Due to the pandemic, all my teachings are currently offered online. Complete listing is on the Calendar page. All times are Pacific unless noted otherwise.
Dharma Talks (join via Zoom link from the sangha's website)
- Mon, Mar 8, 7:30-8:30pm -- Insight Meditation Center (via YouTube). IMC's YouTube Livestream
- March 15-19 (Mon-Fri), 1:30-2:15pm daily. One Year Hence: Reflections on Buddhist Wisdom. It has been one year since we started sheltering in place. Join with others in this week of daily reflections. Zoom link.
- Mon, Mar 22, 7:30-8:30pm -- Insight Meditation Center (via YouTube). IMC's YouTube Livestream
- Sun, June 20th, 11:00am-12:30pm -- SanghaLive teaching (meditation, talk, Q&A)
Daylongs: [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:
Renunciation in Lay Life
3 Wednesdays: Mar 10, 17, 24, 2021
5:30-6:30pm Pacific
In Buddhist teachings, renunciation, or letting go, is associated with contentment, ease, simplicity, and relational harmony. It supports the development of the path toward liberation. Although renunciation is often associated with monastic life, it can be harmonious with lay life, and increasing numbers of lay Buddhist practitioners are interested in how it can support their path.
In this series of classes, we will explore letting go of activities, mental patterns, and identifications that bring agitation into our minds. Participants will have the chance to practice renunciation in their own lives, ask questions about their experience, and learn together with others. Please register to receive the study guide and Zoom link for the class.
3 Wednesdays: Mar 10, 17, 24, 2021
5:30-6:30pm Pacific
In Buddhist teachings, renunciation, or letting go, is associated with contentment, ease, simplicity, and relational harmony. It supports the development of the path toward liberation. Although renunciation is often associated with monastic life, it can be harmonious with lay life, and increasing numbers of lay Buddhist practitioners are interested in how it can support their path.
In this series of classes, we will explore letting go of activities, mental patterns, and identifications that bring agitation into our minds. Participants will have the chance to practice renunciation in their own lives, ask questions about their experience, and learn together with others. Please register to receive the study guide and Zoom link for the class.
Developing Clarity; Discovering Mindfulness
6 Thursdays, Mar 18-May 27 (every other week)
5:30-7:00pm Pacific
An IMSB class co-taught with Shaila Catherine
This course will introduce mindfulness meditation in the context of three primary trainings of the Buddhist path: ethical conduct, mental development, and discerning wisdom.
Instructions and guided meditations will teach how to cultivate mindfulness of breath, sensations, emotions, thoughts and actions. Mindfulness refines our ability to focus attention, balance energy, remove distraction, and develop clarity regarding all aspects of life. This series will include exercises that enhance mindfulness, support the establishment of a daily meditation practice, and highlight clarity in work, relationships, and daily activities.
For more information, week-by-week curriculum, and to register, please click below. Kim and Shaila will alternate weeks in teaching the class.
Skillful Use of the Buddha's Teachings: An Exploration of the Alagaddupama Sutta (MN 22)
Apr 17th, 20th, 22nd, and 24th, 2021 (Sat-Tues-Thurs-Sat)
8:30-10:00am Pacific
A Sati Center class co-taught with Diana Clark, Ying Chen, and David Lorey
Challenged by a follower’s misunderstanding and misapplication of his words, the Buddha provides in the Alagaddupama Sutta (MN 22) a strongly worded and forceful presentation of the core teachings of impermanence and not-self. In advice that continues to be relevant to our practice today, he uses the famous similes of the snake and of the raft to explain how to hold and use the teachings.
Please join us as we explore this rich sutta, looking more deeply into what the Buddha means when he says: “both formerly and now what I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering.” The class will include dharmettes, guided meditations, Q&A, and small group discussion.
Please register below to receive the Zoom link and readings. We will be sending some passages to read before the first class.
Here are two versions of the sutta online:
If you have any questions, please email practicecourses.saticenter@gmail.com.
Pali Canon Workshops:
These sessions are for people who wish to "go to the source" of Buddhist teachings. You will be given the information and support to begin or deepen your relationship with these ancient wisdom texts.
Level 1: Approaching the Pali Canon
- Sun, July 26, 2020, 9am-Noon Online [may be repeated in the future due to popularity.]
Level 2: [Coming soon]