Dharma Conversations aims to connect new and experienced practitioners for mutual inspiration, growth and support. Dharma conversations are some of the greatest gifts that we can offer to ourselves and others, drawing out questions that are often unanswered and unexplored. They create wellsprings of reflection and insight in our own life and practice. The conversations that we have shape how we understand ourselves, how we interpret the world, and how we treat each other. They honor the difficulty that we all face and the complexity of what it means to carry the practice into our everyday life. By listening, asking questions and sharing our own experience and struggles, we can open a doorway to meaningful friendship and a supportive community.
Join us for Dharma Conversations, where we pursue wisdom and compassion to awaken inner life, outer life, and life together.
In this conversation we discuss the preliminary practices or ngondro, which form the basis for the Vajrayana practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
21 Dec 2020
Exploring the Mind: 3 Mahamudra Instruction
In this conversation we discuss the uncommon Mahamudra instructions for looking at the nature of the mind.
This session was led by Jon Dilley.
8 Dec 2020
Exploring the Mind 2: The Two Truths
In this conversation we discuss the nature of mind from the perspective of the two truths.
This session was led by Matthew Rice.
18 Nov 2020
Exploring the Mind: 1
In this conversation we discuss various approaches within the Buddhist tradition for understanding the mind and gaining insight into the nature of mind.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
9 Nov 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest: 9
In this conversation we discuss the union of shamatha and vipashyana,
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
2 Nov 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest 8
In this conversation we discuss how to apply the wisdom of the two truths in order to understand the nature of the mind.
This session was led by Jon Dilley.
26 Oct 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest: 7
In this conversation we discuss the hallmark of the Buddha's teachings, which is the practice of insight into the nature of the mind.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
19 Oct 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest: 6
In this conversation we discuss the culmination of the practice of shamatha, actualizing a calm, clear and luminous mind.
This session was led by Jon Dilley.
12 Oct 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest: 5
In this conversation we discuss the practice of shamatha in depth, providing a brief overview of the beginning stages of the practice and focusing in on stages five through seven.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
5 Oct 2020
Brining the Mind to Rest: 4
In this conversation we discussing how to evaluate your meditation practice.
This session was led by Jon Dilley.
28 Sept 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest: 3
In this conversation we discuss the practice of insight or vipashyana, in which we look at the nature of the mind and the nature of the. world around us.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
21 Sept 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest: 2
In this conversation we look at the practice of meditation and how we can bring the mind to rest through the practice of shamatha.
This session was led by Jon Dilley.
13 Sept 2020
Bringing the Mind to Rest-1
In this conversation we look at the practice of meditation and how we can bring the mind to rest through the practice of shamatha.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
12 Sept 2020
Perfection of Wisdom teachings
Today we take a look at the second turning of the wheel of Dharma, on the Buddha's perfection of wisdom teachings and how they relate to our own practice and path.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
12 Sept 2020
Four Noble Truths
Today we take a look at the Buddha's first teaching on the Four Noble Truths and how they relate to our own practice and path.
This session was led by Greg Patenaude.
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