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 over five months by practicing with one topic per month.  At the end of the month, 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

We recommend working with one lesson per month. This means that participants will listen to the Dharma talk during the first week of the month 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 schedule is meant to accommodate practitioners with busy schedules, with some flexibility of when to listen to the talk in the first week and when to finish the reflection sheet in the last week of the month.

We recommend participants take a look at their schedule over the upcoming weeks and months, see when is a realistic time to begin the self-paced course and map out the time their availability and start date for 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.