Dharma Sunday – Conscious Generosity: Hidden Gem of the Paramitas (Online)

Live Online! 

12:00 – 2:00 pm ET

Please note that when Lama Willa is teaching, the time is 12:00-2:00 pm ET rather than the usual Sunday time of 10:00 am -12 pm ET.

Generosity (dana), the foundation of Buddhist ethics, is about more than giving. It is about becoming more conscious of developing a magnanimous heart, loosening up our grasping mind and laying the groundwork for a life lived in gratitude.

Join Lama Willa for a teaching on the topic of generosity, the first of the six paramitas (perfect virtues) on the Buddhist path. What makes an action consciously generous is not the material value of what we give but our magnanimous mindset and degree to which we can let go of expectations and outcomes. It is about extending beyond the small self.

Generosity can be practiced by sharing our time, attention, love, kindness, physical touch, food, friendship, voice, protection, learning, deep listening, the dharma and so much more. 

As a part of this teaching, Lama Willa will invite participants to join her for a month-long “generosity challenge”, committing to a practice of engaging in conscious generosity every day (“mindful acts of kindness”).

Dharma Sundays with Natural Dharma Fellowship are now taking place most Sundays. These sessions, led by highly trained NDF Dharma and guest teachers, include guided meditation, teachings, and time for discussions. A wide range of topics are offered at the discretion of the teacher. On one Sunday per month, we are offering our year-long Dharma Dialogues program during this same time slot.

Zoom link —The Zoom link will be sent two days before the retreat 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. Please put this address in your Contacts to ensure you receive our emails: register@naturaldharma.org.

Closed captioning is available on all online retreats and teachings.

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