Liberation Through Non-Clinging: An Exploration of the Five Aggregates The goal of the Buddhist path is sometimes defined as “liberation through non-clinging.” But what is meant by clinging? In the First Noble Truth, the Buddha proclaimed that there is dukkha (suffering, stress, distress, unsatisfactoriness), and he defined dukkha in short as “the five clinging-aggregates” of form, feeling-tone, perception, formations, and consciousness.To have any possibility of experiencing the … Continue reading New: six-week online study and practice course for the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

An online retreat including Insight Dialogue offered by Ayya Anopama and Nicola Redfern Using the poems from ‘The First Free Women’ which are based on the Therigatha, the world’s oldest collection of women’s literature, we will be exploring the struggles and moments of awakening of the very first nuns at the time of the Buddha. These women came from all walks of life and their realizations took many forms. Investigating these … Continue reading Voices of Awakening – Poems of the First Free Women

May 23: One-day online workshop for Bellingham Insight, Washington   This one-day online workshop offers an opportunity to develop and strengthen our natural resilience and capacity to meet life’s inevitable challenges with more steadiness, ease, and even appreciation. Using the Zoom platform, we will meet together online to explore a variety of practices from the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, alongside the four brahmavihara heart practices … Continue reading A couple of new online practice options