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All Sunday meetings start at 6:00. Meetings are live-streamed and sometimes in-person. For the connection link and other information, visit:
MarinSangha.org/news?ev=live.

Note that this schedule can change at any time without advance notice.

Sun, Jul 13 Heidi Bourne
Sun, Jul 20 Kim Allen
Sun, Jul 27 Ashley Sharp
Sun, Aug 3 Lisa Ernst
Sun, Aug 10 "Hybrid" sangha with
Eve Decker
Sun, Aug 17 Donald Rothberg
Sun, Aug 24 Donald Rothberg
Sun, Aug 31 JD Doyle
Sun, Sep 7 Lisa Dale Miller
Sun, Sep 14 Cathy Small
Sun, Sep 21 TBD
Sun, Sep 28 TBD
Sat, Oct 4 Day-Long Retreat
with Matthew Brensilver
More to be announced...

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Jul 13, 2025   Heidi Bourne
Guided Meditation
Coming From Gratitude: in Honor of Joanna Macy

Jul 6, 2025   Ashley Sharp
Apples to Oranges: The Comparing Mind

Jun 27, 2025   Stephanie Noble
Dancing with the Dharma

Jun 22, 2025   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation: Concentration, Mindfulness, and Insight into Reactivity and the Sense of Self
Bringing Our Practice to the Current Difficult Times, part 2

Jun 15, 2025   Donald Rothberg
Bringing Our Practice to the Current Difficult Times, part 1

Jun 8, 2025   Lisa Dale Miller
Show Up for Democracy!

Jun 1, 2025   Noliwe Alexander
Taking Refuge - Path to Freedom

May 25, 2025   Ashley Sharp
Working with Anger

May 18, 2025   Heidi Bourne
Hindrances & Vicissitudes: Distractions, Obstacles, and Opportunities

May 4, 2025   Ayya Sobhana
Calming the Mind, Seeing Clearly

Apr 27, 2025   Brett Wheeler
The Solidity of Wind, Dharma and the Use of Language

Apr 20, 2025   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation: Developing Samadhi (Concentration) 2
Developing Samadhi (Concentration): The Nature of Samadhi, Its Importance in Our Practice, and Common Challenges in Developing Samadhi

Apr 13, 2025   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation: Developing Samadhi (Concentration)
Reflections from a Four-Week Retreat: Listening Deeply for the Inner Calling, and Developing Samadhi (Concentration) through Practicing the Jhanas
(A pdf of the handout is at www.MarinSangha.org/pdf/250413_Jhanas.pdf)

Apr 6, 2025   bruni dávila
Mindfulness and Metta Hand by Hand - In the Midst of All

Mar 30, 2025   Bill Coffin
Guided Sit: When the Mind Wanders...
When the Mind Wanders: Attention and Awareness

Mar 23, 2025   Eve Decker
Engaged Buddhism: Tending Outer and Inner Suffering

Mar 16, 2025   JD Doyle
Generosity and Anatta

Mar 9, 2025   Kim Allen
Real Wealth

Mar 2, 2025   Lisa Ernst
The Dharma of Living and Dying

Feb 23, 2025   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation Exploring the Constructions of Experience
Talk and Discussion: Awakening from the Constructions of Experience in Formal Meditation and Daily Life

Feb 16, 2025   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation on Feeling-Tone (Pleasant, Unpleasant, or Neutral) and Reactivity.
The Heart of Practice: Practicing with the Teaching on Dukkha, the End of Dukkha, and Awakening in Daily Life

Feb 10, 2025   Ying Chen
The Tyranny of Expectations
(Guided Meditation and Dharma Talk)

Feb 2, 2025   Cathy Small
Three Practices for a More Peaceful Life

Jan 26, 2025   Ashley Sharp
The Papanca Factory

Jan 19, 2025   Heidi Bourne
The Necessary, Beautiful, & Complex Practice of Metta

Jan 12, 2025   Heather Sundberg
The Bahiya Sutta Story, Guided Practice, and Practice Tips

Jan 5, 2025   Phillip Moffitt
A Meditation for Empowering Your Capacity of Relatedness
Understanding the Four Noble Truths as Empowering Wise Relating to Your Life

Dec 22, 2024   Ashley Sharp
Tending the Fires of Life: The Three Refuges

Dec 15, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Equanimity Practice: Talk, Practice Period, and Discussion
A pdf of the handout is at www.MarinSangha.org/pdf/241208.pdf

Dec 8, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Cultivating Joy and Developing Mudita (Appreciative Joy)
(Dharma talk followed by guided sits)
A pdf of the handout is at www.MarinSangha.org/pdf/241208.pdf

