(Dharmagiri) The Buddha’s reluctance to teach
The first turning of the Dhamma wheel
The Four Noble truths and accompanying practices
Contemplating desire – resolving dukkha – the primary split.

(Dharmagiri) The Buddha’s reluctance to teach The first turning of the Dhamma wheel The Four Noble truths and accompanying practices Contemplating desire – resolving dukkha – the primary split.

Thanissara: Suffering as Opportunity

Thanissara, from London, was a monastic for 12 years in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and has taught internationally for over 35 years. She is co-founder of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat, South Africa, Sacred Mountain Sangha, California, and Chattanooga Insight, Tennessee. She has an MA in Mindfulness Psychotherapy Practice from the Karuna Institute UK and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Guide to Engaged Buddhism, author of Time To Stand Up, An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth, and several books of poetry.

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Thanissara: Suffering as Opportunity

Thanissara: Suffering as Opportunity