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In this talk, we explore how to find more space around overthinking and the anxious mind through the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness of mind, mental proliferation, and the second arrow. Rather than trying to eliminate thoughts or anxiety, we learn to recognize the stories our minds create and cultivate a more compassionate, wise response to whatever arises. Prompt: When your mind wanders, what place or places does it go to? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Group Date: 10/13/2026

In this talk, we explore how to find more space around overthinking and the anxious mind through the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness of mind, mental proliferation, and the second arrow. Rather than trying to eliminate thoughts or anxiety, we learn to recognize the stories our minds create and cultivate a more compassionate, wise response to whatever arises. Prompt: When your mind wanders, what place or places does it go to? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠⁠⁠ Group Date: 10/13/2026

In this guided meditation, Andrew explores Feeling Tone—a practice perfect for your daily routine and a supplement to our Buddhist Study Series. Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠⁠ Group Date: 10/11/2026

In this guided meditation, Olivia explores Compassion—a practice perfect for your daily routine and a supplement to our Buddhist Study Series. Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠ Group Date: 10/10/2026

This week Andrew explores why we keep repeating the same patterns, even when we know they’re no longer serving us. Drawing from Buddhist teachings on conditioning, karma, intention, and not-self, he looks at how habits are shaped by our experiences and reinforced through repetition, and how mindfulness can help us meet those patterns with curiosity rather than judgment. Through personal reflection and practical examples, Andrew explores how understanding where our patterns come from can create more space around them, while reminding us that our actions still matter. The talk invites us to hold both compassion and responsibility: our patterns are not who we are, and each moment of awareness offers an opportunity to cultivate something new. Prompt: What’s one pattern in your life you’d like to relate to differently? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠⁠⁠ Group Date: 10/06/2026

This week Andrew explores why we keep repeating the same patterns, even when we know they’re no longer serving us. Drawing from Buddhist teachings on conditioning, karma, intention, and not-self, he looks at how habits are shaped by our experiences and reinforced through repetition, and how mindfulness can help us meet those patterns with curiosity rather than judgment. Through personal reflection and practical examples, Andrew explores how understanding where our patterns come from can create more space around them, while reminding us that our actions still matter. The talk invites us to hold both compassion and responsibility: our patterns are not who we are, and each moment of awareness offers an opportunity to cultivate something new. Prompt: What’s one pattern in your life you’d like to relate to differently? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠⁠ Group Date: 10/06/2026

This week Andrew discusses selected verses from the opening chapter of the Dhammapada, exploring how the ways we cultivate and relate to the mind shape our experience. The talk reflects on breaking cycles of hatred through non-hatred, remembering the brevity of life as a way of letting go of unnecessary quarrels, and the image of meditation practice as tending the roof of the mind before the storms come. Andrew closes with the Buddha’s encouragement that we don’t need to know every teaching to benefit from the Dharma, we can take a few simple teachings, practice them deeply, and allow them to gradually shape how we live. Dhammapada, Chapter 1: “Dichotomies” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is one thing you are letting go of moving into the fall, and one thing you would like to cultivate? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠⁠ Group Date: 9/29/2026

This week Andrew discusses selected verses from the opening chapter of the Dhammapada, exploring how the ways we cultivate and relate to the mind shape our experience. The talk reflects on breaking cycles of hatred through non-hatred, remembering the brevity of life as a way of letting go of unnecessary quarrels, and the image of meditation practice as tending the roof of the mind before the storms come. Andrew closes with the Buddha’s encouragement that we don’t need to know every teaching to benefit from the Dharma, we can take a few simple teachings, practice them deeply, and allow them to gradually shape how we live. Dhammapada, Chapter 1: “Dichotomies” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is one thing you are letting go of moving into the fall, and one thing you would like to cultivate? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠⁠ Group Date: 9/29/2026

This week Olivia explores the Buddha’s teachings on caring for ourselves, taking responsibility for our own practice, and becoming someone we can take refuge in. We’ll reflect on what it means to protect our own well-being without closing ourselves off from caring for and supporting others. Dhammapada, Chapter 12: “Oneself” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is one self care practice that is challenging for you? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O Group Date: 9/22/2026

This week Olivia explores the Buddha’s teachings on caring for ourselves, taking responsibility for our own practice, and becoming someone we can take refuge in. We’ll reflect on what it means to protect our own well-being without closing ourselves off from caring for and supporting others. Dhammapada, Chapter 12: “Oneself” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is one self care practice that is challenging for you? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠ Group Date: 9/22/2026

This week Andrew explores Chapter 4 of the Dhammapada, “Flowers,” and its vivid imagery for living wisely in an impermanent world. Through images of gathering flowers, a bee taking nectar without causing harm, fragrance traveling against the wind, and a lotus growing from a heap of rubbish, Andrew reflects on grasping and impermanence, non-harm, sincerity and living in alignment with our values, and the possibility of transformation through life’s difficult and messy places. The talk invites us to consider how we might fully enjoy the beauty of this life without clinging to it, and how the Dharma can become something we not only understand, but increasingly embody. Dhammapada, Chapter 4: “Flowers” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is a place in nature that is important to you? Somewhere you hope will be preserved and protected? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠ Group Date: 9/15/2026

This week Andrew explores Chapter 4 of the Dhammapada, “Flowers,” and its vivid imagery for living wisely in an impermanent world. Through images of gathering flowers, a bee taking nectar without causing harm, fragrance traveling against the wind, and a lotus growing from a heap of rubbish, Andrew reflects on grasping and impermanence, non-harm, sincerity and living in alignment with our values, and the possibility of transformation through life’s difficult and messy places. The talk invites us to consider how we might fully enjoy the beauty of this life without clinging to it, and how the Dharma can become something we not only understand, but increasingly embody. Dhammapada, Chapter 4: “Flowers” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is a place in nature that is important to you? Somewhere you hope will be preserved and protected? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠ Group Date: 9/15/2026

Olivia explores the “Thousands” chapter of the Dhammapada, reflecting on the Buddha’s teaching that more is not always better—one meaningful word, one moment of inner transformation, or one day of seeing clearly can be more valuable than a thousand empty accomplishments. Through the lens of a challenging relationship, we’ll explore what it means to value lived understanding over quantity, meet our own reactivity with awareness, and become more present with what is actually true. Dhammapada, Chapter 8: “Thousands” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is something in your mind that needs to be interrupted?  Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠ Group Date: 9/8/2026

Olivia explores the “Thousands” chapter of the Dhammapada, reflecting on the Buddha’s teaching that more is not always better—one meaningful word, one moment of inner transformation, or one day of seeing clearly can be more valuable than a thousand empty accomplishments. Through the lens of a challenging relationship, we’ll explore what it means to value lived understanding over quantity, meet our own reactivity with awareness, and become more present with what is actually true. Dhammapada, Chapter 8: “Thousands” • Translation: Gil Fronsdal Prompt: What is something in your mind that needs to be interrupted?  Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠ Group Date: 9/8/2026

This week, Andrew explores Chapter 6 of the Dhammapada, “The Sage,” and the question: What are we actually practicing toward? Through vivid images of wise friendship, craftspeople shaping their materials, a rock unmoved by wind, a clear lake, and the journey to the “other shore,” Andrew reflects on spiritual friendship, the craft of training the heart and mind, equanimity, and the Buddhist path toward freedom. The talk concludes with the Dhammapada’s striking description of those devoted to the path as “luminous and completely liberated in this life” inviting us to consider what might be possible when we make a lifetime practice of cultivating the heart and mind. Prompt: What animal represents how you are feeling today? Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O⁠ Group Date: 9/1/2026