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The Path of the Bodhisattva: Choosing a Life of Kindness

With Heidi Bourne recorded on November 12, 2023.

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The path of the Bodhisattva asks us to dedicate ourselves to the well-being of all sentient beings – to show up as best as we can for ourselves, each other, and the natural world with a quality of no-matter-whatness. It’s an impossible though necessary task. Yet the teachings and practices of everyday dharma offer accessible, useful, and profound skills to help us walk this path.

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