On silent retreat Michael speaks about bowing, forms of practice, gratitude, extending meditation beyond the…
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From Blame to Gratitude
Michael unpacks different kinds of blame, both inward and outward, followed by a description of…
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All Roads Run Right Through the Capital
Deep listening, wisdom, and the ability to do extraordinary things. Recorded on Salt Spring Island, BC,…
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Turning Things Around
Tibetan Buddhist Teachings for transforming what’s unpleasant, letting go of grasping, and the 3 treasures…
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Tonglen: Sending & Receiving Practice
A talk, followed by a guided meditation on inhaling suffering and exhaling peace. A practice…
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Don’t Get Stuck on Peace, See Everything as A Dream
A lively discussion on meditation and the Tibetan Lojong Practices for Training in Compassion. Recorded…
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Not Giving Up On Ourselves & Fully Inhabiting Our Lives
What’s happening right now in our lives can be the raw material that shows us…
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Shame, Perfectionism, and the Pre-Cognitive Dimension of Trauma
Michael explores how mindfulness and meditation practice can heal shame and trauma and how these…
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I Saw You Fall. So I Helped.
This lecture is about offering our Bodhisattva spirit to others, no matter what. It's about…
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I Can’t Say, I Can’t Say
In Berlin Michael talks about Zen Case 55 of the Blue Cliff Record “Tao Wu's…
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