Episodes
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.25
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
This is my dharma talk on March 25, 2024, about Surrender. Why do we cling so tenaciously to the illusion of control? How is letting go conducive to our growth, joy, and freedom? How do we learn to trust the deeper and wiser forces that govern our destiny?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.26
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 26, 2024, about White Privilege. For white people, how does the challenge of seeing and unpacking our white privilege resemble many other challenges on the spiritual path? How does Buddhism help us to understand the harm caused by white privilege? How willing are we to embrace all the sacrifices necessary to love all beings?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.19
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 19, 2024, about Living a Noble Life. What does it mean to move through the world in a noble way? What truly motivates our virtues and our efforts to do good in the world? Why does Buddhism describe the four central truths and the eightfold path as noble?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.12
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 12, 2024, about Emptying and Emptiness. Why do the world's religious traditions all urge us to empty ourselves out? How does the deep spiritual logic of emptying ourselves run so counter to the stories about consumption and filling ourselves up that are so prevalent in this culture? What is meant by the Buddhist idea of emptiness? This talk fell on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.29
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 29, 2024, about the Archetypal Feminine. How deeply and how well do we receive life? What is our relationship to flow? How do we understand our place in the interconnection of all things? This talk fell during the week of the Celtic holiday of Imbolg.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.22
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 22, 2024, about the Buddhist path to facing difficulties. What is our attitude toward difficulties? Do we recognize the futility of playing the blame game? What would it look like to embrace deep responsibility in our lives?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
This is the blog article quoted in the talk.
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.15
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 15, 2024, about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. How just and fair are the “rules” that we follow and that we use to judge others, especially when we’re upset? In what ways are we merely lukewarm in our commitment to what we know is right? How much are we willing to embrace being extreme in the pursuit of what we know is for the highest good?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.26
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
This is my dharma talk on December 26, 2023, about loving the outcast. What is our relationship to people we avoid and/or consider our enemies? What are the parts of life that we completely reject or avoid? Do we have the courage to give a bold YES to absolutely everything that we are, including the places we have long avoided or neglected?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.18
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
This is my dharma talk on December 18, 2023, about joy. What does it mean to say that we are responsible for our own joy? What does it mean to trust the joy at the core of our being? What are the practical steps we can take to cultivate joy in our life?
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.