Dharma Library
Enjoy video recordings of our previous live Sunday Sangha and Daily Meditation sessions, offered on dana basis.
Self and Not-Self: Who (What) are You?
With Recorded : October 25, 2020
This talk explores classic Buddhist teachings about anatta: self and not-self as well highlighting how other traditions and modalities recognized self and what it means to be free from self. We investigate self and...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of October 19, 2020
With Recorded : October 19, 2020
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the...
Practice as a Way of Remembrance
With Recorded : October 18, 2020
Many are referring to this time as apocalyptic. Fair enough. It can seem as though everywhere we turn a dismantling of some sort is in the works. While we might intellectually feel able to...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Kaira Jewel Lingo – Week of October 12, 2020
With Recorded : October 12, 2020
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the...
Methodology, Ideology and Cosmology: Three Dimensions of a Full Spectrum Practice
With Recorded : October 11, 2020
Dharma practice is sometimes seen too reductively through a uniquely meditative lens. This class looks not only at what you practice (methodology) but also at why you practice (ideology) and at your understanding of...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Kaira Jewel Lingo – Week of October 5, 2020
With Recorded : October 5, 2020
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the...
Meeting Grief with Love
With Recorded : October 4, 2020
Amidst so many changes and so much loss this year, many of us are grieving. We may be grieving the loss of a loved one, of our own health, of a job, or even...
The Monastery has Come to Us: Working with Thoughts and Emotions to Fuel Our Awakening in a Demanding Time
With Recorded : September 27, 2020
We’re in uncharted territory. Each day brings new shocks and challenges. How is it possible to respond with flexibility, kindness, and wisdom? Together we will get through this. Let’s practice a meditation strategy to...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of September 21, 2020
With Recorded : September 21, 2020
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the...
Compassion is a Political Act
With Recorded : September 20, 2020
This session is invitation for white practitioners and others to join Vimalasara in a discussion on the theme of liberation, the central tenet of Buddhist teachings. No one is liberated until we are all...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of September 14, 2020
With Recorded : September 14, 2020
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the...
Dharma Practice as Play, or, There is no Path until you Walk It!
With Recorded : September 13, 2020
In our troubled world dharma practitioners sometimes become earnest. But beings learn and develop through play, and to play we have to be fluid in mind, heart and body. Play fertilizes the human spirit...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of September 7, 2020
With Recorded : September 7, 2020
We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the...
Dharma, Sex, Intimacy and Covid
With Recorded : September 6, 2020
We are more physically isolated during these days of Covid. Less physical contact, less access even to each others smiles beneath the masks we wear to care for each others’ health. Contact and intimacy...
Love and Resiliency
With Recorded : August 30, 2020
The world is unsteady and chaotic. We find ourselves struggling in a pandemic that has completely disrupted our lives. Many of us are being confronted with the reality of death in a way we...
The Dharma of Homecoming in Times of Fear
With Recorded : July 26, 2020
Maya Angelou once wrote: “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” James Baldwin reflected: “Perhaps home is not...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Kaira Jewel Lingo – Week of July 20
With Recorded : July 20, 2020
We’re fortunate that Kaira Jewel Lingo has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. Links mentioned during these sessions can be found at the bottom of...
Restorative Stillness Even During Turbulent Times
With Recorded : July 19, 2020
“Enter into the stillness inside your busy life. Become familiar with her ways. Grow to love her, feel with all your heart and you will come to hear her silent music and become one...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Caverly Morgan – Week of July 13
With Recorded : July 13, 2020
We’re very grateful to have Caverly Morgan hosting our Daily Meditation Series for North America. To find out more about Caverly, and to view her past recordings and contributions to Sangha Live, click here.
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Kaira Jewel Lingo – Week of July 13
With Recorded : July 13, 2020
We’re fortunate that Kaira Jewel Lingo has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. Links mentioned during these sessions can be found at the bottom of...
Integrity – A Bridge Over Troubled Water
With Recorded : July 12, 2020
In challenging situations, we can lose our ground. Not knowing what to rely on, we are liable to reactivity, either withdrawing or lashing out. Fear and anger are very human reactions to what we...
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Caverly Morgan – Week of July 6
With Recorded : July 6, 2020
We’re very grateful to have Caverly Morgan hosting our Daily Meditation Series for North America. To find out more about Caverly, and to view her past recordings and contributions to Sangha Live, click here....