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Summer SOULstice with Corina Benner Yoga
This Summer SOULstice gathering was the third annual mini-retreat, and the excitement in the air was unmistakable. Coming together in person felt incredible. Sharing food and practicing together were highlights of the day. The pot-luck format encouraged everyone to contribute their favorite dishes. It was a beautiful reminder of how food can unite us, fostering connections and lively conversations that flowed as freely as the laughter around the table. With around 15 people a
Jun 21, 2025
Building the Chögyam Trungpa Digital Library with Carolyn Gimian
A Mindful Gathering with Bill Moriarty and Carolyn Gimian
Jun 10, 2025
Vajrayana and the 21st Century Paradox with Michael Carroll & Bill Moriarty
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May 29, 2025
June 2025 NEWSLETTER
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching I’ve been thinking a lot about equanimity lately. I can be overwhelmed by the news of the day across the globe, and how people are going through unimaginable suffering, loss and fear. There’s a common misunderstanding that being equanimous means experiencing an absence of big emotions, that to feel peace, we need to detach. Buddhism teaches something different
May 20, 2025
MAY 2025 NEWSLETTER
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Steve McCurry, Tofuku-ji Monastery, Kyoto, Japan, 2005. The Great Gift Richard Driscoll Sometimes as practitioners the Dharma turns up in unexpected places or we may see something in a newer, more Dharmic light. Something like this happened to me with an excerpt from the poem, “All Night, All Night” by Delmore Schwartz which I read long ago in my pre-Buddhist d
Apr 30, 2025
Being with a Dying Person
A Mindful Gathering with Marybeth McMurray, Margerie Strousser, Michael Carroll, and Bill Moriarty
Apr 29, 2025
Anam Thubten - Public Talk at the Philadelphia Shambhala Center
View this episode's page on Libsyn Anam Thubten spoke in 2023 at the Philadelphia Shambhala Center. He emphasized the path of the Bodhisattva.
Apr 22, 2025
APRIL 2025 NEWSLETTER
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching The irony of the Buddhist path Michael Carroll The Buddhist path is fraught with countless ironies: to journey, one must sit still; to understand reality, one must stop trying to understand; to “ get a grip ”, one must “ let go ”. And of course, the best of all: to attain enlightenment, one must recognize that doing so is impossible. Such ironies seem tense w
Mar 27, 2025
What AI Actually Is and Why Buddhists Should Care
A Mindful Gathering with Bill Moriarty
Mar 18, 2025
Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche - Resting in the True Nature of Mind - Essential Meditation Instructions
View this episode's page on Libsyn Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche Resting in the True Nature of Mind: Essential Meditation Instructions Commentary on a text by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche In 2019, we were deeply honored to host Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche for a special teaching event in the Swarthmore Friends Meeting house. This rare visit from one of Tibetan Buddhism's most respected teachers included a public talk, reception, and a tour of historic Philadelphia. Essential Meditation Instr
Feb 25, 2025
3 Brushes: Art, Meditation, and Teaching as a Creative Practice
A Mindful Gathering with Al San Valentin and Bill Moriarty
Feb 25, 2025
MARCH 2025 NEWSLETTER
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Pawo Khandro Ling, 2025 Greetings friends and fellow aspiring practitioners! I hope that you are finding workability in the world as it is presenting itself to you. It’s cliché at this point to say that we are in a time of unprecedented change on many fronts – ecologically, governmentally, and personally. And it seems like the pace of change is occurring at a h
Jan 30, 2025
FEBRUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Steve McCurry, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2005 As I was thinking about what to write for this introduction I thought a lot about numbers, namely how we use numbers to track the passage of time. Time is named by numbers. Sometimes we even name a group of numbers with an actual name - in the case of this writing and according to the Gregorian calendar, the 24-hours are
Jan 30, 2025
What is a Drala Landing Pad? with Michael Carroll
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Jan 20, 2025
The Unexpected Path: A Journey into Buddhism
A Mindful Gathering with Jacqui Merrell and Bill Moriarty.
Jan 14, 2025
The Wisdom Seat Retreat 2024
By Susanna Lack, Retreat Director In October 2024, we held the first Wisdom Seat (TWS) Retreat at the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD) monastery in the delightful upstate New York Catskill Mountains. Michael Carroll, cofounder of The Wisdom Seat, led this transformative 8-day practice intensive, supported by members of TWS staff. The retreat was designed to help participants deepen their mindfulness-awareness meditation and integrate it into daily life. The retreat includ
Nov 27, 2024
JANUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Steve McCurry, Red Feather Lakes, USA, 2004 Here we are in 2025 - a new calendar year and the traditional time to make resolutions. Resolutions are defined in the dictionary as “a firm decision to do or not do something.” As you reflect on resolutions you have made over the years, how many times have you held to the resolution? Can you even recall the resolutio
Nov 26, 2024
DECEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching S teve McCurry, Kyoto, Japan, 2004 The first time I met with Michael Carroll, with what I thought was a secret yearning to have a dharma teacher in my life, was shortly after my mother had died. I couldn’t get her final, difficult, days out of my head. I told him my heart felt like it had broken, and I couldn’t pull myself together. And he said “that’s ok. We
Nov 26, 2024
A Day of Mahamudra Practice with Laura Kaufman
We were honored to host Laura Kaufman for an enriching day of Mahamudra practice and teachings at Pawo Khandro Ling. The event brought together fifteen practitioners eager to deepen their understanding of this profound meditation lineage of the Karma Kagyu tradition. Laura, who brings over 50 years of Buddhist meditation experience, shared invaluable insights from her extensive training with renowned teachers including Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoch
Nov 21, 2024
Vajrayana & the 21st Century Paradox
A Mindful Gathering with Michael Carroll and Bill Moriarty
Nov 19, 2024
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