Episodes
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.08
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 8, 2024, about starting a meditation practice. What does it mean to commit to meditation? What are the predictable challenges to this commitment that we should expect? What does it mean to trust our capacity for growth?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.11
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
This is my dharma talk on December 11, 2023, about inner peace. What is the relationship of mental discipline and inner peace? What is the relationship of responsibility and inner peace? How is letting go at many levels essential to inner peace?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.09.25
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 25, 2023, about inner protection. What does the First Noble Truth imply about many of the kinds of protection we seek? What is the role of good boundaries in protecting ourselves? What is the true nature of inner protection? This talk will fall on the Monday before the Christian holiday of Michaelmas.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.08.28
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 28, 2023, about Antiracist Work as a Yoga. What are the characteristics of a yoga? What does Resmaa Menakem call the six intelligences of the body? How do we live out the magnanimous love at the core of the antiracist message? This talk fell on the 60th anniversary of Dr. King's “I Have a Dream” speech.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.07.10
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 10, 2023, about emotional capacity. Why is the size of our capacity such a fundamental moral & spiritual issue? What are the everyday consequences of having a small or large capacity? How do we increase our capacity?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.07.02
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 2, 2023, about the spiritual foundations of America. What does it mean to be American? What does “pursing happiness” mean in the original sense? What wisdom teachings are contained in the Great Seal of the US? How do we align our personal spiritual work with the public good
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday May 29, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.05.29
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on May 29, 2023, about enthusiasm. What is the difference between enthusiasm and excitement? How hungry are we for truth and growth? What is the critical role of accepting feedback in spiritual life? This talk was the fourth in a series of six talks on the Paramitas in the Mahayana tradition.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Sunday May 28, 2023
Mike’s I-Revolution Dharma Talk, 2023.05.28
Sunday May 28, 2023
Sunday May 28, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the I-Revolution at East Bay Healing Collective on May 28, 2023, about memory. How do we work with the stories we tell ourselves? What kind of commitment do we have with ourselves? What does it mean to “remember” the part of us that is eternal?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.03.20
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on March 20, 2023, about inner renewal. How do we contact the vivid freshness of life? How do we honor what is emerging in those close to us? How do we keep up with the edge in us that is fearless about growth? This talk fell on the Vernal Equinox.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2022.10.24
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 24, 2022, about patience, one of the paramitas of the Buddha. What typical mind-patterns lead to impatience? What is the Buddhist perspective on impatience? How do we develop and deepen patience?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.