The Buddhist Studies Program is designed for people who have attended three or more mindfulness meditation retreats and have a commitment to daily meditation practice. The course includes dharma talks, small and large group discussions, and guided sitting time. Participants will be expected to use the teachings as a focus of their meditation and daily life practice. Led by Mark Nunberg.
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Current class:
Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart
Four Mondays, March 25 – April 15, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m., Optional Sitting Period, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. Register Here .
This four week course examines the Buddha’s teachings on the three wholesome and unwholesome roots in our heart. We’ll look into our own mind/hearts to discover what seeds get planted when the mind is governed by these unwholesome roots of Great, Aversion, and Delusion; the the wholesome roots of Non Greed, Non Aversion and Non Delusion. Led by Mark Nunberg.
Resources
Course Meditations and Talks
Additional Audio/Video:
Study Materials:
- The Buddha’s discourse on Unwholesome and Wholesome Roots translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- The Buddha’s discourse on Right View
- Wrestling with wholesome and unwholesome impulses by Andrew Olendzki, Tricycle, Winter, 2011
- Notes from Week 1 – Three Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots
