Introduction to Meditation Core Trainings with Lisa Gakyo Schaewe

July 10, 2023 We will offer a basic, introductory training in meditation, unattached to any specific tradition, that participants can put into personal practice immediately. It has been said, “Stillness answers every question.” Let’s explore that together. This class can be taken multiple times.

Introduction to the Three Tenets with Grant Couch

11 September 2023 I will embody Not Knowing, thereby giving up fixed ideas. I will Bear Witness, opening my heart to the joy and suffering of life. I will take Loving Action arising out of not-knowing and bearing witness.

The Art of Appreciative Attention

John Brehm, author of Dharma Talk (Wisdom Publications, 2023) proposes a new way of reading poetry, one where our primary intention is to find greater intimacy with the poem rather than greater understanding of it. Just as a person will relax and come alive when they feel truly seen, poems begin to glow in the light […]

The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul

Even those of us with spiritual practices don’t often connect them to our aging. How do we use the circumstances of age as openings to psychological and spiritual development? How do we do shadow-work in the context of retirement, illness, loss, and mortality? How do we find spiritual practices that lead to expanding our awareness […]

Mindfulness of Mind-Heart and the Five Conditions

When we project conditioning from our past onto the present, we turn a benign moment into something else. The Five Conditions model is a « user-friendly » version of the traditional 5 Aggregates/5 Skandhas system. It’s an extremely helpful tool in clarifying the distinction between our direct experience of reality and the mental projections we add to […]

Get Out of Your Head

When we project conditioning from our past onto the present, we turn a benign moment into something else. Understanding the “five conditions” can help us get back to reality. By Sean Murphy    Like many others, I’ve always found traditional Buddhist formulations of the five “aggregates” (Skt., skandhas ) difficult to put into practice in […]

Committed Relationships & Peacemaking

please join: Roshis Pat Enkyo O’Hara & Barbara Joshin O’Hara, Roshis Nicolee Jikyo McMahon & Barry Kaigen McMahon, Roshis Gerry Shishin Wick & Ilia Shinko Perez, Roshis June Ryushin Tanoue & Robert Joshin Althouse