Classes
The Greatest Good Fortune: An Exploration of the Mangala Sutta (Apr 2022)
Given through the 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
The Greatest Good Fortune: An Exploration of the Mangala Sutta (Apr 2022)
Given through the 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