Dec 1, 2024   Kim Allen
Second Arrows: Attraction to the Hindrances

Nov 24, 2024   Mei Elliott
Faith

Nov 17, 2024   Heather Sundberg
Suchness: Understanding Conditions, Responding with Compassion

Nov 3, 2024   Ashley Sharp
The Power of Mantra

Oct 27, 2024   Heidi Bourne
Learning to Listen With Intention & Curiosity

Oct 20, 2024   Ashley Sharp
The Power of Mindfulness; The freedom of Letting Go

Oct 13, 2024   Bill Coffin
The Practice of Radiant Kindness

Oct 6, 2024   Heidi Bourne
Seeing Clearly, Acting Beautifully

Sep 29, 2024   Lisa Dale Miller
Simile of the Vipers

Sep 22, 2024   Cathy Small
Inner Weather: Frayed by Feelings

Sep 15, 2024   Bill Coffin
Awe and the Capacity for Happiness

Sep 14, 2024   Phillip Moffitt
Just Let Go: Finding Freedom through the Ego's Surrender
Practicing Practice
Guided Meditation: Arriving and Availability
Walking Meditation Q&A
Guided Meditation: Integrity, Humility, and Inner Dignity
Letting go; Q&A; Guided Meditation

Sep 8, 2024   Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith
Reflections on the Practice of Equanimity

Sep 1, 2024   Ayya Anandabodhi
Developing Spacious Awareness

Aug 25, 2024   Ying Chen
Doing What is Hard to Do (sit and talk)

Aug 18, 2024   Dawn Neal
This is Nature

Aug 11, 2024   Lisa Ernst
Ichigo Ichie: Appreciating This Moment that Will Never Come Again.

Aug 4, 2024   Dawn Scott
Mudita: Sharing the Blessings & an Antidote to Adverse Cultural Conditioning

Jul 28, 2024   Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith
Guided Metta Meditation
Reflections on the Metta Sutta and the 10 Paramis

Jul 21, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation: Connecting Wisdom and the Awakened Heart in Mindfulness (including Attending to Impermanence and Dukkha) and Metta Practice
Connecting Wisdom with the Awakened Heart 2

Jul 14, 2024   Kim Allen
Recognizing Our Own Good Qualities

Jul 7, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation: Connecting Wisdom and the Awakened Heart in Concentration, Mindfulness, Metta, and Radiating Metta Practices
Connecting Wisdom and the Awakened Heart 1

Jun 30, 2024   Bill Coffin
The Practices of Gratitude and Generosity

Jun 23, 2024   Shaila Catherine
Who Knows Best: Exploring the Judging Mind

Jun 16, 2024   Cathy Small
The Fog of Delusion

Jun 9, 2024   Ashley Sharp
Turning Inwards; Practicing Non-Clinging

Jun 2, 2024   Ayya Sobhana
Grow Where You Are Planted!

May 26, 2024   Ying Chen
Caga: Cultivating relinquishment and fostering generosity, teachings from MN 140

May 19, 2024   Ayya Santacitta
Working with Maranasati (Contemplation of Mortality)

May 11, 2024   Ayya Anandabodhi
Daylong Retreat: Settling Into Body and Breath
Dharma Reflections
Guided Metta Meditation
Conclusion

May 5, 2024   Ashley Sharp
Equanimity and the Ephemeral Nature of this World

Apr 14, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Further Exploration of Ten Ways of Deepening Practice
A pdf of the list is at www.MarinSangha.org/pdf/TenWaysDeepeningPractice.pdf

Apr 7, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Reflections on a Four-Week Retreat: Ten Ways of Deepening Practice
A pdf of the list is at www.MarinSangha.org/pdf/TenWaysDeepeningPractice.pdf

Mar 31, 2024   Ayya Santacitta
Buddhanusati ~ Recollection of the Buddha

Mar 24, 2024   Heidi Bourne
Equanimity & Renunciation, Expressions of Each Other, Part 2

Mar 17, 2024   Heidi Bourne
Equanimity & Renunciation, Expressions of Each Other, Part 1

Mar 10, 2024   Ashley Sharp
Joyful Effort

Mar 3, 2024   Lisa Dale Miller
Awakened Heart-Mind

Feb 25, 2024   Heidi Bourne
Wisdom & Energy Keep Us Afloat; an Exploration of the Paramis

Feb 18, 2024   Ashley Sharp
The Everyday Power of Letting Go

Feb 11, 2024   Lisa Ernst
Waking Up to Everyday Inconvenience

Feb 4, 2024   Tuere Sala
Guided Meditation: Study, Practice, Realization: Three Aspects of Dharma
Study, Practice, Realization: Three Aspects of Dharma

Jan 28, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation on the Practice of Radiating Metta
Connecting Metta with Clear Seeing and Wisdom 2: Talk and Discussion

