Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link

Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg clarifies the meaning of "generating bodhicitta" by exploring the definition of "developing the mindset of awakening."

Speaker: Tina Toriello. Tina explains the difference between fixing and healing painful situations, pointing the way to inner wellbeing independent of external circumstances.

Speaker: Katherine Teahen. Katherine describes ways she has deepened and personalized sadhana practice, kept it fresh and applied it to her daily life.

Speaker: Marjorieke Glaudemans. Marjorieke reflects on the beauty and kindness of the practice of self-reflection.

Speaker: Helen Connole. Helen decribes how reflecting on the four thoughts that turn the mind to the dharma enables us to be fully present with a loved one who is suffering.

Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. Vanessa explains how we can work with poverty mind, anxiety and dread by reflecting upon and offering the abundance within and around us.

Speaker: Tom Downey. Tom describes how bodhicitta, the ground, path and fruition of our practice, is cultivated through the three wisdoms: hearing, contemplation, and meditation.

Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth talks about how we apply relative and absolute bodhicitta in our life.

Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Contemplating the meaning of the refuge vow, the bodhisattva vow and the view of emptiness can support our progress on the path.

Speaker: Amalia Steinberg. Amalia describes her experiences as a member of MSB' s 2017 pilgrimage to India, visiting Delhi, Bodhgaya, Nalanda University, Varanasi, and Saranath.

Speaker: Juan Carlos Ortiz. Juan Carlos explains how cultivating appreciation is an effective way to work with the habits that perpetuate the suffering that arises in the six realms of samsara.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche explains how remorse and forgiveness are the essential ingredients of the Buddhist path and their practice results in the experience of grace.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche extolls the virtue of a "short term" approach to life, creating a daily ceremony to make the commitment to work with the mind on a daily or moment to moment basis.

Speaker: Mary Newton. Mary describes how cultivating a culture of tenderness depends on our willingness to uproot confusions that separate us from others, to listen deeply, and to have confidence in our basic goodness.

Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer describes how we accumulate merit by cultivating our ability be fully awake to our experiences in the outer, inner, and secret levels.

Speaker: Ram Jyoti. Ram Jyoti reflects on how to use our creativity to make the Seven-branch practice our own.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinoche. Rinpoche discusses the importance of faith, devotion and "nyingru", a strong perseverance to move through all of life' s experiences to accomplish one' s path and feel a deeper sense of ease.

Speaker: Fredi Kaufmann. Fredi describes how relating to the experiences of the body is an essential element of being on the path, teaching us to be open, present and tender.

Speaker: Deb Sprague. Deb describes how Dharma practice has impacted her connection to her co-workers, and an experience she had when the veil of self-absorption fell away.

Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha explores the concept of one' s potential and describes things we can choose to do everyday to lead a life that is more focused on pursuing the path.