Cultivating wise and skillful relationships is one way to frame the entire path to awakening. How are we relating to ourselves, other beings, and the world? During our time together, we'll explore how the practice of wise relationship leads to full awakening.
Whatever your pronouns, come ponder with us—How has gender identity shaped our lives? How can the Buddha’s teachings help us contemplate our experience (or non-experience!) of gender?
Drawing on teachings from the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta and the Upādānas, this talk explores walking the path as radical reorientation, and the relationship between freedom and letting go.
The gift of truth is the most precious gift.
The taste of truth is the sweetest taste.
The Love of truth is the greatest love.
Buddha
(*Dharma means Truth)
Many of the Buddha's instructions for mindfulness of the body are geared toward in-life, off-the-cushion experience. Let's explore some of these ever-present ways to "be here now."
This practice is the first of the Four Protective Meditations, which show us the potential as well as the limitations of a human life. These are reminders of what is true, real and possible.