Jan 21, 2024   Donald Rothberg
Guided Practice: Mindfulness, Metta, Connecting Metta with Mindfulness
Connecting Metta with Clear Seeing 1: Talk and Discussion

Jan 14, 2024   Dawn Scott
Knowing as Refuge

Jan 7, 2024   Phillip Moffitt
Guided meditation: Being Available to the Manifest World
A New Years Resolution in the Context of the Dharma

Dec 3, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Applying the Ten Foundations for Bringing Our Practice to Differences and Conflicts to the Israel/Palestine Conflict
(A PDF is available at Ten Foundations for Practicing with Conflict)

Nov 26, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with Differences and Conflicts: Ten Foundations

Nov 19, 2023   Heather Sundberg
The Filling Up and Emptying Out of Self

Nov 12, 2023   Ayya Sobhana
Guided Sit: Awareness of Death
Meditating for Death Awareness

Nov 5, 2023   Dawn Neal
Deep Stories of the Buddha and Transformation

Oct 29, 2023   Heidi Bourne
It's a Radical Act to Let Things Hurt

Oct 22, 2023   Dawn Neal
The Forest and the Tree: Broadening Dharmic Awareness

Oct 15, 2023   Lisa Dale Miller
Be a Light in a World of Darkness

Oct 8, 2023   Kim Allen
Surface Waves and the Deep Beauty Beneath

Oct 1, 2023   Heidi Bourne
The Path of the Bodhisattva; Choosing a Life of Kindness, Part 2

Sep 24, 2023   Heidi Bourne
The Path of the Bodhisattva; Choosing a Life of Kindness, Part 1

Sep 23, 2023   Matthew Brensilver
The Convergence of Wisdom and Love (From the day-long retreat)

Sep 17, 2023   Art Jolly
Training and Reorienting

Sep 10, 2023   Art Jolly
Practice as Purification

Sep 3, 2023   Ashley Sharp
Caring for Self and Other; Wise Speech
(Guided Meditation and Talk)

Aug 20, 2023   Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith
The Middle Way

Aug 13, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Four Foundations of Wise Speech

Jul 23, 2023   Art Jolly
Arriving and Working With Dukkha

Jul 16, 2023   Ayya Santacitta
The Four Protective Meditations

Jul 9, 2023   Heidi Bourne
Turning Our Lives Towards Joy

Jul 2, 2023   Lisa Ernst
Emptiness and Making a Better Story

Jun 25, 2023   Ayya Sobhana
The Buddha's Advice on Using the Requisites of Life

Jun 18, 2023   Ashley Sharp
The Path of the Buddha: A Foundation for a Meaningful Life

Jun 11, 2023   Heidi Bourne
Dukkha is Not a Mistake

Jun 4, 2023   Sally Armstrong
Wise Attention

May 28, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation Exploring Four Ways of Practicing That Can Be Brought into Daily Life 2
Deepening Daily Life Practice 2

May 21, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation Exploring Four Ways of Practicing That Can Be Brought into Daily Life 1
Deepening Daily Life Practice 1: Eight Ways

May 14, 2023   Ashley Sharp
Mindfulness, The Great Protector

May 7, 2023   Ashley Sharp
We All Have a Body: Embodiment, Practice, and Mystery

Apr 30, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Seeing Daily Life As Sacred, As Sacramental (Part 2): Five Ways of Practicing

Apr 23, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Seeing Daily Life As Sacred, As Sacramental (Part 1)

Apr 16, 2023   Dawn Scott
Satipatthana -- a Brief Overview

Apr 9, 2023   Stephanie Noble
A Kinder Understanding of the Khandas

Apr 2, 2023   Eve Decker
Dis-identifying from Challenging Thoughts

Mar 26, 2023   Heidi Bourne
One Long Precious Moment; Please Do Not Squander Your Life

Mar 19, 2023   Lisa Dale Miller
Basic Human Goodness

Mar 12, 2023   Dawn Neal
Nurturing Conditions for Wisdom and Compassion

Mar 5, 2023   Ayya Santacitta
A Crisis of Humility

Feb 26, 2023   Ashley Sharp
Cultivating the Beautiful: 7 Factors of Awakening

Feb 19, 2023   Tuere Sala
The Simplicity of Practice

Feb 12, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with the Challenges of Our World

Feb 5, 2023   Donald Rothberg
Buddhist Heart and Wisdom Teachings and Practices and the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan 29, 2023   Shaila Catherine
Love of Practice

Jan 22, 2023   Heidi Bourne
Thus Have I Heard; an Exploration of Core Teachings and Why They Matter

Jan 15, 2023   Stephanie Noble
Evolving Our Understanding of Metta

Jan 8, 2023   Dawn Scott
Equanimity: the Wisdom of Wise Perspective

Jan 1, 2023   Phillip Moffitt
Dharma Lessons for Seeking Internal and External Change
(Guided sit followed by talk)

