Awakening DharmaTeachings of Stephen Snyder
Awakening Dharma
Date: October 22, 2022
Online, via Zoom
8am–1pm US Pacific Time / 11am–4pm US Eastern Time
With Stephen Snyder
Investment: Any amount, suggested contribution of $25, $50, or $75.
Concentration meditation, also called Serenity meditation, focuses our awareness to a laser-like awareness. Preferencing one meditative object over all else in awareness opens us to serenity and tranquility as we steep our consciousness in deep, restful peace.
The format of the daylong includes:
Stephen Snyder is a retired attorney and a senior meditation teacher in the Buddhist tradition. He is the author of Buddha’s Heart, co-author of Practicing the Jhanas, and author of the forthcoming Demystifying Awakening (March 2022). He works with students worldwide as well as leading online and in-person retreat in the U.S., the U.K., and Europe.
Investment: Any amount, suggested contribution of $25, $50, or $75.
Register Now: https://awakeningdharma.org/siuw_reg/
Date: December 10, 2022
Online, via Zoom
8am–1pm US Pacific Time / 11am–4pm US Eastern Time
With Stephen Snyder
Investment: Any amount, suggested contribution of $25, $50, or $75.
In this daylong we will explore the history, function and benefits of koans as spiritual practice, explore the relationship between koans and kenshō (awakening) looking at these topics with an overall exploration of the Zen tradition specifically as it relates and supports kenshō.
Date: The next cohort begins in January 2023!
Online, via Zoom.
Stephen is pleased to offer this six-month mentoring program, based on his book Buddha’s Heart: Meditation Practice for Developing Well-being, Love, and Empathy.
This program is a wonderfully rare opportunity for dharma practitioners to deepen heart awareness and work with the common resistances to deepening heart awareness, while opening to the profound awakenings possible in this kind of deep heart exploration with one-on-one support in a safe, holding container. To support this, the group will be limited in participation to maintain cohesion and intimacy.
The program will include:
Investment: $995 subsidized / $1,495 sustaining / $2,495 supporting
(A $100 deposit to secure your registration, the balance due one month prior to the program start.)
To apply: Please visit awakeningdharma.org/bhym-reg/
Scholarship: Partial scholarships will be available in limited numbers. To apply for a scholarship, please write to awakeningdharma@yahoo.com.
Monthly Schedule:
We will meet one Saturday each month, from 11am–4 pm US Eastern Time.
To check out your local time, please have a look here.
January 7 ~ February 4 ~ March 4
April 29 ~ May 6 ~ June 3
Date: The next cohort begins in July 2023!
Online, via Zoom.
This six-month mentoring program is based on Stephen’s book Demystifying Awakening: A Buddhist Path of Realization, Embodiment, and Freedom and a new manuscript called Trust in Awakening which is a re-working of an ancient Zen poem, with written commentary.
The program is a wonderfully rare opportunity for dharma practitioners to deepen awareness and work with the common resistances to Awakening and realization, while opening to the profound awakenings possible in this kind of deep exploration with one-on-one support in a safe, holding container. To support this, the group will be limited in participation to maintain cohesion and intimacy.
The program will include:
Investment: $995 subsidized / $1,495 sustaining / $2,495 supporting
(A $100 deposit to secure your registration, the balance due one month prior to the program start.)
To apply: Please visit awakeningdharma.org/da-reg/
Scholarship: Partial scholarships will be available in limited numbers. To apply for a scholarship, please write to awakeningdharma@yahoo.com.
Monthly Schedule:
We will meet one Saturday each month, from 11am–4 pm US Eastern Time.
To check out your local time, please have a look here.
July 8 ~ August 5 ~ September 9
October 14 ~ November 4 ~ December 9