The Buddha’s most explicit path of practice is the Eightfold Path. This is a set of eight practical approaches to bring Buddhist practice into the breadth and depth of our lives. The Eightfold Path Program is an introduction to each of the Eightfold factors so participants will discover how to apply each set of practices in ways that are personally meaningful. Participants have the opportunity to be mentored by a senior student during the program. Pre-requisite: Completion of ISC Introduction to Meditation course, an MBSR course, or the equivalent. Registration is required. Teachers: Kim Allen, Leslie Tremaine, G Schulz, & Other ICS Teachers

Monday night talk

The Buddha famously said, “I have taught one thing and one thing only, dukkha [suffering or reactivity or a sense of unsatisfactoriness] and the cessation of dukkha.” In this daylong, we explore this core teaching as it is expressed in the Four Noble Truths and the teaching of the Two Arrows. We suggest ways to study and implement this teaching both in formal meditation and in everyday life, through practices and reflections that bring together the wisdom of seeing the roots of dukkha, the compassion and kindness that can hold our difficulties, and skillful action to transform dukkha.This talk give an orientation for the daylong.

This is a second longer talk given during the daylong of January 20, 2019, on "Dukkha and the End of Dukkha," led by Donald Rothberg and Heidi Bourne.