Seven Inner Treasures: Cultivating the Awakening Factors
Dates: Thursdays, October 15th – November 19th, 2026
Session times: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
Instructor: Regina Flanigan
In this six-week course, we’ll explore an important teaching known as the awakening factors.
Buddhist teachings describe these seven qualities as priceless treasures because they are human capacities that, when recognized, appreciated, and cultivated, support well-being and the unfolding of awakening.
Together, we’ll explore how to know when they are present or absent, how they help us respond wisely to the mind’s balance between being energized and calm, ways of strengthening them, and their relationship to what are known as the hindrances. Along the way, we’ll also explore how these timeless qualities of mind also support well-being and human flourishing.
Each 1½-hour session will include a meditation based on some aspect of the seven factors, a brief Dharma talk, and space for reflection, sharing, and discussion. A simple, concise study guide will be offered for each session.
- Week 1: Understanding the wholesome and liberating nature of the awakening factors (Mindfulness as foundational)
- Week 2: Investigation (Curiosity and Discernment)
- Week 3: Energy and Joy
- Week 4: Tranquility and Samadhi (Concentration and Unification)
- Week 5: Equanimity
- Week 6: The Seven Factors: How they work together
Susan Beckman Reagan will also offer integration sessions to support course learning. These optional sessions will be offered on:
Monday, November 2 from 5 pm - 6 pm ET
Monday, November 16 from 5 pm - 6 pm ET
Important Notes:
- We are fortunate that membership dues allow us to offer this course series at no additional charge to you. Out of respect for the teacher and fellow participants, you are encouraged to register if you can commit to attending most of the sessions...and we also understand that unplanned circumstances can arise that may impact your attendance.
- Sessions are live, interactive, and will not be recorded.