Dec 18, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with View, Beliefs, and Positions at the Time of the Holidays

Nov 27, 2022   Heidi Bourne
Step Into Practice with Confidence & Trust

Nov 20, 2022   Heidi Bourne
Place Your Heart Upon Your Practice: Exploring the Five Spiritual Faculties

Nov 13, 2022   Ashley Sharp
Spiritual Power through the Five Faculties

Nov 6, 2022   Phillip Moffitt
Guided Meditation: Becoming Mindful of How You Relate to Suffering
Understanding Dharma through the lens of Relatedness

Oct 30, 2022   Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith
Metta: Radical Love for Everyday Living

Oct 23, 2022   Art Jolly
Practicing with Aging Bodies

Oct 16, 2022   Dawn Neal
A Deep Dive into Anapanasati Practice

Oct 9, 2022   Ashley Sharp
Awe and Mystery; Surrendering to Dharma

Oct 2, 2022   Shaila Catherine
Beyond Distraction

Sep 25, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Ten Ways of Practicing with Reactivity
(A PDF is available at 10 Ways to Work With Dukkha)

Sep 24, 2022   Ayya Anandabodhi
Day-long Retreat: Radiating Kindness Over the Entire World
First guided meditation: Settling and Arriving in the Present
Morning Sit and Reflection: Metta Practice
Q&R for "Radiating Kindness Over the Entire World"
Guided Radiant Metta Practice

Sep 18, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Exploring "Dukkha and the End of Dukkha" as a Guide to Individual, Relational, and Collective Practice

Sep 11, 2022   Donald Rothberg
The Center of Our Practice: Exploring Dukkha and the End of Dukkha
(A PDF is available at Dukkha)

Sep 4, 2022   Bill Coffin
Gratitude

Aug 28, 2022   Heather Sundberg
Letting Go: Teachings and Practices Inspired by Ajahn Chah

Aug 21, 2022   Art Jolly
Wise Intention

Aug 14, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Developing Equanimity, Compassion, and Responsiveness in a Time of Crisis

Aug 7, 2022   Art Jolly
Wise View

Jul 31, 2022   Eve Decker
Guided Meditation: Equanimity
Equanimity

Jul 24, 2022   Art Jolly
Working with Judging, Comparing and Fixing

Jul 17, 2022   Dawn Neal
How We Relate to Strangers Reveals and Deepens Maturity of Practice

Jul 10, 2022   Phillip Moffitt
Mindfulness Empowers Choosing Non-suffering over Suffering

Jul 3, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with Differences and Conflicts, Part 2

Jun 19, 2022   Heidi Bourne
Our Innate Nobility & Interconnection with All Beings

Jun 12, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with Differences and Conflicts, Part 1

Jun 5, 2022   Ashley Sharp
The Spacious Heart; Exploring Equanimity

May 29, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Exploring and Practicing with Fear, Part 2

May 22, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Exploring and Practicing with Fear, Part 1

May 8, 2022   Ashley Sharp
Joy is a Verb

May 1, 2022   Dawn Scott
The Arc of the 4 Noble Truths

Apr 24, 2022   Ayya Santussika
Joy

Apr 17, 2022   Dawn Neal
The Power of Perceptual Humility

Apr 10, 2022   Dawn Scott
When You Think...You Should Think This Is Dukkha

Apr 3, 2022   Leslie Booker
Part 2: Equanimity: Love + Tenderness + Clear Boundaries without Attachment

Mar 27, 2022   Leslie Booker
Part 1: Metta: Heart with Fists!

Mar 20, 2022   Richard Shankman
Trusting Our Inner Teacher

Mar 13, 2022   Dawn Scott
Brahmaviharas for the Best and Worst of Times

Mar 6, 2022   Lisa Dale Miller
How to be Wise in the Midst of Difficult World Events

Feb 20, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Thich Nhat Hanh's 14 Precepts of the Order of Interbeing and An Expanded Understanding of Ethical Practice
(A PDF is available at 14 Precepts)

Feb 13, 2022   Donald Rothberg
Reflections on the Life and Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh

Feb 6, 2022   Ashley Sharp
The Power of Friendliness

Jan 30, 2022   Stephanie Noble
Unveiling Dharma

Jan 23, 2022   Richard Shankman
What is Known and Unknown

Jan 22, 2022   Dawn Scott
Wise Attention (Day-long overview)

Jan 16, 2022   Bill Coffin
Awareness of Awareness: Practice

Jan 9, 2022   Ashley Sharp
Jump into the River: Framing Your Practice

Dec 19, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Awakening at Winter Solstice

