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Varela 2026: In the Grove of Mortality (Part 7)
In Part 7 of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, Molly Crockett turns to a question with real stakes in the race of AI development: Can Buddhis…
8 hours ago
Varela 2026: Kensho, Joriki, and Ordinary Mind in Zen Practice (Part 6)
In Part 6 of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, Roshi Joan Halifax leads a guided sitting before turning to what she calls the four often-conf…
8 hours ago
Varela 2026: Re/cognizing the Mystical (Part 5)
In Part 5 of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, John Dunne returns for his second talk of the program, tracing “mystical experience” to its ro…
9 hours ago
Varela 2026: The Blind Spot – Part B (Part 4B)
In Part 4B (the 2nd half of Part 4) of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, astrophysicist Adam Frank, PhD., turns to what comes after: a “new p…
10 hours ago
Varela 2026: The Blind Spot – Part A (Part 4A)
In Part 4A (the first half of Part 4) of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, Molly Crockett opens with a guided meditation on the breath, explo…
10 hours ago
Varela 2026: Panel Discussion – Time, Perception, and Not-Knowing (Part 3)
In Part 3 of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, the faculty explores the nature of experience in this Day 1 panel session — reflexive awarenes…
1 day, 10 hours ago
Varela 2026: Reflexive Awareness and Encountering Reality (Part 2)
In Part 2 of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, John Dunne, PhD, opens with a guided meditation on reflexive, non-dual awareness before turnin…
1 day, 10 hours ago
Varela Contemplative Science Retreat 2026: Opening Session (Part 1)
In this opening session (Part 1) of the Varela Contemplative Science Retreat, Roshi Joan Halifax welcomes practitioners on-site and online, tracing t…
1 day, 10 hours ago
Dogen Seminar 2026: Our Care-full Attention (Part 7 of 7)
In this final session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar 2026, Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer takes up Dogen’s Mountains and Waters Sutra, tracing how sustained …
1 day, 14 hours ago
Dogen Seminar 2026: Faculty Reflections (Part 6)
In this session of Upaya’s Dogen Seminar 2026, Reverend Tenmyo Dojima introduces baika, the Soto Zen tradition of Buddhist hymn-singing, chanting a h…
1 day, 14 hours ago