The Bodhisattva Path: Courageous Love in Chaotic Times
We’re living in times that desperately call for sanity. We need our spiritual practice to remain grounded in wisdom, compassion, and freedom as we engage increasingly difficult and chaotic circumstances. Fortunately, we are in the footsteps of millenia of practitioners before us who have done just that. Bodhisattvas are courageous beings on a path to everyone’s freedom, as long as that takes. The Bodhisattva teachings show us how to rouse our motivation to be the change we want to see, orient to a long view, and engage in the paramitas or “transcendent actions” that get us there.
We often find support and rejuvenation in small pods of like minded people, where we can share, grieve, encourage, and grow.
….interdependce…every thing we do matters…be the change we want to see….co-create local community that embodies our values…and is a source of resilience…
draw strength, courage, and guidance from the Bodhisattva path…courageous beings who embody the Mahayana or “Great Vehicle” path and work for the enlightenment of all beings…
power of vows (refuge and bodhisattva)…
transcendent actions (needed now more than ever) paramitas….get to the other shore of freedom from the darkness of cycles of suffering…(there you go in planting seeds)….
Community forum (a private Discord server) for ongoing peer-to-peer community support, discussion, and self-organizing local pods who may wish to gather in person (Denver, Ft Collins, Boulder, San Antonio, maybe more!).
big picture context
guided meditation rousing the power of awakened heart (bodhichitta)
tools to transform suffering in life
finding our own bodhisattva inspiration—-being the change we want to see
the transcendent actions of generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation and wisdom—-what they mean in our context and how they can guide our lives to freedom
opening the doors to classic Mahayana texts for further study
