Barre Center for Buddhist Studies – Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

Online: Oct 3-24, 2023

Embodied Love: Bringing the Brahma Viharas into Everyday Life

Join Drs. Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward in exploring and practicing embodiment of the brahma viharas as a way to experience self-awareness, connection, self-regulation, balance, and self-acceptance.

Residential: Oct 6-8, 2023

Lions of the Wilderness: Early Buddhist Nature Poetry

Join Andrew Olendzki in exploring the Pali Canon verses (gathas) of poetry that movingly extol the beauty of nature and use themes from the natural world in describing Buddhist ideas and practices.

Residential: Oct 13-15, 2023

Self and Awakening in Psychoanalysis and Zen

Join Barry Magid and Max Erdstein in exploring the relationship between Zen Buddhist practice and Western psychology — and envisioning a practice informed, illuminated, and enlivened by this psychology.

Insight Journal

In the Buddhist tradition, wisdom is nurtured by a deep investigation of experience involving both dharma study and meditation practice. The Insight Journal, published by BCBS since 1994, is dedicated to exploring some of the insights that a balanced inquiry uncovers about ourselves, our world, and our fellow beings.

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Embodied Love: Bringing the Brahma Viharas into Everyday Life

Lions of the Wilderness: Early Buddhist Nature Poetry

Self and Awakening in Psychoanalysis and Zen

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