Lay Teachings
The collection houses recorded teachings by our Spiritual Director and associated teachers. These reflections by lay teachers point to the Dhamma. Please pick up what is useful and leave the rest behind.
Jessica: Right Speech From the Mouths of Babes Mar 28 2021 064
- April 6, 2021
- All Teachings, Jessica Swanson, Lay Teachings
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Read moreJessica: Cultivating the Path within the Framework of Dhamma Mar 21 2021 063
- April 6, 2021
- All Teachings, Jessica Swanson, Lay Teachings
- Jocelyn White
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Read moreJessica: Nothing Personal about Unconditional Kindness, Mar 14 2021 062
- April 6, 2021
- All Teachings, Jessica Swanson, Lay Teachings
- Jocelyn White
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Read moreSakula: Intentionally Willing a Feeling of Goodness Feb 28 2021 061
- March 2, 2021
- All Teachings, Lay Teachings, Sakula Mary Reinard
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https://media.blubrry.com/portland_friends_of_the_dhamma/p/content.blubrry.com/portland_friends_of_the_dhamma/Sakula_Intentionally_Willing_a_Feeling_of_Goodness_Feb_28_2021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:39 — 13.1MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreSakula discusses the benefits of the practice of recognizing when we naturally feel goodness and intentionally feeling goodness. She reflects on the suffering of being entangled in our fears and ways of dealing with our triggers.
Read moreSakula: The Wheels of Goodness Go Round ‘n Round Feb 21 2021 060
- March 2, 2021
- All Teachings, Lay Teachings, Sakula Mary Reinard
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Read moreJessica: Find a Place to Put Your Love Feb 14 2021 059
- February 22, 2021
- All Teachings, Jessica Swanson, Lay Teachings
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Read moreSakula: Eternity’s Sunrise January 31 2021 054
- February 3, 2021
- All Teachings, Lay Teachings, Sakula Mary Reinard
- Jocelyn White
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Read moreSakula: We Are Not Obliged to React, Jan 17 2021 053
- January 19, 2021
- All Teachings, Lay Teachings, Sakula Mary Reinard
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Read moreSakula: Knowing Light, Knowing Dark Oct 18 2020 047
- October 19, 2020
- Lay Teachings, Sakula Mary Reinard
- Jocelyn White
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Read moreJessica Swanson: Fearlessness for Ourselves and Others Oct 11 2020 046
- October 16, 2020
- Jessica Swanson, Lay Teachings, Lay Teachings
- Jocelyn White
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https://media.blubrry.com/portland_friends_of_the_dhamma/p/content.blubrry.com/portland_friends_of_the_dhamma/Fearlessness_for_Ourselves_and_Others-10_16_20_10_10_AM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:24 — 8.9MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | MoreJessica Swanson leads Sunday Sila at the Center with some in person and some online. She reflects on what we bring to meditation, developing beneficial mind states as a gift to ourselves and others, and fearlessness – abhaya-dana.