General Structure of the Course

Participants will listen to a Dharma talk on the first topic, reflect on the talk and identify the parts of the talk that resonate.  By reflecting on how the teachings resonate, it can be more easily integrated into daily life practice.  Participants will practice with these teachings for the period devoted to each topic as designed in their plan.  At the end of the period, they will write down their reflection on how the practice went and what they have learned from integrating these teachings into their daily life.  A reflection sheet for each topic is provided to help with these contemplations throughout the period devoted to each topic.

Setting up your self-paced online Dharma study course:

1. Contact Us

Use the contact form to express interest in the course.

2. Schedule

Participants will create a schedule for the course that will work for them. The pace can vary from weekly, biweekly to monthly.

• A weekly course will mean that participants need to listen to the Dharma talk promptly at the beginning of each week and make sure that they have time to reflect on and work with the material throughout the week and enough time and pace to fully reflect on and write about their practice experience at the end of the week. The participant will submit the reflection sheet before listening to the next talk. The weekly schedule can be quite an intensive pace.

• A monthly course will mean that participants listen to the Dharma talk during the first week and reflect on the part of the talk they would like to practice with throughout the month. They can listen to the talk again over the weeks and jot down their reflection as they go along. At the end of the month, the participants will complete their reflection sheet and submit it before listening to the next talk. This option is meant to accommodate practitioners with busy schedules, given the flexibility of when in the first week to listen to the talk and when in the last week of the month to finish the reflection sheet.

• A bi-weekly course provides a bit more flexibility than the weekly course and a tighter schedule than the monthly course.

• For some, a three-week period for each topic may work better, and the period on each topic can vary.

We recommend that participants take a look at their schedule over the upcoming weeks and months, make a realistic schedule after taking into consideration the period of time they are available and map out the start date of each of the five lessons.  After participants have created a schedule with specific dates as a commitment to themselves and the teacher to complete the course, they will share this plan with Rebecca.  

3. Course Packet

Based on the schedule participants have created, they will receive a course packet to get started. We ask participants to set a start date at least two weeks after they submit the schedule to provide sufficient time for the set-up of the self-paced course.