Dec 12, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Relating to the Ancestors in Spiritual Practice

Dec 5, 2021   Dawn Scott
Compassion & Compassionate Action

Nov 28, 2021   Ashley Sharp
Gratitude Is Not Platitude

Nov 21, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Traditional and Contemporary Understandings of Awakening and the Path to Awakening

Nov 14, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Awakening 2: The Seven Factors of Awakening

Oct 31, 2021   Bill Coffin
Guided Meditation: The Beautiful Breath
The Beautiful Breath

Oct 24, 2021   Phillip Moffitt
Guided Meditation: Equanimity
Equanimity

Oct 3, 2021   Ashley Sharp
Boddhicitta: Awakening for the Benefit of All

Sep 26, 2021   Lisa Dale Miller
Kindness vs. Niceness

Sep 19, 2021   Lisa Dale Miller
Simile of the Saw

Sep 12, 2021   Bill Coffin
Friends

Sep 5, 2021   Donald Rothberg
The Nature of Awakening According to the Buddha, the Thai Forest Tradition, and Tibetan Traditions

Aug 29, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with the Challenges of Our Lives: Ten Guidelines

Aug 22, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Deepening Daily Life Practice: Foundational Practices

Aug 15, 2021   Art Jolly
Supports For Practice

Jun 13, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Cultivating Confidence/Trust/Faith in Our Practice

Jun 6, 2021   Heather Sundberg
Practical Tips for practicing with both Reactivity and Release

May 30, 2021   Bill Coffin
Happiness and the Heavenly Abodes

May 23, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Buddhist Practice & Transforming Racism: Seven Themes That Can Guide Us

May 9, 2021   Ayya Sobhana
Inspired by Mother's Love

May 2, 2021   Ayya Sobhana
How the Buddha Woke Up (Dependent Arising)

Apr 18, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation: Lightly-Guided Meditation
Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life 2: Talk, Guided Meditation, and Discussion

Apr 11, 2021   Donald Rothberg
Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life

Mar 28, 2021   Dawn Scott
Satipatthana, Our Ancestral Home: Cemetery Contemplations

Feb 28, 2021   Dawn Scott
Satipatthana as Our Ancestral Home: Anatomical Parts

Feb 14, 2021   Dawn Scott
Satipatthana Our Ancestral Domain: The Elemental Nature of the Body

Jan 31, 2021   Dawn Scott
Let Me Hear Joy and Gladness: The Joy of Compassion

Jan 10, 2021   Shaila Catherine
How Conduct Bears Fruit

Jan 3, 2021   Phillip Moffitt
Guided Meditation: Fully Arriving in the Here and Now
Do We Dare to Create a Blank Page?

Dec 20, 2020   Oren Jay Sofer
Teaching of All the Buddhas

Dec 6, 2020   Dawn Scott
Sati: Friend of Your Mind

Nov 22, 2020   Dawn Scott
Dukkha as a Gateway to Faith

Nov 15, 2020   Dawn Scott
Renunciation: Gradual Letting Go Into Nibbana

Nov 8, 2020   Dawn Scott
Learning to Love: Befriending Reactivity, Befriending Freedom

Nov 1, 2020   Phillip Moffitt
Equanimity in Difficult Times

Oct 24, 2020   Sally Armstrong
Sangha Day-Long: Compassion: The Caring Heart
Introduction and Overview of Compassion
Guided Meditation on Self-Compassion
Compassion Opens to Suffering:
Guided Meditation on Compassion for the Suffering Person
Compassion in Action:
Guided Meditation on Radiating Compassion to All Beings

Oct 18, 2020   Art Jolly
Working With The Elements

Oct 11, 2020   Donald Rothberg
Awakening in a Time of Crisis

Sep 27, 2020   Nikki Mirghafori
An Invitation to Joy

Aug 30, 2020   Donald Rothberg
Deepening Our Practice in Time of Crisis 3:
Responding to Social Dukkha

Aug 23, 2020   Donald Rothberg
Deepening Our Practice in Time of Crisis 2:
Cultivating Mindfulness of the Body and Transforming Reactivity

Aug 16, 2020   Donald Rothberg
Deepening Our Practice in Time of Crisis 1

Aug 9, 2020   Dawn Neal
Big Picture Practice and Engaged Buddhism

Aug 2, 2020   Bill Coffin
The Wheel of Life Deconstructed

Jul 26, 2020   Ayya Sobhana
Transcendental Dependent Origination

Jul 12, 2020   Art Jolly
Purifying the Defilements

Jul 5, 2020   Art Jolly
The Senses Are Being Known

Jun 28, 2020   Ayya Sobhana
Bright Meditations -- Practicing to Gladden the Heart

