Awakening the Kind Heart: How to Meditate on Compassion with Ven. Sangye Khadro
A kind heart already exists within us. It’s just a matter of learning how to bring it out. Join this intensive program to learn how to embody the four immeasurables.
Working Through Our Mental Afflictions in Today’s World: A Buddhist & Psychotherapeutic Approach to Attachment, Aversion & Ignorance with Dr. Pilar Jennings
In this discussion, we will think through the process of developing needed self cohesion, while simultaneously softening a sense of separate selfhood. This course is open to all, and will be helpful to both meditators and clinicians interested in the clinical applications of Buddhist psychology.
The Four Immeasurables: Warm Heart Fitness with Marina Vinyals & Hans Burghardt
At the heart of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition are the four immeasurable qualities: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. Together, they create a foundation for greater inner peace, emotional resilience, and healthier relationships.
From Cushion to Laboratory: The Science of Buddhist Meditation with Marina Vinyals & Hans Burghardt
While science and Buddhism approach the mind from different perspectives, contemporary findings in neuroscience echo insights that Buddhist practitioners have cultivated for centuries: how to develop a healthier, happier, and more resilient mind.
Protected: Materials: How to be Caring: Shantideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra with Jay L. Garfield
Shantideva’s masterful Bodhicaryāvatāra sparkles with insights for personal growth. Jay Garfield interprets Shantideva’s work to build a coherent guide to Buddhist ethics and suggest ways to conquer our own psychopathologies.
How to be Caring: Shantideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra with Jay L. Garfield
Shantideva’s masterful Bodhicaryāvatāra sparkles with insights for personal growth. Jay Garfield interprets Shantideva’s work to build a coherent guide to Buddhist ethics and suggest ways to conquer our own psychopathologies.
RETREAT: There’s No Karma We Can’t Purify with Ven. Robina Courtin
According to the natural law of karma everything we think, do and say turns us into the person we become. Understanding this natural law is fundamental to understanding the entire Buddhist path. During this retreat Ven. Robina will talk about how to take responsibility for our actions, thoughts, and grow the confidence that we can determine our own reality.
Retreat: The Psychology of Tantra with Ven. Robina Courtin
During this retreat, Ven. Robina will guide us and explain how Tantra teaches self-transformation by meditating on buddhas, embracing renunciation, reality, and compassion to attain enlightenment and ultimate freedom.
The Art of Reframing: Eight Verses to Change Your Perspective with Geshe Sherab
Transform difficult situations at their emotional core through mind training, a powerful practice that turns our usual self-protective thinking upside down—and leads us on the path to cultivating the good heart.
Freedom from Fear: A Buddhist & Psychotherapeutic Approach with Pilar Jennings
Contemplation, conversation, and meditation on the Buddhist psychology of fear and its relevance to significant challenges we are facing: political strife, climate crisis, war, and collective division.
