Recorded talks and documents from our weekly Tuesday meetings:

Four Noble Truth Series (Feb 25 to Mar 25, 2025)
1st Noble Truth (Jay Ford) Link to Talk Link to Handout
2nd Noble Truth (Tess Wise) Link to Talk Link to Handout

Sampajanna–Sati’s (sometimes) Forgotten Friend (Jay Ford) 2/18/25 Link to Talk Link to Handout

Anne McKinney – Who Are Your Teachers? Presentation document.

Joan Wilkins – The Second Arrow. 2/6/24
Teaching

Guided meditation


Ann McCarty – A Future We Can Love – Part II. 1/30/24


Ann McCarty – A Future We Can Love – Part I. 1/23/24


Kris Grapes – “Our Inner Critic: Neurobiology and the Buddha’s Teachings” 11/28/23

Jim Garrido – A Practitioner’s View of Death. 9/5/23
presentation document.


Wendy Farrow – Buddhist chanting 6/20/23
Om Mani Padme Hum Instruction video link.
Om Mani Padme Hum chanted by HHDL.
Monks chanting Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambudhassa.
Slower version of Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambudhassa (Track 6. Start at 0:38)
Ti Sarana chanted by the Zen Center North Shore Sangha.
Tina Turner chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
How to chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.

Vann McCoy – “Path to Practice” 3/7/23


Bo Fried – “A Framework for Meditation Practice.” 1/24/23
Presentation documents.

Wendy Farrow, Jim Garrido, Bo Fried – Psychedelics and Meditation. 12/6/22
Wendy Farrow’s presentation notes including links and references.
Jim Garrido’s presentation notes and references.
Bo Fried’s reference articles and presentation notes.


Jay Ford – Acceptance of Women Into the Monastic Order. 10/11/22


Ann McCarty – Spiritual community. 12/14/21


Ann McCarty – Climate crisis as a spiritual path. 11/9/21


Ann McCarty – Equanimity: American Buddhism & Buddha’s Teachings. 8/31/21


David Chernikoff – The power of commitment. 8/17/21


Jay Ford – Schools of Buddhism (Vajrayana). 6/8/21 Presentation outline.

Jay Ford – Schools of Buddhism (Mahayana). 6/1/21 Presentation outline, Presentation video.

Jay Ford – Schools of Buddhism (Theravada). 5/25/21 Presentation outline, Presentation video.

Jim Garrido – Buddhist Compassion. 4/6/21 Presentation document.

Jay Ford – Challenging Buddhist Teachings Made Plain (anatta/No-self). 1/19/21 Presentation document.

Jim Garrido – Contemporary Buddhist Themed Poetry. 12/22/20 Powerpoint Presentation.

Jay Ford – three talk series on the historical dialogue between Buddhists and Christians. 12/8/20 Presentation document.

Wendy Farrow – Pema Chodron’s teachings on fearlessness in difficult times. 9/15/20 Full presentation and resources.

Marc Farrow – An Introduction to the Activism and Work of Joanna Macy, Scholar of Buddhism and Ecology. 9/8/20 Presentation resources.

Mary Beth Blackwell Chapman – Poetry presentation and discussion. 9/1/20 Poems for sangha. Gardening Poems.

Jim Garrido – Dependent origination, emptiness of essence (Sunyata) and no-self (Anatta). 8/18/20 Full presentation document.

Jim Garrido – The Path to Love and Freedom. 2/25/20 Full presentation document.

Jim Garrido – Mahamudra guided meditation. 9/24/19 Full presentation document.

Jay Ford – The life of the Buddha – Part II. 7/23/19


Jim Garrido – Equanimity and Ethics. 5/28/19 Full presentation document.

Jay Ford – The life of the Buddha – Part I. 5/21/19


Ann McCarty – The Five Remembrances. 2/12/19


Jay Ford – The Heart Sutra. 1/29/19