Moon Pointing

Talks at The Sati Center

• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: A Palliative Perspective on Health Care and Living (2025-02-24) by Emily Linderman
• Buddhist Perspectives on Conflict and Non-Conflict (1 of 2) (2025-08-24) by Andrea Fella
• Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Healthy Compassion in Crises and Disasters (2024-03-24) by Nathan Jishin Michon
• What Do the Suttas Actually Have to Say About the Brahma Viharas (1 of 2) (2026-02-22) by Leigh Brasington
• The Dhamma in Brief: The Path in Brief (Class 3 of 3) (2025-03-19) by Kim Allen
• Buddha, Socrates, and Us: A Conversation with Stephen Batchelor & Gil Fronsdal (2025-07-30) by Gil Fronsdal, Stephen Batchelor
• Dispelling Delusion: Exploring the Vipallāsas Through Early Buddhist Poetry (2 of 4) (2024-02-15) by Ayya Santussika
• Chaplaincy as a Spiritual Practice and Life Path (2025-03-16) by Susan Shannon
• Aging and Awakening - Dharma Talk (2024-01-21) by David Chernikoff
• Staff Wellbeing (2024-06-10) by David Morris
• Spiritual Bypassing: What It Is and How to Work with It (2 of 2) (2025-03-31) by David Chernikoff
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Spiritual Care - lessons of freedom from within prison (2025-01-18) by Kim Moore
• “Buddhist Perspectives on Conflict and Non Conflict” (2 of 2) (2025-09-01) by Andrea Fella
• Focusing on What Matters: Practices in Mindful Communication (2026-01-18) by Lily Huang
• The Spectrum of Compassion (2 of 3) (2024-03-14) by Kim Allen
• On the vital importance of one’s mind’s training being G R A D U A L (2024-04-12) by Bhikkhu Sambodhi
• Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World - Talk 2 (4 of 6) (2023-10-08) by Kevin Griffin
• Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World - Introduction & Guided Meditation (1 of 6) (2023-10-08) by Kevin Griffin
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: The Value of Chaplaincy in Education (2025-06-22) by Annanda Barclay
• What Do the Suttas Actually Have to Say About the Brahma Viharas (2 of 2) (2026-03-01) by Leigh Brasington
• The Four Noble Truths in Context: Guided Meditation (2023-09-10) by Ajaan Thanissaro
• Dispelling Delusion: Exploring the Vipallāsas Through Early Buddhist Poetry (3 of 4) (2024-02-21) by Ayya Santussika
• Introduction; First Guided Meditation; Original Love Talk; Response to Questions; Second Guided Meditation; Questions and Answers (2025-07-13) by Henry Shukman
• Early Buddhism: the Dharma of Pleasure (2024-08-16) by Bernat Font
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Reflections on Self-Care from the Zen Caregiving Project with Teresa Bouza and Mary Doane (2026-02-23) by Vanessa Able
• Engaging the Abhidhamma (2024-01-14) by Tony Bernhard
• How To Construct a Sutta (2026-03-13) by Gil Fronsdal
• The Dhamma in Brief (Class 1 of 3) (2025-03-05) by Kim Allen
• Grief, Loss, and Bereavement: From Foundations to Complexities (2025-12-15) by Chris Onderdonk
• Brahmavihara: The Beautiful Qualities of the Heart (4 of 5) (2025-02-02) by Rachel Lewis
• Poetry And Non-Separation (2025-03-10) by John Brehm
• Victory over Māra (1 of 3) (2025-06-05) by Diana Clark
• Introduction to Buddhist Chaplaincy (2025-04-28) by Jennifer Block, Vanessa Able
• The Way to the Far Shore Pārāyanavagga: Sutta Nipāta Book Five (1 of 2) (2024-02-25) by Leigh Brasington
• The Power of Nonviolence: A Dialogue between Michael Nagler and Kerstin Deibert (2026-02-09) by Kerstin Deibert
