The Healing Power of Telling Your Story
What if your voice is the medicine that the world desperately needs?
Sharon Salzberg + Serene Jones + Lydia Mason
A panel discussion on the power of spiritually-inspired activism.
Birthing Creativity and the Power of the Feminine
Learn what the power of the feminine can teach people of all genders about how to nurture, and be nurtured by, the creative process.
Candy Chang + James A. Reeves + Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
You live inside your head every day, but do you understand how it works?
Zachary Quinto + Dr. Judith Grisel
How can we fight addiction while summoning the healing power to repair its damage?
Gina Sharpe + Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara + Dr. Pilar Jennings
The scandals rocking the world’s religions—including Buddhism—can make us question the very nature of spiritual authority.
Sharlee Jeter + Dr. Sampson Davis + Dr. Heather Berlin
What are the common threads that enable survivors of illness, trauma, and prejudice to triumph over their challenges?
Mona Polacca + Marina Abramović
Ritual, repetition, and durational experiences remind of us of our relationships to all things.
Meredith Monk + Robert Thurman
Ephemerality, karma, and the place where Buddhism, artistic expression, and environmental concerns intersect.
Winona LaDuke + Naomi Klein
Two internationally recognized activists come together to discuss the economics associated with climate change.
Wen Stephenson + Roy Scranton
Two self-proclaimed "bad Buddhists" try to answer the question of how to lose less badly and live ethically in the no-win situation of catastrophic climate change.
The Future of the Feminine
Where are we now, and what direction do we take to reach a better future?
Introduction to Vedic Astrology
One of the six sacred sciences of ancient India, along with Ayurveda, Vedic astrology is an analysis and forecasting system that offers a map of a person’s karma.
Time, Terma, and the Kalachakra
A conversation on the Kalachakra Tantra, Tibetan prophecy, and concepts of time.
Tuvan Shamanic Divination and Prophecy
How can shamanic prophecy and divination assist us in creating ourselves, now and in the future?
The Future of Responsibility
How can individuals, working with or within institutions, can take responsibility as we move into a new cultural era?
The Vedas: Everything There Is
The ultimate nature of reality and identity through time and space form the core of this discussion.
David Eagleman + Pedro Domingos
The neuroscientific advisor to the HBO hit series prepare us for imminent futures led by self-programmable machines.

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