This seven week course examines the Three Refuges as a central practice of discovering, clarifying, and strengthening one’s spiritual aspiration. Without understanding the purpose or goal behind the practice, we tend to drift.
Audio
(Recorded during July – August 2012 Class)
Dharmaseed Recordings
Study Resources
- Ajahn Sumedho, Now is the Knowing, chapter on Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha
- Pema Chodron on Taking Refuge, Excerpt from: The Wisdom of No Escape
- Taking Refuge: The Decision to Become a Buddhist by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche – Shambhala Sun, May 2001
- Going for Refuge by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- The Threefold Refuge by Nyanaponika Thera
- Taking Refuge, Talk by Tara Brach
- Three Refuge Chanting from Plum Village
- Three Refuge Protection Ceremony: From two Dharma Talks by Tara Brach
