Join beloved teachers Tara Brach, Drs. Larry and Peggy Ward, Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman, Kazu Haga, Dhammadipa Melissa Cardenas, and Hugh Byrne for this weekend of conversation, community, and practice. Each session will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers by the start of the event.

We’re living in times that deeply challenge our ability to bring the compassion and wisdom we cultivate on the cushion into our everyday lives. How do Buddhist teachings help us examine the perceptions and biases that fuel separation and hatred? What’s the meaning of fierce compassion? Is equanimity even possible when so many are living in trauma, fear, and uncertainty? And how can we care for ourselves, our planet, and each other in ways that align with both our heartfelt beliefs and our individual capacities?

This event is offered freely. In the Buddhist spirit of generosity, we encourage you to donate to IMCW, which allows us to continue sharing the teachings with participants around the world.

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Saturday Evening 7 - 9pm ET

Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman on Loving Your Enemies

Sharon and Bob will introduce us to the Tibetan Buddhist teaching on the Four Kinds of Enemies we encounter in life: the outer enemy - people, institutions, and situations that mean to harm us; the inner enemy - anger, hatred, fear, and other destructive emotions; the secret enemy - self-obsession that isolates us from others; and the super-secret enemy - deep-seated self-loathing that prevents us from finding inner freedom and true happiness.

This interactive session will help us break free of “us” versus “them” thinking, develop compassion, patience, and love,  accept what is beyond our control, and embrace lovingkindness, right speech, and other key elements of happiness.