Jun 21, 2020   Donald Rothberg
The Dharma and Transforming Racism 2

Jun 14, 2020   Donald Rothberg
The Dharma and Transforming Racism 1

Jun 13, 2020   Donald Rothberg
Sangha Day-Long:
The Three Ways of Seeing That Bring Liberating Insight
1. Introduction and Overview;
Impermanence: Talk, Meditation, and Discussion
2. Meditation on Impermanence; Dukkha (Reactivity):
Talk, Meditation, and Discussion
3. Discussion about Exploring Dukkha;
Not-self--Talk, Discussion, and Meditation
4. Guided Meditation--Review of the Three Ways of Seeing
5. Continuing the Practice in Our Daily Lives:
Talk, Discussion, and Closing

May 31, 2020   Leslie Booker
[Untitled]

May 24, 2020   Phillip Moffitt
Well-Being Without Well-Being

May 17, 2020   Wendy Palmer
More Resilience

May 3, 2020   Dawn Neal
We Are All In This Together: Making It Real

Apr 19, 2020   Roy Remer
Living By Intention

Mar 8, 2020   Lisa Dale Miller
The Second Noble Truth, or Don't Get Lost

Mar 1, 2020   Dawn Neal
A Buddhist Self-Love Story

Jan 26, 2020   Donald Rothberg
Practicing With and In Time

Jan 12, 2020   Matthew Brensilver
Individual and Collective Suffering in the Dharma

Jan 5, 2020   Phillip Moffitt
The Gap

Dec 1, 2019   Donald Rothberg
Cultivating Gratitude and Generosity

Nov 24, 2019   Donald Rothberg
Gratitude In a Time of Crisis

Nov 17, 2019   Phillip Moffitt
Mindfulness of Fear

Oct 20, 2019   Noliwe Alexander
The Tale of Four Plus Two Bodhisattvas

Oct 13, 2019   Eve Decker
Equanimity

Sep 29, 2019   Lisa Dale Miller
The Climate: Disaster Awaits

Sep 22, 2019   Lisa Dale Miller
The Unshakeable Deliverance of Mind

Sep 15, 2019   Donald Rothberg
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, Number Two

Sep 8, 2019   Donald Rothberg
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness

Sep 1, 2019   Ayya Tathaaloka
Rejoicing in the Work of the Path

Aug 25, 2019   Ayya Sobhana
Emerging From Sorrow

Aug 18, 2019   Roy Remer
Grieving Mindfully

Aug 11, 2019   Art Jolly
Working With Attachment in Sickness and in Dying

Aug 4, 2019   Art Jolly
Mindfully Facing Disease and Death

Jul 28, 2019   Wendy Palmer
Resilience

Jul 21, 2019   Oren Jay Sofer
Happiness On The Path

Jul 14, 2019   Oren Jay Sofer
The Practice of Insight Meditation

Jul 13, 2019   Donald Rothberg
Sangha Day-Long: Cultivating Lovingkindness and Equanimity:
Connecting Wisdom and the Awakened Heart
Overview of Metta Practice
Metta Instructions part 2, including Radiating Metta
Talk & Discussion: the Vision, Challenges, Daily Life
Overview of Equanimity Practice
Equanimity Instructions, part 2
Talk & Discussion on Equanimity Practice

Jun 16, 2019   Oren Jay Sofer
Say What You Mean

Jun 9, 2019   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation: The First Three Foundations
The Third Foundation of Mindfulness: Practicing with States of Mind and Heart

Jun 2, 2019   Donald Rothberg
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness: Practicing with Feeling Tone

May 26, 2019   Donald Rothberg
The First Foundation of Mindfulness: Mindfulness of the Body

May 19, 2019   Shahara Godfrey
Ethics and Its Disciples

May 12, 2019   Roy Remer
The Dharma of Chronic Illness

May 5, 2019   Richard Shankman
Trusting Your Inner Teacher

Apr 28, 2019   Dawn Neal
Compasses for Navigating the Path of Wisdom

Apr 7, 2019   Phillip Moffitt
Wise Living

Mar 31, 2019   Phillip Moffitt
The Nine Eyes

Mar 24, 2019   Jacques Verduin
(Jacques talks about mindfulness practice in prisons)

Mar 17, 2019   Noliwe Alexander
Wise Speach

Mar 10, 2019   Lisa Dale Miller
Buddhist Ethics of Recapitulating Wrongdoing

Mar 3, 2019   Art Jolly
Five Subjects For Frequent Recollection

Feb 24, 2019   Kevin Griffin
Mindfulness Internally and Externally

Feb 10, 2019   Kevin Griffin
Six Ways to Meditate

Feb 3, 2019   Matthew Brensilver
Surrender, Power, Sila

Jan 27, 2019   Wes Nisker
Wes' Pastiche

Jan 20, 2019   Shaila Catherine
Supportive Conditions For Concentration

Jan 6, 2019   Phillip Moffitt
Opening to Change

Dec 16, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with Darkness -- Part Two