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Practicing What We Preach (2024-04-21) by Grace Schireson
• Buddhist Spiritual Care for Our Times (2025-10-26) by Dawn Neal, Kirsten Rudestam
• “So they said to the Buddha …” Class 4 of 4 (2024-05-29) by Bhante Sujato
• Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Exploring Vajrayana-Informed Chaplaincy (2024-07-06) by Lama Justin von Bujdoss
• Skillful Desires on the Path (1 of 3); Skillful Desires on the Path (2 of 3); Skillful Desires on the Path (3 of 3) (2025-09-14) by Ajaan Thanissaro
• Right Speech in Times of Peace - Monastic & Scriptural Insights (2023-11-10) by Ajahn Nisabho
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Community Chaplaincy & The San Francsico Night Ministry (2025-06-08) by Trent Thornley
• Secular Dharma: a Practice of Care and Awakening for our Times (2 of 2) (2025-04-21) by Martine Batchelor, Bernat Font
• Jātakas: Buddhist Storytelling (1 of 4) (2025-05-07) by Bhante Sujato
• “Self” in Buddhist Spiritual Formation for Chaplaincy (2025-04-27) by Leigh Miller
• Introduction to Buddhist Chaplaincy (2024-04-15) by Jennifer Block, Vanessa Able
• Mettā for Stability and Concentration (Samādhi) with Dawn Neal (2024-07-29) by Dawn Neal
• Secular Dharma: a Practice of Care and Awakening for our Times (1 of 2) (2025-04-13) by Martine Batchelor, Bernat Font
• Spiritual Resources for Resilience (2023-11-07) by Sharon Salzberg, Oren Jay Sofer
• Heavens & Hells: Lessons of the Mind & Buddhist Cosmos (2 of 2) (2025-05-18) by Ajahn Nisabho
• Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World - Talk 1 (2 of 6) (2023-10-08) by Kevin Griffin
• “So they said to the Buddha …” Class 1 of 4 (2024-05-08) by Bhante Sujato
• Brahmavihara: The Beautiful Qualities of the Heart (1 of 5) (2025-01-09) by Rachel Lewis
• An Afternoon with the Metta Sutta (2025-06-02) by Kim Allen
• The Mind of Freedom (1 of 3) (2024-09-13) by Andrea Fella
• Pāli for Practice (2023-08-27) by Claralynn Nunamaker
• Right Speech in Times of War: Vital Insights from the Simile of the Saw (2023-11-03) by Ajahn Kovilo
• Victory over Māra (2 of 3) (2025-06-14) by Diana Clark
• All the Unpopular Buddhist Topics: Part 1 - Death Contemplation & Rebirth (2024-01-07) by Ajahn Nisabho
• See for Yourself: Experiencing Wisdom in Life (1 of 4) (2026-02-27) by Kim Allen
• Exploring Samadhi and Jhana in Buddhist Meditation (1 of 2) (2023-09-24) by Richard Shankman
• Wise Livelihood: Looking Beyond the Five Jobs to Avoid (2025-08-06) by Kerry Dunn
• Liberation from…what exactly? (2024-09-29) by Bhante Pasanna
• Heavens & Hells: Lessons of the Mind & Buddhist Cosmos (1 of 2) (2025-05-12) by Ajahn Kovilo
• Stories of Awakening and Wisdom (1 of 4) (2025-01-29) by Leigh Brasington
• Stream Entry (2 of 2) (2024-09-15) by Ajaan Thanissaro
• Sukha as the Way to the End of Dukkha (2023-11-12) by Bhikkhu Sanathavihari
• The Mind of Freedom (2 of 3) (2024-09-20) by Andrea Fella
• Relaxing into Big-hearted Awareness (2025-08-18) by Dawn Neal
• How to Overcome Fear: The Buddha’s Exposure Therapy (2025-09-21) by Sean Feit Oakes
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Spiritual Care as Koan – Formation and Embodiment (2024-11-18) by Alice Cabotaje
• All the Unpopular Buddhist Topics: Part 2 - Buddhist Cosmology & Body Contemplation (2024-01-07) by Ajahn Nisabho
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: The Nature of Suffering – Addiction and the Four Truths (2024-12-08) by Kevin Griffin
• Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World - Talk 3 (5 of 6) (2023-10-08) by Kevin Griffin
• The Way to the Far Shore Pārāyanavagga: Sutta Nipāta Book Five (2 of 2) (2024-03-03) by Leigh Brasington
• Jātakas: Buddhist Storytelling (4 of 4) (2025-05-29) by Bhante Sujato
• Stories of Awakening and Wisdom (4 of 4) (2025-02-20) by Leigh Brasington
• Stories of Awakening and Wisdom (3 of 4) (2025-02-13) by Leigh Brasington
• Brahmavihara: The Beautiful Qualities of the Heart (5 of 5) (2025-02-06) by Rachel Lewis
• The Four Noble Truths in Context: Morning Dharma Talk (2023-09-10) by Ajaan Thanissaro
• What I Wish I Had Known before I Started Chaplaincy Training (2025-11-17) by Keith Wakefield
• Jātakas: Buddhist Storytelling (2 of 4) (2025-05-14) by Bhante Sujato
• Buddhist Chaplaincy Speaker Series: Spiritual Care as Creative Listening: A Buddhist Writer’s Perspective (2024-10-09) by Chenxing Han
• Chaplaincy Series: Learning to Help - A Buddhist Journey into Chaplaincy (2023-10-22) by Max Hokai Swanger
• Full Simplicity: The Art of Renunciation and Letting Go (2023-09-02) by Kim Allen
• “So they said to the Buddha …” Class 2 of 4 (2024-05-15) by Bhante Sujato
• Stories of Awakening and Wisdom (2 of 4) (2025-02-06) by Leigh Brasington
• Stream Entry (1 of 2) (2024-09-15) by Ajaan Thanissaro
• The Four Noble Truths in Context: Afternoon Dharma Talk (2023-09-10) by Ajaan Thanissaro
• “So they said to the Buddha …” Class 3 of 4 (2024-05-22) by Bhante Sujato
• Stories of Inspiring Buddhist Women Class 2: Ayya Khema (2024-01-25) by Leigh Brasington, Diana Clark
• Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World - Talk 4 (6 of 6) (2023-10-08) by Kevin Griffin
• Dispelling Delusion: Exploring the Vipallāsas Through Early Buddhist Poetry (1 of 4) (2024-02-07) by Ayya Santussika
• Neuro-Bhavana: Brain-Based Tools for Cultivating Factors of Awakening (2026-04-07) by Rick Hanson
• Brahmavihara: The Beautiful Qualities of the Heart (3 of 5) (2025-01-24) by Rachel Lewis
• The Dhamma in Brief: The Graduated Discourse (Class 2 of 3) (2025-03-13) by Kim Allen
• A Story of the First Buddhist Women (2024-03-31) by Vanessa Sasson
• Spiritual Bypassing: What It Is and How to Work with It (1 of 2) (2025-03-23) by David Chernikoff
• Right Listening — The Chaplain’s Empathic Stethoscope (2023-11-05) by Pamela Ayo Yetunde
• Jātakas: Buddhist Storytelling (3 of 4) (2025-05-23) by Bhante Sujato
• How Can I Help? (2023-12-18) by Renshin Bunce
• Caring for Anxious Minds – A Caregiver’s Experience as a Jail Chaplain (2025-10-14) by Ram Appalaraju
• All the Unpopular Buddhist Topics: Introduction & Guided Meditation (2024-01-07) by Ajahn Nisabho
• Exploring Samādhi and Jhāna in Buddhist Meditation (2 of 2) (2023-10-01) by Richard Shankman
• Perspectives on the Honeyball Sutta (2025-04-07) by Jaya Rudgard
• Realizing Our Embeddedness in Nature (2023-10-15) by Chris Ives
• Introduction – The Wellbeing Cascade; Meditation I – Embodied Pāmojja; The Joy of Appreciating Saddhā (Faith) & Cāga (Generosity); Meditation II – Guided; The Joy of Appreciating Sīla (Virtue) & Suta (Learning); Meditation III; The Joy of Appreciating Pāññā (Wisdom) (2024-06-02) by Ajahn Kovilo
• Buddhist Practice for Building Bridges to Peace and Justice (2026-01-16) by Gil Fronsdal, Mohsen Mahdawi
• Mindfulness at Home: Spring Cleaning for the Heart (2026-02-09) by Rachel Lewis
• The Mind of Freedom (3 of 3) (2024-09-26) by Andrea Fella
• Accompanying Living, Accompanying Dying (2024-02-18) by Kirsten DeLeo