Programs

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  • July 19, 2024
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  • July 24, 2024
  • Lama Rod Owens

The Dharma of Spiritual Abolition

  • “I don’t want people to be punished for the harm they cause me or others. I want people to be free from the suffering they experience and the suffering they...
  • Residential
  • August 7, 2024
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  • July 2, 2025
  • Brian Lesage, Tuere Sala, Yahel Avigur

Emptiness: A Yearlong Study Program on “Seeing That Frees”

  • *REGISTRATION CLOSES ON JULY 19 AT 7:00 pm ET*In this year-long online program, we will explore the profound Buddhist teachings of dependent origination and emptiness through the practices and understandings...
  • Online
  • August 16, 2024
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  • August 21, 2024
  • Nolitha Tsengiwe, Marsha Lawson, Janet Surrey

The Voice of Another and Wise Attention: The Power of Relational Practice

  • The Buddha taught the dharma through speaking in relation to a particular person or group in a particular context and location. In the suttas, he emphasizes that wise view is cultivated...
  • Residential
  • August 23, 2024
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  • August 28, 2024
  • Bill Morgan, Susan Morgan

The Two Wings of Attention: Integrating Concentration and Mindfulness

  • While concentration and mindfulness are core elements of attention, there is often confusion about the distinction between them and also about their purpose and function.For example, how much concentration is...
  • Residential
  • August 30, 2024
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  • September 4, 2024
  • Adam Lobel, Kristin Barker

Discover your EcoDharma: Provocations and Possibilities for Practitioners

  • This program is for anyone who senses the potential for their dharma practice to address complex social and ecological challenges. It is for those who wish to practice and shape...
  • Residential
  • September 4, 2024
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  • September 29, 2024
  • Sherre DeLys, Rosalyn Driscoll

Dharma in the Studio: Self-Creation and Self-Surrender

  • Dharma in the Studio offers a relational context to explore and practice in the fertile territory shared by the Dharma and the arts. This program is for practitioners of the...
  • Online
  • September 9, 2024
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  • October 7, 2024
  • Ayya Santacitta, Karin Meyers

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
  • Paul Condon, John Makransky

Opening to the Primordial Goodness of Our Being

  • This program is for those who have previously practiced with John Makransky or Paul Condon and are thus familiar with the sustainable compassion trainings they teach (SCT). We discover new facets of...
  • Online

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