What is Soulmaking Dharma?
Rooted in the Buddha’s teaching of emptiness, ethics, and meditative training, Soulmaking Dharma is a rich and resonant contemporary flowering of the Dharma.
Our Buddhist practice reveals to us that perception is empty and shapeable. We see that we inevitably participate in making the world through the ways we sense and see. Understanding this, the soulmaking practitioner learns to open and tune their heart, body, imagination, desire, and intellect to form an instrument for soulful perception: sensing and seeing self, others, and world in ways that bring more beauty, dimensionality, and meaningfulness — and that restore, open, and expand senses of sacredness.
Here, the depths and subtleties of meditative practice, the particularities of the individual and their personal journeys, and the gifts, complexities, and sufferings of our time can all find their specific place in a responsive, intelligent, and soulful Dharma.
Soulmaking Dharma teachings rest upon practices of samatha, metta, emptiness, and the emotional/energy body. The Soulmaking teachings are laid out in several hundred hours of Dharma talks by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee on Dharmaseed.org.
Options for Participation
To make Soulmaking Dharma as accessible as possible, we are offering two forms of participation.
Option 1 – Online Program + In-Person Retreat: For those who are able to come to BCBS for a residential retreat on January 10-17, 2025, this program has both online and in-person components. The retreat registration information and cost will be provided after your acceptance into the online Soulmaking program. Applications for the retreat will open in August.
Option 2 – Online Program Only: Others can participate and have a deep exploration of Soulmaking Dharma through the online elements of the program.
