Talk number 5 Big Bear Retreat.  A secular perspective on the 8-fold path. Compliments to Stephen Batchelor. 

Talk 2 from the Big Bear retreat. Refections on right view as a complete perspective.  A secular vision. 

This the opening talk from the Big Bear, sure hearts' release retreat. It covers my approach to the practice. 

Talk number 4 from the Big Bear Retreat. It covers the idea of stream entry and nibbana. 

Talk number 3, Big Bear Retreat. This talk covers the entire dimension of the 2nd noble truth. Without the noble truth crap. 

This talk discusses how to cultivate a middle way between the having mode and the being mode. This talk was given at my weekly Dharma Live/Online class. You can sign up for free HERE.

The opening talk for the recently updated Dharma/Live Online class. You can now join for no fee. The class is offered as a drop in anytime type of thing. You can do that here: SIGN-UP

This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center as part of their Monday night offerings. Enjoy. 

Talk one, from Vallecitos retreat with JD Doyle. Entitled: On Cultivation. 

Talk two from Vallecitos retreat Center with JD Doyle. Exploring authentic happiness and the awakened life. 

The triad of gratification, danger, and escape is one of the Buddha’s most concise and simple teachings for investigating everyday lived experience. This formula can be applied to every single aspect of our experience. Many Buddhist scholars point out that this teaching contains the earliest roots of what we have come to know as the four noble truths, the basic framework for all Buddhist traditions.
What is interesting about this simple teaching is that the Buddha came to this realization before his awakening. He discusses this triad on four separate occasions, relating them to the aggregates, feelings (vedana), the four elements and the six sense doors. 
The sheer simplicity of this teaching provides a framework for understanding human experience, particularly for those of us living in the digital complexity of the modern world. 

This is not a realization given from high diction, or a pedestal of great wisdom and knowledge. Nor does it seek to bewilder us with metaphysics such as teachings on non-self, emptiness, rebirth and karma. Instead, it is easily understood and readily available to any of us, at any point in our process.