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  • September 9, 2024
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  • October 7, 2024
  • Karin Meyers, Ayya Santacitta

Plants and Us: Consciously Re-Rooting in the Web of Life

  • This program will explore our embeddedness in the web of life through practices that expand our perception and intuitive connection with the more-than-human-world through our plant relatives. Plants offer us...
  • Online
  • September 12, 2024
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  • September 15, 2024
  • William Edelglass

Exploring Forms of Buddhist Meditation: Practice, Doctrine, Context

  • What are the jhanas and are they necessary for insight?  What is the relationship between insight and concentration practices?  What is mindfulness and what is the role of mindfulness in...
  • Residential
  • September 20, 2024
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  • September 22, 2024
  • John Makransky, Paul Condon

Opening to the Primordial Goodness of Our Being

  • View a video invitation from John MakranskyThis program is for those who have previously practiced with John Makransky or Paul Condon and are thus familiar with the sustainable compassion trainings they...
  • Online
  • October 4, 2024
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  • October 6, 2024
  • David Chernikoff

Befriending Death, Embracing Life: An Online Insight Meditation Retreat

  • Watch a video invitation from David ChernikoffIt is said in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta: “Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death...
  • Online
  • October 6, 2024
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  • December 15, 2024
  • Shaila Catherine

Transformative Teachings: Sutta Study Inspired by the Daughters of Buddha

  • Buddhist teachings contain many inspiring stories of ordinary people whose lives were transformed when they encountered the Dharma. For people who met the Buddha more than two millennia ago as...
  • Online
  • October 10, 2024
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  • December 12, 2024
  • Valeria Galetto

El Noble Óctuple Sendero: el camino que conduce al fin del sufrimiento

  • El Noble Óctuple Sendero es una cuestión de práctica más que de conocimiento intelectual. Sin embargo, para llegar a destino, el camino tiene que ser entendido correctamente. “De hecho, señala...
  • Online
  • October 11, 2024
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  • October 20, 2024
  • Gregory Kramer

Insight in Insight Dialogue

  • Program Assistants: Jessica Mui and Ayya Anopama The word “insight” means different things in different contexts. What does it mean in “Insight Dialogue”? How does this relate to its meaning as...
  • Residential
  • October 17, 2024
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  • November 7, 2024
  • Ying Chen, David Lorey, Diana Clark, Kim Allen

Fear and Fearlessness

  • Watch a video invitation from Ying ChenThe Buddha faced immense challenges along his path to Awakening, including fear and persistent distractions. But engaging with fear leads to less fear and...
  • Online
  • November 2, 2024
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  • November 2, 2024
  • Zac Ispa-Landa, Cara Lai

The Dharma of Parenting: Nurturing Life, Love, and Liberation

  • How do we learn to practice with everything in our lives? As parents, we may feel like we aren’t truly on the path of liberation because our lives don’t look...
  • Online

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