Upcoming Online Programs
The Daily Sit
Monday-Friday, 10:30-11:15 am EST
Dana offering - no pre-registration required
Bill & Susan will be on a year-long retreat in 2022 but the DAILY SIT will continue with the following facilitators:
Dawn Scott, David Kohn, Jaye Moyer, Lori Rugle, Lee Steppacher, Maria Cimino, Catherine Glenn
Monday & Wednesday--Teaching & Guided Meditation
Tuesday & Thursday--Guided Meditation
Last Thursday of the month--Small Sangha Groups
Friday---Silent Sit
No Weekend sittings.
Through the generosity of these facilitators, all dana offered to the Daily Sit will be used to support Bill & Susan on their year-long retreat as well as BCBS.
Cultivating the Jhāna Factors
Feb 6 - Mar 24, 2022
Six week online course
In this course Shaila Catherine will focus on cultivation of the five jhāna factors — directed attention, sustained attention, joy, happiness, and one-pointed attention. These factors develop in the natural course of concentration. Focused and Fearless: A Meditator’s Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm and Clarity, by Shaila Catherine and published by Wisdom Publications (2008), is required for this course.
This course is offered in collaboration with Bodhi Courses.
Untangling the Tangle:
Exploring Diverse Views on
Race and Anti-Racism
Feb 17 - Mar 24, 2022
Thursdays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm EST
Join Brian Lesage and Jessica Locke for this reading and discussion group for people who identify as white, to develop our capacities to clearly understand and compassionately respond to the many – often conflicting and challenging – views on race and anti-racism that are now such a prominent part of North American public culture.
Listen to this invitation from Brian and Jessica here.
Unconditional Love and Primordial Awareness
Feb 26 - 27, 2022
In this weekend retreat, John Makransky will explore ways of accessing and settling into primordial awareness, buddha nature, through practices adapted from Tibetan Buddhism (Dzogchen tradition). It will be of benefit to you in this retreat if you have read John’s book, Awakening Through Love, prior to the retreat.
Introduction to Buddhist Meditation:
Mindfulness and Lovingkindness
March 10 - April 14, 2022
Thursdays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm EST
Mindfulness practice offers so many different techniques and approaches that it may be hard to get started. Join Rachel Lewis for a step-by-step through the things you need to develop or strengthen your meditation practice.
Integrating Emptiness in Sitting Meditation and Daily Life
May 6 - 8, 2022
Teachers Bhikkhu Anālayo and Guo Gu engage in a lively teaching experience on perspectives of emptiness as found in both early Buddhist texts and in the later Chan (Chinese Zen) tradition. There will also be teachings via guided meditations from both teachers and live question and answer periods on Saturday and Sunday. There are prerequisites for this course.
Satipaṭṭhāna Meditation
Spring 2022
An online study and practice course
guided by Bhikkhu Anālayo
April 9 - June 11, 2022
Satipaṭṭhāna Meditation is an interactive and comprehensive online program modeled on in-person courses offered globally by Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo on the foundational mindfulness text the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta.
Applications Accepted through February 28th
Developing the Foundations of Practice
(3 Cohorts)
May 15 - June 26, 2022
Join Robin Craig for weekly Guided Meditations, topic talks, weekly group meetings, Q&A's and more. This course is the first of a three course series and will be followed by “Delight: The Heart of Practice” (exploring the brahmavihāras), and “Deepen: The Path of Practice” (on understanding and navigating the hindrances to practice from where you are). Offered at three different times to best fit your schedule.
Sundays 10:30 – 11:30 am EST (cohort I)
Sundays 12:30 – 1:30 pm EST (cohort II)
Sundays 8:15 – 9:15 pm EST (cohort III)
Previously Offered Programs
Mindfulness of Breathing
Winter 2022
An online study and practice course
guided by Bhikkhu Anālayo
January 21 - March 19, 2022
Mindfulness of Breathing is an eight-week, focused study on the sixteen steps of the Ānāpānasati-sutta. This program builds on the practice, particularly of the awakening factors, developed in the first course on Satipaṭṭhāna Meditation.
Applications Closed for Winter 2022
Next iteration will be Summer 2022
Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma
An online study and practice course guided by
Catherine McGee
Assisted by Yahel Avigur
Applications open June 6th 2022
14 weeks of practice and focused study of Soulmaking Dharma
Dharma and Art:
A Whole-Life Path
An online course with
Gregory Kramer,
Sherre DeLys & Rosalyn Driscoll
Applications are now closed for 2021
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