On this page, you will find our library of recorded teachings. You can use the search box and filters on the left side to narrow your results.
Shantideva Center invites you to dig deep into the nature of reality with Professor George Dreyfus as he teaches from Nagarjuna’s illuminating work Vigrahavyāvartanī, preceded by a selection of chapters from Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (1, 13, 24).
Stephan will help us connect with our Buddha nature and the wellspring of loving kindness that is the core of our being in addition to experiencing the radiant vitality beyond everyday appearances
Rinpoche will explain this succinct text that brilliantly presents the entire Buddhist path. We will learn how relevant and practical these teachings are for us as a guide to living well.
Kimberly Brown reads from her book, shares her own experiences of loss, and leads brief mediations to help anyone suffering with loss.
Shantideva Center welcomes meditation teacher Stephan Pende as he leads an in-depth guided reading of the Dalai Lama’s book How to See Yourself as You Really Are–which is actually a tightly focused and clear meditation program for learning to see the world and ourselves as we actually exist, without the overlay of false imagination.
In this four-session course, we explore how to cultivate and sustain a meditation practice. Establishing an enduring practice, one that leads to lasting happiness, requires sustained effort.
This program explores a practical path of transformation by being present with our pain, fear, and aversion. Mindfulness exercises and emptiness meditation are included along with reminders of how the Buddha practiced to help us move through these less than comfortable states.
The purpose of this series is to give an initial taste of the sophisticated line of inquiry underpinning one of the most central tenets of Buddhist thought and practice and to discuss how we might use the same methods used in the ancient Buddhist texts for answering modern questions not directly addressed in ancient times.
Geshe Konchog Kyab gives teachings on The Eight Verses of Training the Mind, the famous spiritual poem composed by the 11th century Tibetan Bodhisattva Geshe Langri Tangpa.
Celebrating Lhabab Duchen, commemorating the Buddha’s return to earth after teaching the Dharma to his mother in the God Realm of the Thirty-Three!
