Liberation from Suffering
Self-Paced Practice Course
with Zenki Dillo Roshi
About This Course
Buddhism is about liberation from suffering. That's its essential teaching. In positive terms that means that it is possible to develop a sense of unconditional contentment and continuous nourishment even when we experience difficulties and pain. This course is about understanding and applying these radical Buddhist teachings in a way that fits our contemporary 21st Century lives.
Zenki Roshi speaks about the Buddhist approach to liberation in a fresh and experiential way that avoids platitudes and spiritual idealism. The course is a precise exploration of the human condition and gives accessible instructions for how to work with yourself in a way that is both rigorous and kind. A big emphasis is on learning to accept the inevitable intensity that comes with being alive without losing one's composure.
What You Will Learn
- Recognize suffering (stress, dissatisfaction, discontentment) in your ordinary experience
- Differentiate between pain and suffering
- Understand the role reactivity (resistance and grasping) in suffering and how nonreactivity leads to liberation
- Reconstruct the classic teaching of the Four Noble Truths, which teaches liberation from suffering, so it can be applied and enacted in your moment-to-moment activity
- Become familiar with three practices that are essential for liberation: bodyfulness, kindness, and presence
- Gain emotional freedom by applying your new understanding of freedom from suffering to the realm of emotions
- Explore the nature of habits and learn how to transform them
- Discover how to feel continually nourished no matter the circumstances
- Learn about the difference between the Buddhist path and Western psychotherapy and how the two approaches can be used in a complimentary way
What You Get
The course consists of 8 modules (see curriculum below), each consisting of a video dharma talk, several practice suggestions, and written materials to deepen your study. Altogether you will receive:
- 10 Dharma talks originally given to a live audience,
- over 30 practice suggestions to integrate the content of the talks into your daily life,
- all Dharma talks and practice suggestions in audio format for easy download, so you can use the recordings while on the go,
- a combined PDF file of all practice suggestions to download,
- lifetime access to the course.
Plus:
- 1 free practice meeting with Zenki Roshi to discuss questions about your practice.
The Path of Aliveness (Book)
Zenki Roshi's book The Path of Aliveness has four parts: (1) Transformation, (2) Liberation, (3) Wisdom, and (4) Compassion. This course Liberation from Suffering is aligned with the second part of the book.
This course includes excerpts from Part 2, so that you can go over some of the core teachings in a written form.
The book's table of contents is available here. The whole book is available directly from the publisher, Shambhala Publications, or from major book vendors such as Amazon.
Course Fees:
$90 - Member Price
$120 - Non-member Price
Curriculum
- Liberation from Suffering—Working with Reactivity
- Intimacy with the Field of Mind
- Bodyfulness & Kindness
- Presence
- Emotional Freedom
- Habits and Karma
- The Path of Nourishment
- Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Zenki Roshi’s dharma talks are awesome. He has a wonderful way of bringing Zen teaching to the heart of real life. If you’ve ever wondered how to fully and completely engage with your life, these talks are for you.
Zenki Roshi has a unique aptitude for weaving traditional Zen teachings into contemporary personal and cultural challenges. [He] tactfully uses the exploration of language and anecdotes to eloquently articulate Zen approaches to transformation, realization, wisdom and compassion. What’s more, these teachings are appropriate for the newcomer to Zen practice and the decades-long veteran, alike.
There is nothing aloof or distant about these teachings; they are made personal and relatable by how Zenki Roshi delivers teachings within the context of his own experience as a decades-long practitioner of Zen. I also very much appreciate his precise and concise use of language to point listeners to deeply explore the richness of their own bodily experiences.
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