On February 1st, Lama Mark Webber gave an public talk on the importance of encountering and generating a profound intention. He emphasized that all Buddhist meditation, study, contemplation and conduct is to keep learning, refining and generating a profound intent of the Dharma. Further, he talked about what is and is not the Dharma, building our capacity through discernment, mindfulness and the other Thirty-seven Factors of Enlightenment, compassion, meditation and liberating afflictive states.