​Key Information

• ​This series will meet for four weeks on Wednesdays from 5:00-6:00 p.m. PST (UTC-7) beginning April 16th.

• ​​All meeting dates are: April 16th, 23rd, 30th and May 7th

• ​Registration for this event will close on Monday, April 14th.

• ​​This offering is shared on a tiered based contribution scale. No one will be turned away due to financial need.

• ​​This course will be recorded and recordings will be shared with all registered participants.

​Series Description

​The Buddha is known to have taught Ananda that the whole of the holy life is Spiritual Friendship (Kalyāṇa-mittatā). What does this mean? In one sense, all of the path can be framed as cultivating skillful relationship. In formal practice, in practicing with sangha, in sharing our insights with others, we're cultivating skillful friendship: with ourselves, with others, and with the world. When we take refuge, we’re placing our heart on something bigger than us, finding a kind of safety and protection. And we find a response in the heart to the moment, just like it is. We are learning a path of friendship.

​In this four-week class, we'll dive into what it means to cultivate the whole of the sacred life. Through meditation, relational practice, talks, and sharing, we'll explore the practice of friendship as sacred and complete - how we engage this as a training, how to learn and grow through our friendships, and how we can find both unknown edges and unknown strengths through our connections on the path.

​Everyone is welcome - no prior meditation experience is necessary.

​Facilitators

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​devon hase

​devon hase (she/her) loves long retreats. Since discovering meditation in 2000, she has put dharma and community at the center of her life: she spent a decade bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms and now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers around the globe. She enjoys supporting practitioners with personal mentoring, and her friendly, conversational approach emphasizes relational practice and the natural world. Along with her life partner nico, devon co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life. For more visit, https://devonandnicohase.com/.

​Yong Oh

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​Yong (he/him) is a Dharma Council teacher at the Durango Dharma Center and a core teacher for SMS. Yong is also a retired acupuncturist, is passionate about Nature and Dharma, and has particular interests in devotional expression, supporting caregivers, and offering teachings to communities of color in the Dharma. For more, visit yongoh.com.