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Foundations for Freedom: The Hinayana
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DatesTeachers
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Pre-recorded / Available after March 5Free Introductory Talks: Framing the Journey Acharyas Simmer-Brown and Hessey and Shastri Loden Nyima
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1Course 1: (SPRING: April-May)
Acharyas Susan Chapman and A. Fleet Maull
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First Noble Truth: Meeting Suffering with Maitri
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Sunday, April 19 at 2:00 pm (Atlantic)Class 1 (LIVE): Introduction to First Noble Truth + Mindfulness of BodyAcharyas Chapman and MaullLive event on Zoom
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Pre-recordedClass 2: The 4 Marks: Impermanence (anicca) (Pre-recorded)A. Fleet Maull
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Pre-recordedClass 3: The 4 Marks: Suffering (dukkha) (Pre-recorded)A. Susan Chapman
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Pre-recordedClass 4: The 4 Marks: Egolessness (anatta) (Pre-recorded)A. Fleet Maull
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Pre-recordedClass 5: The 4 Marks: Peace ( nibbana) (Pre-recorded)A. Susan Chapman
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Sunday, May 31stLive Discussion GroupsAcharyas Chapman and MaullLive event on Zoom
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2Course 2: (SUMMER: June-July-August)
John Rockwell and Acharya Dale Asrael
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2nd Noble Truth -- Origins of Suffering, Part I: The 5 Skandhas
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Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 pm (Atlantic)Class 1 (LIVE): Intro to 5 skhandas John Rockwell and A. Dale AsraelLive event on Zoom
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Pre-recordedClass 2: Five Skandhas: Form (Pre-recorded)
John Rockwell
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Pre-recordedClass 3: Five Skandhas: Feeling (Pre-recorded)
Acharya Dale Asrael
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Pre-recordedClass 4: Five Skandhas: Perception (Pre-recorded)
John Rockwell
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Pre-recordedClass 5: Five Skandhas: Conceptual Formations (Pre-recorded)Acharya Dale Asrael
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Pre-recordedClass 6: Five Skandhas: Consciousness (Pre-recorded)
John Rockwell
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Sunday, August 23 and Sunday August 30 at 2:00 pm (Atlantic)Live Discussion GroupsJohn Rockwell and A Dale AsraelLive event on Zoom
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3Course 3: (FALL: Sept-October)
A. Judith Simmer-Brown and Gelong Loden Nyima
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2nd Noble Truth -- The Origins of Suffering, Part II: Wheel of Life, Karma & 12 Nidanas
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Sunday, Sept 6Class 1 (LIVE): Intro to 2nd Noble truth + Mindfulness of LifeA. Simmer Brown and G. Loden NyimaLive event on Zoom
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Pre-recordedClass 2: Kunjung of Klesha & Karma (Pre-recorded)

A. Simmer Brown and Loden Nyima
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Pre-recordedClass 3: Wheel of life and 6 Realms (Pre-recorded)

G.Loden Nyima
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Pre-recordedClass 4: 12 Nidanas: Cause (1-2) and Result (3-7) (Pre-recorded)
A. Simmer Brown
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Pre-recordedClass 5: 12 Nidanas: Present lifetime (8-10) and Future lifetime (11-12) (Pre-rec.)

A. Simmer Brown
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Pre-recordedClass 6: The long view: Karma and lifetimes & Cosmology (Pre-recorded)G. Loden Nyima
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Sunday, October 25Live Discussion GroupsA. Simmer Brown and G. Loden NyimaLive event on Zoom
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4Course 4: (WINTER 2020: Nov-December)
Acharya Dan Hessey + A. Suzann Duquette
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The Third Noble Truth -- Freedom from Suffering
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Sunday, November 8Class 1 (LIVE): Intro to 3rd Noble Truth + Mindfulness of EffortA. HesseyLive event on Zoom
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Pre-recordedClass 2: Non-Struggle, Cessation, and The Gap (Pre-recorded)

A. Duquette
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Pre-recordedClass 3: Resting in the gap and Vipashyana (Pre-recorded)

A. Duquette
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Pre-recordedClass 4: Variety of Cessation of the Path (Pre-recorded)
A Dan Hessey
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Sunday, December 13
Live Discussion GroupsA. Duquette and A. HesseyLive event on Zoom
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5Course 5 (WINTER 2021: Jan-February 2021)
Acharya Eric Spiegel + A. Marianne Bots
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The Fourth Noble Truth -- The Path of Shila, Samadhi, and Prajna
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Sunday, January 10Class 1 (LIVE): The Path: The Fourth Noble Truth and Mindfulness of MindA. M. Bots and A. SpiegelLive event on Zoom
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Pre-recordedClass 2: Shila: Precepts and the discipline of a dharmic life (pre-recorded)

A. Eric Spiegel
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Pre-recordedClass 3: Samadhi and Prajña: Hearing, Contemplating and Meditating (pre-recorded)

A. Marianne Bots
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Pre-recordedClass 4: Taking Refuge: The Three Jewels – how we enter the stream of the Buddha’s teachings (Pre-recorded)
A. Eric Spiegel
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Pre-recordedClass 5: Being Buddhist: The path of the three yanas and the four dignities (pre-recorded)A. Marianne Bots
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Sunday, February 21Live Discussion GroupsA. Bots and A. SpiegelLive event on Zoom
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How Centers & Groups Might Schedule the Course
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The mix of live and pre-recorded talks provides a lot of flexibility for you to fit this course into your schedule.
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- Join both live events in each section and schedule the remaining pre-recorded sessions whenever it is best for your center (e.g., Sunday mornings, or weekly evenings).
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- Watch the recordings of the live events (first talks of each course) and the pre-recorded talks at times that are convenient for your center.
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(e.g., you could schedule the course on five weekday evenings, if that is best for you, and not worry about attending the live events.)
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- Organize a weekend program using all the recordings
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