“In the Moments of Non-Awakening” by Larry Yang
ICD Founding Teacher Larry Yang takes an honest look at what it means to be a dharma teacher who hasn’t been, and doesn’t imagine ever being, enlightened. https://www.lionsroar.com/in-the-moments-of-non-awakening/
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Integrity with Ourselves and the World: A Daylong Retreat with Larry Yang
As we continue on our spiritual path, wherever we have come from and to wherever we may go, our faith, strength, and sustenance can arise through the bringing all of who we are into our personal journey and to the larger World. This is the experience of Integrity or...
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Most Diverse Buddhist Teacher Training now Underway
ICD Founding Teacher, Larry Yang and New York City Insight Founding Teacher Gina Sharpe share how the most diverse Buddhist teacher-training program in American history, now underway at Spirit Rock, came to be. Read on in Buddha Dharma's latest edition from Lion's...
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Unplug and Tune-In: A Day of Meditation Practice with Ian Challis
In the busy-ness of daily life, how often do we get a chance to really slow down? How often are we able to give ourselves the gift of stillness and presence for an extended period of time? Join ICD Guiding Teacher, Ian Challis for this daylong retreat where the focus...
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Mindful Self Compassion
Insight Community of the Desert and Mindful Way will be offering Mindful Self Compassion: an eight week program designed to bring greater ease and well being to your life; offering skills to help you make changes with kindness instead of self criticism. Join ICD...
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Fierce Compassion: A Day long Workshop for Women
Join ICD Teacher Beth Mulligan for this 6 hour retreat-style workshop where we’ll explore what it means to have a “Strong back and a soft front” in other words what might it look like to go through the world with an open heart and strong clear boundaries?...
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The End of Craving: A Practical Workshop-Retreat
On May 19, 2018 • 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, join Cheryl Slean for this one day workshop-retreat . The Buddha taught that freedom from suffering can be realized simply by letting go of craving. Sounds good, but simple doesn’t necessarily mean easy! In practice we find...
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Cultivating Joy as a Practice: A Daylong Retreat for LGBTQI and Gender Fluid
Join Arinna Weisman for this Daylong Retreat for the LGBTQI and Gender Fluid Community: Cultivating Joy as a Practice. Neurologists, psychologists and even medical doctors now acknowledge that the energies of appreciation, joy and gratitude are key elements for...
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Directions of Buddhism in America
Greetings and blessings. Please take a moment to read this insightful article from Lion's Roar on the directions of American Buddhism pointing to the work of ICD Teacher Larry Yang and many others throughout the United States. Written by Ann Gleig, a Buddhist...
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Living The Four Noble Truths: A Daylong Retreat with Pablo Das
Join Pablo Das who returns to Insight Community of the Desert on March 17, 2018 for this daylong retreat. The central message of the four noble truths is that every human life has an ever changing balance of pleasure and pain within it. Buddhist practice is a call to...
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