Dharma Dialogues (11/24) – First Aid Kit for the Mind (Online)

Live Online! 

12:00 – 1:30 pm ET

In this Dharma Sunday, Lama Willa will interview Valerie Mason John (Vimalasara) about their extraordinary life and journey from foster care to world-class journalism and theater, to becoming a pre-eminent Buddhist teacher. 

Vimalasara is the author of several novels and dharma books, including First Aid Kit for the Mind. She is the co-founder of Eight Step Recovery – Using The Buddha’s Teaching to Overcome Addiction, an alternative to the 12-step programs for addiction.

Dharma Dialogues is a series (going into its fifth year at Natural Dharma Fellowship) of intimate informal exchanges between Lama Willa, Lama Liz and extraordinary pioneering teachers and spiritual leaders throughout the world. Participants have remarked on this series as an invitation to experience “dharma” in a new way: not as a doctrinal teaching, but as a spontaneous offering arising through the vehicle of relationship. The series is designed to allow our audience to peek behind the curtain to glimpse how a variety of extraordinary human teachers and leaders are accessing wisdom and navigating uncertainty in these challenging times. Past Dharma Dialogue guests have included Lama Rod Owens, Lama Tenzin Palmo, Dr. Stephanie Kaza, Pema Khandro Rinpoche, Dr. Anne Klein, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Dr. Cheryl Giles and many others. 

Dharma Dialogue sessions begin with spontaneous reflections between our host and a special guest(s). After a break, the audience is invited into the dialogue to interact with the guest and host. We conclude with a practice chosen by and guided by our special guest to complement the theme of the dialogue.

This year-long Dharma Dialogue series will be held online one Sunday each month in 2024.

Zoom link —The Zoom link will be sent two days before the program to all those registered by then. Please contact the registrar on Saturday if you haven’t received the link. If you register after that date, you’ll receive the link shortly after submitting your registration. If you don’t see an email from Natural Dharma Registrar or Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, it may have mistakenly been sent to your spam folder. It may help if you put this email address in your Contacts: register@naturaldharma.org.

Closed captioning is available on all online retreats and teachings.

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