Classes

Classes

The Spectrum of Compassion (Mar 2024)
(Sati Center for Buddhist Studies)
Unfortunately, Class 1 was not recorded.

Five Dharma Resources (Mar 2023)
(Sati Center for Buddhist Studies). The Buddha named a list of five qualities in a wide range of suttas, calling them types of wealth, ways of fortifying the mind, modes of spiritual growth, accomplishments, and inspirations. They are: Faith, virtue, learning, generosity, and wisdom.
     Entire series
     Session 1: Wealth
     Session 2: Cultivation
     Session 3: Learning, and an Appropriate Response

The Dhammapada: Gems of Wisdom (Nov 2022)
(Sati Center for Buddhist Studies). The Dhammapada is a short text containing profound wisdom. In three sessions, we unpack its main themes through lecture, discussion, and Q&A.
     Entire series
     Session 1: Main Themes and Contrasts
     Session 2: Waking Up
     Session 3: Discernment, Nuance, and Refinement

The Greatest Good Fortune: An Exploration of the Mangala Sutta (Apr 2022)
(Sati Center for Buddhist Studies). This text (Sn 2.4) is a compact exposition of the entire Eightfold Path and can be used as a guide for a contemplative lay life aimed at Awakening.
     Audio
     Video

Renunciation in Lay Life (Mar 2021)
A vision of renunciation for laypeople based on three themes.
     Simplicity
     Working with Mental Patterns
     Letting Go of Self

One Year Hence: Teachings to Commemorate a Year of Pandemic (Mar 2021)
Each day for a week, this offering consisted of a guided meditation, reflection, and discussion. Wisdom teachings are paired with heart qualities.
     Day 1: The Primacy of the Mind, and Faith
     Day 2: Impermanence and Death, and Equanimity
     Day 3: Views and Perceptions, and Metta
     Day 4: Not-self and Emptiness, and Joy
     Day 5: Big Mind, and Compassion 

The Dharma Life (Oct-Dec 2020) -- Co-taught with Diana Clark
In this course for experienced students, we engage with inquiry and discussion, as well as individual practices, to deepen our ability to embody the Dharma. Drawing from classical Buddhist teachings and texts, we discover how the uniqueness of our own experience intersects with these teachings.
     Session 1: Inquiry
     Session 2: Sutta Contemplation
     Session 3: Ethics and Relationship
     Session 4: Samadhi and Heart
     Session 5: Wisdom and Insight
     Session 6: Awakening and the Dharma Life

The Practice of Samadhi (Oct 2020)
     Session 1: Creating the Conditions
     Session 2: Jhana
     Session 3: Samadhi and Insight

The Transformation of the Analytical Mind (Jun 2020)
A six-session series on maturing the analytical mind through Dharma practice
     Session 1: The Analytical Mind and Direct Experience
     Session 2: The Path
     Session 3: Nourishments
​     Session 4: Clear Comprehension and Investigation
     Session 5: Calm, Concentration, and the Factors of Awakening
     Session 6: Wisdom and Awakening

The Liberating Teachings of the Buddha (Apr 2020) [Session 2 not recorded]
A four-part series on the teachings about Nibbana, Awakening, Enlightenment -- and the path to realizing this.
     Session 1
     Session 3
     Session 4

Starting from Within (Jan 2018)
A 3-week series on Wise Intention -- based on the classic teaching, "Avoid what is harmful, do what is skillful, and cultivate the mind."
     Session 1
     Session 2
     Session 3

The Breath as a Gateway to Liberation (Oct 2016)
A deep dive into the practice of Anapanasati, mindfulness of breathing, based on MN 119. Includes guided meditations, teachings, and Q&A.
     Session 1
     Session 2
     Session 3

Sutta Study as a Support for Practice (Dec 2015)
     Part 1: The Path and Training
     Part 2: A Life of Dhamma
     Part 3: Meditation and the Mind