Dec 9, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Practicing with Darkness -- Part One

Nov 25, 2018   Wendy Palmer
On Generosity

Nov 11, 2018   Art Jolly
How We Create Dukkha

Oct 28, 2018   Bill Coffin
Life, Death, and Whatever

Oct 7, 2018   Noliwe Alexander
Impermanence

Sep 30, 2018   Shahara Godfrey
Abundance

Sep 23, 2018   Lisa Dale Miller
The Five Aggregates as Gateway to Vastness

Sep 9, 2018   Phillip Moffitt
Two Facets of Wisdom

Aug 26, 2018   Roy Remer
Loss, Suffering, and Death

Aug 5, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Practicing With Difficulties Part Two: The Eight Worldly Winds

Jul 29, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Six Ways of Practicing With Difficulties

Jul 8, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Ethical Practice III: Transforming Greed, Hatred, and Delusion

Jul 1, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Ethical Practice II: Ten Ways of Deepening the Practice of Non-Harming

Jun 24, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Ethical Practice I: Four Ways of Practicing Non-Harming

Jun 10, 2018   Phillip Moffitt
The Tyranny of Time

May 20, 2018   Art Jolly
Working With Right Action

Apr 1, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation: Impermanence and Emptiness
Seeing Clearly By Seeing How We Don't See Clearly, Part Three

Mar 25, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Guided Meditation
Seeing Clearly By Seeing How We Don't See Clearly, Part Two

Mar 18, 2018   Donald Rothberg
Seeing Clearly By Seeing How We Don't See Clearly, Part One

Mar 11, 2018   Phillip Moffitt
To Give Yourself Away

Mar 4, 2018   Matthew Brensilver
Stories and the Intimacy of the Present

Feb 25, 2018   Art Jolly
The Five Aggregates

Feb 18, 2018   Bill Coffin
Who Killed the Buddha?

Feb 11, 2018   Shahara Godfrey
Perfections, Part One

Feb 4, 2018   Wendy Palmer
Training Our Body-Mind

Jan 28, 2018   Shahara Godfrey
Doubt as a Hindrance and Nemesis

Jan 7, 2018   Phillip Moffitt
(Guided Meditation)
Nourishing the Life of Significant Soil

Dec 10, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Equanimity, Continued

Dec 3, 2017   Donald Rothberg
The Seven Qualities of Equanimity

Nov 26, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Generosity and Gratitude Practice

Nov 19, 2017   Phillip Moffitt
(Guided Meditation)
An Introduction to The Nine Bodies

Sep 10, 2017   Bill Coffin
Discussion: Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is Form?

Aug 20, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Ten Ways of Practicing With Those With Opposing Views

Aug 13, 2017   Art Jolly
Practicing With Renunciation

Aug 6, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Three Dharma Questions Arising During Travels in Israel and Palestine

Jul 23, 2017   Phillip Moffitt
Exploring Equanimity

Jul 16, 2017   Phillip Moffitt
How Do We Relate to Time Itself

Jun 25, 2017   Bill Coffin
The Dangers of Mindfulness

Jun 18, 2017   Shahara Godfrey
Practice of Loving-Kindness as Generosity

Jun 14, 2017   Phillip Moffitt
(Guided Meditation and Discussion)
The Input Hierarchy Dilemma

Jun 11, 2017   Wendy Palmer
Noble! Awesome! Shiny!

May 21, 2017   Edward Espe Brown
Learning to Give Yourself Unconditional Love

Apr 30, 2017   Matthew Brensilver
A Life Without Friction

Apr 23, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Ways of Deepening Daily Practice, Part Two

Apr 16, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Ways of Deepening Daily Practice, Part One

Apr 2, 2017   Richard Shankman
The Purity of Our Intentions

Mar 5, 2017   Noliwe Alexander
Oh Joy! Oh Joy!

Feb 19, 2017   Bill Coffin
Reading or Not Reading Suttas

Jan 29, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Integrity - In Our Lives, In Our Practice, In the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan 28, 2017   Donald Rothberg
Retreat Opening: Thinning the Self

Jan 22, 2017   Donald Rothberg
The Buddha and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Shared Heart of Their Teachings

