Due to the pandemic, my teachings are currently offered online. But things are shifting -- I will soon have events listed on the Live Teachings page.
Events are also listed on the Calendar page. All times are Pacific unless noted otherwise.
Dharma Talks (join via Zoom link from the sangha's website)
- Wed, Sept 1st, 7:00-8:30pm -- Coastside Vipassana
Daylongs and Half-Days
- TBD
Ongoing class:
- In This Very Life (sutta study), weekly on Friday online, 11am-noon, register by sending email. (No prior experience with Buddhist texts is required)
Series Classes and Retreats:
Entering the World of the Pali Canon
A Sati Center class co-taught with Ying Chen, David Lorey, and Diana Clark
Two Saturdays: July 24 and 31, 8:30-10:30am
Sometimes in Dharma talks we hear teachers refer to a sutta passage, “what the Buddha said,” or to “the Pali Canon.” What are they referring to? How can we find these passages ourselves and how do we know the Buddha even said these things? In this course we’ll explore the three “baskets" (tipitaka) of the Pali Canon, with particular attention to the specific books containing the suttas (discourses). The class includes reading and discussing several texts, along with suggestions for ways to practice with texts as part of one’s spiritual path. Each session also includes meditation and small-group interaction. This class is suitable for people new to the Pali Canon as well as those more familiar with it.
Find out more: https://www.sati.org/sati-center-classes/entering-the-world-of-the-pali-canon/
A Sati Center class co-taught with Ying Chen, David Lorey, and Diana Clark
Two Saturdays: July 24 and 31, 8:30-10:30am
Sometimes in Dharma talks we hear teachers refer to a sutta passage, “what the Buddha said,” or to “the Pali Canon.” What are they referring to? How can we find these passages ourselves and how do we know the Buddha even said these things? In this course we’ll explore the three “baskets" (tipitaka) of the Pali Canon, with particular attention to the specific books containing the suttas (discourses). The class includes reading and discussing several texts, along with suggestions for ways to practice with texts as part of one’s spiritual path. Each session also includes meditation and small-group interaction. This class is suitable for people new to the Pali Canon as well as those more familiar with it.
Find out more: https://www.sati.org/sati-center-classes/entering-the-world-of-the-pali-canon/
Awakening Poems -- Inspiration for Practice from the Therīgāthā and Theragāthā
A Sati Center class co-taught with David Lorey, Diana Clark, and Ying Chen
Three sessions: Aug 14, 17, and 19 (Sat-Tues-Thurs), 8:30-10:00am Pacific
During the Buddha’s lifetime and for several centuries after his death, monastic followers made a practice of recording their experience of awakening in verse. These poems come down to us in two collections, the Therīgāthā and the Theragāthā—awakening poems of nuns and of monks. The poems provide fascinating insight into the daily life, social setting, teachings, and culmination of practice in the early Buddhist sangha. Please join us as we explore these expressions of awakening, seeking in them both insight and inspiration. The class will include dharmettes, guided meditations, Q&A, and small group discussion.
Find out more: https://www.sati.org/sati-center-classes/awakening-poems-inspiration-for-practice-from-the-therigatha-and-theragatha/