Survivors of child sexual abuse and adult rape, especially women and femmes, are taught that rage is an unhealthy response to the unspeakable forms of violence committed against the child and adult bodies we inhabit in this lifetime. Instead, for the sake of our well-being, we are regularly encou...
As we begin this new decade, many of us are exploring this moment through the lens of the Greek God Janus, the God of beginnings and transitions. We are looking back and taking note of the causes and conditions of the past year that have brought us to the current state of our lives, and making re...
"How can our connections to our ancestors, kin, and lineage assist us in our practice and our lives? Why are these connections so important? This dharma gathering includes meditation practices that help us work with the power of ancestry, decolonization, and the union of body and mind."
Dr. Smalls leads us through the practice of Tonglen, a compassion practice. If you find yourself overwhelmed or sad or lonely or in a blind rage, this may be of benefit.
An introduction to loving-kindness meditation practice, accompanied by a 30-minute guided practice.
A guided meditation session with Weekly Dharma Gathering team member Alex Van Gils. Learn Shamatha meditation as it is taught in the Shambhala tradition.
Introduction to Meditation Practice led by Adriana DiFazio
When the world gets confused, our mind can also easily be swayed away. Political, economic, and environmental storms can make our minds begin to swirl. How do we navigate our lives under this enormous momentum? One step at a time… Let’s contemplate the basic practice we can do.
Grow the Good: Applying Wise Diligence to Incline our Minds towards Wellbeing and Resilience
The Buddha offered 4 ways to practice Wise Diligence, which is one of the aspects of the Eightfold Path. These are: Wake up wholesome mind states when they are not arising in the mind, Keep wholesome min...
The Absolute is the Relative: Touching Race, Injustice, and Love
When we engage in the distortion that the relative plane is separate from the absolute – that it is something to transcend or ‘just an illusion’ – we ignore the reality of the illusion. What is the illusion comprised of? How is it ...
Grounding in the Body
In this session, we will practice grounding in our physical bodies through very gentle movement and sound. The point of these techniques is to remind us to continually dissolve the body-mind-heart split inherited and enforced in western hegemony. Grounding in the body is a ...
Using Faith to Combat Spiritual Materialism in Buddhist Sanghas
Sensei Alex Kakuyo uses the teachings of Shinjin and Harukai to illustrate the dangers of spiritual materialism in Dharma practice. Referencing passages from the Lotus Sutra and the Lankavatara Sutra he discusses the inherent enligh...
