It might be useful to make...
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With
Shaila Catherine
Recorded : December 15, 2019
Scientists have documented some significant and measurable changes that occur as a result of meditation. But Buddhist practice is not limited to calm, pleasant, relaxing states of meditation. The liberating path includes a broad...
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With
Kittisaro
Recorded : December 8, 2019
In this session, Kittisaro looks at some essential ways the Dharma can help us find refuge and resilience in our fast-changing world.
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With
Caverly Morgan
Recorded : December 1, 2019
In a progressive path approach to practice, we sometimes fall for the idea that liberation is in the future. We are conditioned to believe that we must end thinking, master practices, meditate for years,...
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With
Vimalasara Mason-John
Recorded : November 22, 2019
This class is an opportunity to explore our meditation practice, on and off the cushions. Meditation can be everything we do. It’s up to us whether we have a life of meditation or a...
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