Ken Bradford - Karma and Self-Forgiveness
Understanding how the creation and dissolution of karma works is mission-critical for self-liberation. And while forgiveness is a topic not often highlighted in Buddhism, it is there nonetheless as a thread in the fabric of karuna (compassion).  
Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net
Monday, May 9 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm (PDT)
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Teacher Support: This evenings teacher, Ken Bradford, will offer the donations received from tonight’s session to the Ukrainian humanitarian aide NGO, Voices of Children, toward therapeutic and psychosocial services for displaced and traumatized Ukrainian children and families. Mountain Stream will match the donation - thank you Ken and thank you Sangha!

Last week our joint donation (Sangha & matching fund from Mountain Stream) for Voices of Children was $500 - may our intention to help end suffering provide support to those in need.

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