Don Handrick
Buddhist Meditation 101
Don Handrick
This course is a perfect primer for new meditators. An eight-session course for learning how to meditate, it provides basic instruction on m…
Understanding Mind in Tibetan Buddhism
Don Handrick
Understanding Mind in Tibetan Buddhism: Minds and Mental Factors (Intermediate Level Class) YouTube video lectures here As Lama Thubte…
Discovering the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom
Don Handrick
Nagarjuna, the great Indian Buddhist philosopher who lived around the second century, composed The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, con…
Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude
Don Handrick
Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude with Don Handrick Thursday, June 21, 2018 7:00pm – 9:00pm Gratitude is undeniably a common practice of nea…
Discovering Buddhism: Presenting the Path
Don Handrick
Discovering Buddhism Module 3 This module of Discovering Buddhism encompasses an overview of all the basic teachings of Mahayana Buddhism th…
Discovering Buddhism: Module 9: Samsara & Nirvana - Part 1
Don Handrick
Shortly after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha taught his first discourse, the Four Noble Truths Sutra, which clearly and concisely sets …
The Eight Pillars of Joy
Don Handrick
The Eight Pillars of Joy with Don Handrick Saturday, June 23, 2018 10:00am – 12:00pm, 2:00pm – 4:00pm Sunday, June 24, 2018 10:00am – 12:00p…
Basic Program: Buddha Nature, Essence of Enlightenment
Don Handrick
What is enlightenment? How is it possible? Who can achieve it? One of Mahayana Buddhism’s most important teachings is the doctrine of Tathag…
The Bodhisattva's Garland
Don Handrick
Bodhisattvas are driven by their deep compassion to attain enlightenment, the fully developed state in which they can benefit other beings m…
Discovering Buddhism Module 1: Mind and Its Potential
Don Handrick
October-November 2010 This course provides a foundation for all the other courses and teachings in the Discovering Buddhism program since it…
Objects of Meditation
Don Handrick
Objects of Meditation with Don Handrick Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:00pm – 9:00pm In mindfulness meditation we frequently put our attention …
Discovering Buddhism: Refuge
Don Handrick
This course covers the meaning of taking refuge in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) and outlines the essential vows and practices o…
Discovering Buddhism, Module 10: Developing Bodhichitta
Don Handrick
Discover the clear meditation instruction available in Tibetan Buddhism that enables us to develop our innate qualities of loving kindness a…
Living In the Path: Motivation For Life
Don Handrick
This 5-session module helps us to take advantage of the opportunity of our lives by understanding how to set the most beneficial motivation,…
Understanding Buddhist Realizations
Don Handrick
The main subject of this course in the FPMT Basic Program is the fourth chapter of Maitreya’s Ornament for Clear Realizations, ‘Application …
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Debate
Don Handrick
In Tibetan monastic universities, a sophisticated and very dynamic method of philosophical debate is used by the monks and nuns to penetrate…