This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2026.02.28 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2026.02.21 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

We often hear teachings on the four Brahma Viharas – Love, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, and Equanimity. But what did the Buddha actually say about these four sublime states and how to practice them? In this weekend course, we will take a close look at several of the 38 suttas that describe all four Brahma Viharas, plus additional suttas describing some of them individually. Hopefully this will give you a deeper understanding of how to weave these practices into your journey on the spiritual path.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2025.02.18 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2025.02.11 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2025.02.04 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2025.01.28 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2024.03.02 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

This program will take an in-depth look at the 16 suttas found in Sutta Nipāta Book V. Many scholars believe these discourses were composed early in the development of Buddhism, prior to the inevitable institutionalization of the tradition. These suttas are presented as conversations in which the Buddha addresses questions posed by learned brahmins, for example: “Where do mind-and-body completely cease?” “Who here in the world is content?”; “What is the origin of dukkha?”; and “How should one view the world so the King of Death does not see one?” Together, we will explore these questions and the Buddha’s responses, as well as other themes such as old age and death, dukkha, craving, sensuality, quenching, nothingness, and awakening.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2024.02.24 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

This program will take an in-depth look at the 16 suttas found in Sutta Nipāta Book V. Many scholars believe these discourses were composed early in the development of Buddhism, prior to the inevitable institutionalization of the tradition. These suttas are presented as conversations in which the Buddha addresses questions posed by learned brahmins, for example: “Where do mind-and-body completely cease?” “Who here in the world is content?”; “What is the origin of dukkha?”; and “How should one view the world so the King of Death does not see one?” Together, we will explore these questions and the Buddha’s responses, as well as other themes such as old age and death, dukkha, craving, sensuality, quenching, nothingness, and awakening.

For Leigh's website on the Pārāyanavagga, see http://leighb.com/wttfs/.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington and Diana Clark on 2024.01.25 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

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This talk was given by Leigh Brasington on 2023.02.11 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.

The “gradual training” is the path of practice taught by the Buddha that leads from first setting out on one’s spiritual journey all the way to final liberation. This daylong course will take an in-depth and comprehensive look at the various texts in Pali Canon that speak to such gradual training; and how this training might resonate with our own journey on the path to liberation. Special attention will be given to the Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Spiritual Life which discusses twenty-one of the factors enumerating this training.

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