Jan 8, 2017   Phillip Moffitt
Mood and Mindfulness

Jan 1, 2017   Phillip Moffitt
Skillfully Creating a Threshold For Change

Nov 20, 2016   Donald Rothberg
Empathy

Nov 13, 2016   Bill Coffin
The Brahmaviharas: Opening the Heart

Oct 23, 2016   Art Jolly
Practicing With the Precepts

Sep 18, 2016   Heather Sundberg
The Story of the Metta Sutta

Sep 11, 2016   Art Jolly
Forgiveness

Aug 21, 2016   Art Jolly
Learning From Discomfort

Aug 14, 2016   Sally Armstrong
Living In Samsara

Aug 7, 2016   Phillip Moffitt
Finding Possibility in All That Arises and Passes

Jul 24, 2016   Jacques Verduin
(Jacques talks about mindfulness practice in prisons)

Jul 17, 2016   Noliwe Alexander
A Story of Divine Commitment: Prayer Warrior

Jul 10, 2016   Sally Armstrong
You Have To Be Somebody

Jun 12, 2016   Sally Armstrong
The Three Kinds of Intention

May 1, 2016   Phillip Moffitt
Reflections on the Splendor of Generosity

Apr 17, 2016   Phillip Moffitt
Just the Five Aggregates

Feb 28, 2016   Bill Coffin
A Tip of the Hat

Feb 21, 2016   Phillip Moffitt
Coherent Authenticity

Feb 14, 2016   Donald Rothberg
The Kind Thing To Do

Jan 3, 2016   Donald Rothberg
Impermanence: A Guided Practice
Impermanence

Dec 13, 2015   Donald Rothberg
Practicing With Fear

Dec 6, 2015   Donald Rothberg
Ten Ways of Transforming Reactivity

Dec 5, 2015   Donald Rothberg
Sangha Day-Long:
Practicing With Thoughts and Emotions, Including Difficult Ones
Settling and Stabilizing Our Minds and Bodies
Instructions -- Mindfulness of Thoughts and Emotions
Discussion
Instructions -- Practicing with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions
Discussion
Bringing Our Practice with Thoughts and Emotions into Daily Life
Discussion

Nov 22, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
The Five Spiritual Faculties

Oct 4, 2015   Donald Rothberg
Race and Dharma Practice, Part Two

Sep 27, 2015   Donald Rothberg
Race and Dharma Practice, Part One

Sep 20, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
Equanimity (Guided Meditation)
Liberated Heart: The Role of Equanimity, Part 2

Sep 13, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
(Guided Meditation)
Liberated Heart: The Role of Equanimity

Aug 30, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
Premature Emptiness

Aug 16, 2015   Bill Coffin
Seven Amazing Secrets That Improve Your Brain!

Jul 16, 2015   Donald Rothberg
Practicing With a Judgmental Mind

Jul 5, 2015   Sally Armstrong
Practicing With Discomfort

Jun 14, 2015   Art Jolly
Dana in Daily Life

May 24, 2015   Bill Coffin
Don't Be a Buddhist!

May 17, 2015   Heather Sundberg
Peace and Natural Ease

May 10, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
Whatever the Question, Mindfulness is Always Part of the Solution

Apr 5, 2015   Donald Rothberg
Taking Everything as Learning

Mar 29, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
Investigating the First Four Paramis

Mar 22, 2015   Bill Coffin
Wise Listening

Mar 8, 2015   Shahara Godfrey
Joy as Risk Taking Toward Liberation

Mar 1, 2015   Shahara Godfrey
Death and Dying as Transformative Practices

Feb 22, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
Inquiry and Reflection

Jan 25, 2015   Donald Rothberg
The Thinning of the Self

Jan 11, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
Return and Reflection

Jan 4, 2015   Phillip Moffitt
Making This the Year Of

Dec 14, 2014   Phillip Moffitt
Story: Skillful Useof Narrative

Dec 7, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Craving, Greed, and Grasping

Nov 30, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Generosity and Gratitude

Oct 26, 2014   Shahara Godfrey
Wisdom and Compassion

Sep 21, 2014   Bill Coffin
Is Happiness OK?

Aug 17, 2014   Shahara Godfrey
Mudita: Sympathic Joy

Aug 10, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Practicing With Challenges 2: Working with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions (Anger and Fear)

Aug 3, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Practicing With Challenges 1: Working with Thoughts and Emotions Through RAIN

Jul 13, 2014   Art Jolly
Right Intention

Jul 6, 2014   Art Jolly
Right View

May 11, 2014   Art Jolly
Gladdening the Heart and Mind

Apr 27, 2014   Phillip Moffitt
The Challenges of Sangha

Apr 20, 2014   Bill Coffin
Dukkha at Easter

Apr 13, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Deepening Daily Life Practice - part 2

Apr 6, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Deepening Daily Life Practice - part 1

Jan 26, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Heart Practices in Difficult Situations

Jan 12, 2014   Donald Rothberg
Forgiveness

Dec 22, 2013   Bill Coffin
Taking Refuge in the Buddha

Oct 20, 2013   Bill Coffin
Is There a Self? What, Never?

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