Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link

Speaker: Chris Holland. Chris demonstrates that the Buddhist and Christian views of God share common ground that can serve as the basis for dialogue and trust.

Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg contrasts the dharmic view of the self as illusory with the conventional view of the self as autonomous, unified, and permanent.

Speaker: Nick Carter. Nick explores how mindfulness and vigilant introspection help us connect fully with our experience and serve our intention to cultivate wisdom.

Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha examines how the lineage provides a ground and context for our relationships with our own minds, the sangha, our teachers and our futures.

Speaker: Therese Lahaie. Therese speaks about practices that have helped her move through the grieving process with awareness and self-compassion.

Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer explores how investigating the painful experiences of self lead naturally to letting go, and experiencing open-hearted, joyful and fearless love.

Speaker: Christopher Kreider. Christopher reflects on how the dharma builds the resiliency and wisdom to parent a teenager with equanimity and compassion.

Speaker: Gretchen Holland. Gretchen reflects on how recognizing our capacity to harm others opens the door to empathy, self-awareness, and forgiveness.

Speaker: Janine Kotre. Janine reflects on how her faith has grown from inquiry, devotion, and gratitude.

Speaker: Bill Filter. Bill answers questions about attaining enlightenment, understanding free will, maintaining our practice, cultivating bodhicitta, and finding the best way to serve sentient beings.

Speaker: Natasha Carter. Natasha identifies three moments of liberation that arise through letting be, caring for others, and prayer.

Speaker: Polly Banerjee-Gallagher. Polly reflects on what tsewa is and how cultivating it opens us to experience joy, serve others, and grow.

Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey identifies the thoughts that help him work with feeling discouraged about his progress on the path.

Speaker: Abba Hatcher. Abba identifies elements of the mindset that enable her to maintain awareness of the dharma and align her actions with her aspirations.

Speaker: Katie Back. Katie explores how awareness, acceptance, care and relaxation of the body are an integral element in practice.

Speaker: Cintia Soave. Cintia reflects on how technology has made it possible for more people to connect to the Three Jewels.

Speaker: Maki Okabayashi. Maki describes the remedies she uses to monitor and cease the "background music" in her mind to avoid negative thinking.

Speaker: Wendy Conquest. Wendy reflects on the need to ground practice in a clear motivation to renounce self-cherishing and aversion.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la suggests we take the time between western and Tibetan new years to review what has benefitted and harmed us during the past year, aspiring to practice bodhicitta and the four immeasurables as the best way to make the new year meaningful.

Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott reflects on the complexity of making decisions that balance our desire for perfection against the complex demands of life.