Resistance to Practice: Meeting What Seems to Get in the Way With Lama Willa

Branching Streams Flow on in the Dark with Ji Hyang Padma

As the poet Theodore Roethke wrote, “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” Within our practice traditions, there is sacred technology that helps us touch into the fertile darkness of Prajna Paramita. We will explore these practices together in support of resiliency. This then helps us to navigate in seasons of collective groundlessness.

The Dharma of AI: From "Intelligence" to Wisdom with Chris Berlin

In the rapidly, ever-evolving world of artificial intelligence, humanity is faced with a myriad of views about what constitutes “intelligence,” consciousness, and the risks of AI. How can the Dharma inform this conversation, and how might mindfulness, insight, and wisdom help us cultivate “right understanding” in the face of these technologies? In the rapidly, ever-evolving world of artificial intelligence, humanity is faced with a myriad of views about what constitutes “intelligence,” consciousness, and the risks of AI. This talk and discussion will explore how the Dharma can inform this conversation, and how mindfulness, insight, and wisdom might help us cultivate “right understanding” in the face of these technologies.

The Power of the Mother With Lama Willa

Join Lama Willa Baker and the online sangha of Natural Dharma Fellowship for a morning of teaching, prayer, contemplation, meditation practice, and community. Not by the book, Willa’s Dharma Sundays reflect what is most immediately and spontaneously on her heartmind.

The Veils of Awakening With Santiago Santai Jimenez

Awakening is not something we achieve; it is something we recognize. Yet subtle patterns of mind and identity obscure what is already present. In this experiential workshop, we explore what stands in the way of direct recognition and how it can naturally fall away. Many traditions describe awakening as a kind of remembering, recognizing what has always been here. If this is true, what prevents us from seeing it? In this workshop, we turn our attention to the subtle ways the sense of separation is maintained: patterns of thought, emotional conditioning, and unconscious identification. Rather than trying to fix or transcend them, we explore how seeing them clearly allows them to soften and release. Through guided inquiry and shared exploration, we begin to uncover the ever-present awareness that is not separate from our experience, but is the ground of it. This is a deeply experiential session using Collective Interactive Meditation, a method that brings insight alive through direct, shared exploration.

The Seven Branch Prayer with Lama Gursam

In just four lines, the Seven Branch Prayer contains the condensed essence of the Buddhist path. Please see the Seven Branch Prayer file attached to the confirmation email you will receive after you submit your registration. Natural Dharma Fellowship’s Dharma Sundays are donation-based gatherings open to all, offering a wide range of topics. Led by highly trained NDF Dharma and guest teachers, these live, interactive sessions include guided meditation, teachings, and time for questions and discussion. Please join us to settle into the support of sangha and the joy of practicing together.