The Buddha didn’t just tolerate joy — he prescribed it. Gladness, rapture, tranquility & happiness are essential steps on the path to awakening.
Wednesday Meditations and Talks on:
Buddhist Teachings
Talk + Meditation: The Powerful Combination of Concentration and Insight
A scattered mind can’t cut through suffering. Concentration gives your mindfulness the power to actually move you toward freedom and inner peace.
Talk + Meditation: Insightful Freedom from Craving
Rick Hanson explores an early Buddhist teaching on self, craving, and liberation—and how to find peace without losing yourself.
Talk + Meditation: Coming Home to Yourself: Self-Compassion as the Foundation for Healing
Lakiba Pittman explores self-compassion, personal growth, and the small moments that guide us back to our truest selves.
Talk + Meditation: Equanimity as an Expression of Love
Learn how equanimity helps us stay openhearted through life’s joys and challenges without getting caught in reactivity.
Talk + Meditation: Three Things You Can Really Count On In Turbulent Times
When life feels shaky or uncertain, what can you truly rely on? Explore how good intentions, learning, and wisdom can help us find stability in an uncertain world.
Talk + Meditation: Four Ways to Practice with Time
I explore impermanence, mortality, gratitude, and how we can live more peacefully and fully in the time we have left.
Talk + Meditation: The Freedom Found in Bodily Awareness
Learn how mindfulness of the body can help release old pain, build resilience, and reconnect you with inner peace.
Talk + Meditation: Keys to Personal and Global Evolution with David Sloan Wilson
Break stuck patterns using evolution and mindfulness. Practical tools for real change, resilience, and a more compassionate world.
Talk + Meditation: When Unjust Power Comes at You – and What You Can Do about It
Rick Hanson explores how to recognize unjust power, release needless fear, and reclaim your attention with a peaceful, steady heart.
These teachings are offered freely.
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6-7:30pm PT / 9-10:30pm ET
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