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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Sangha | Stan Eisenstein
DESCRIPTION:Led by MMTCP Mentors\, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your personal practice and teaching questions and to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session\, mentors will offer a short talk\, lead a reflective or practice exercise and then offer guidance and wisdom for any questions you have.   \n \nThis session is led by Stan Eisenstein and is from 11 am – 12:30 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here \n \nPlease note: these sessions are not recorded. Now more than ever we need to be in community and though we can’t be together in person\, please join us live for this valuable community. \n \nMore about Stan \nStan Eisenstein has been a mentor for MMTCP since 2019 (cohort 2). He has been a teacher for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington since 2013. He has created and taught courses in Inviting Chronic Pain and Illness to Tea\, Self-Inquiry\, and Meditative Reparenting. Stan has guided individuals in self-inquiry since 2015. Stan had a long career as a high school physics teacher. He has a Masters in Social Work\, though he is not a licensed clinical therapist. Stan co-created and teaches Guided Embodied Inquiry with Individuals (GEII): a Course for Mindfulness Meditation Teachers. This year-long course begins January 2026. You can find more information at Stan’s website.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-sangha-stan-eisenstein/
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SUMMARY:Footsteps of the Buddha Pilgrimage Information Session
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to offer again a unique opportunity to visit Buddhism’s holy sites with a group of MMTCP alumni as we walk in the Footsteps of the Buddha: A Pilgrimage to the Source of Mindfulness. Twenty-eight pilgrims made this journey in 2025 and it was such a profound experience\, we had to do it again!   \n \nPilgrimage dates February 20  – March 5\, 2027; the journey will be led by Dharmacharya Shantum Seth and accompanied by Paru Desai\, ED MMTCP Alumni Association. \n \nTo journey through the heart of northern India\, immersing in Buddhism’s holiest sites alongside spiritual friends\, is more than a pilgrimage—it is a profound transformation. Moving as a sangha\, we don’t just visit history; we walk in the dharma together in the very places it was born.  \n \nMeet Shantum and the Buddha Path team at this information session and hear more about the trip’s content and logistics.  Please click here for a complete information packet including registration details.  \n \nThis trip is open to all MMTCP alumni; partners\, family members and friends are welcome to join. \n \nThe session is from 9 – 10:30 am ET; the Zoom link is here.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/footsteps-of-the-buddha-pilgrimage-information-session/
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SUMMARY:The Dangers of Peace: Avoidance and Bypassing as Hindrances to Liberation | A Workshop with Kazu Haga
DESCRIPTION:As dharma practitioners and teachers\, part of our path is to support others in walking toward peace. Yet in a world shaped by pervasive violence\, our understanding of what it means to create “peace” can become distorted. How might our assumptions about concepts like peace\, safety\, agreements\, healing\, and accountability unintentionally create fragile or reactive spaces that replicate harm? And how can our grounding in the dharma help us cultivate containers that are not only genuinely safe\, but also resilient enough to hold challenges\, invite growth\, and move us toward the liberation of all beings?  And at a time when we are polarized and/or paralyzed by conflict\, this session will offer practical tools and strategies you can bring into your relationships and teaching.    \n \nThis workshop is from 12 – 3 pm ET; the Zoom link is here.  \n \nThis session is presented in collaboration with the Mindfulness and Nonviolent Communication Sangha; please visit the Sangha page for more information. \n \nMore About Kazu Haga \nKazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice\, a core member of the Fierce Vulnerability Network\, a founding core member of the Ahimsa Collective\, a Jam facilitator and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm and Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma\, Emerging through \nCollapse. His work weaves together spiritual practice\, trauma healing and nonviolent action to advance social change and move towards collective liberation.   \nHe has over 25 years of experience in nonviolence and social change work. He is a resident of the Canticle Farm community on Lisjan Ohlone land\, Oakland\, CA\, where \nhe lives with his family. You can find out more about his work at www.kazuhaga.com.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/the-dangers-of-peace-avoidance-and-bypassing-as-hindrances-to-liberation-a-workshop-with-kazu-haga/
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Sangha | Thomas Davis
DESCRIPTION:Led by MMTCP Mentors\, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any of your personal practice and teaching questions and /or to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session\, mentors will offer a short talk\, lead a reflective or practice exercise and then offer guidance and wisdom for any questions you have.   \n \nThis session is led by Thomas Davis and is from 7 – 8:30 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here \n \nPlease note: these sessions are not recorded. Now more than ever we need to be in community and though we can’t be together in person\, please join us live for this valuable community. \n \nMore about Thomas  \nThomas Davis IV\, is a Contemplative Artist based in Los Angeles who explores the connections between the principles of the Dharma\, Christian Mysticism\, Jazz Ethics\, Poetry\, Art\, Storytelling and Science for a multi-disciplinary exploration of who we are and what is possible for Us. Thomas self-identifies as a Contemplative Artist which allows for a consistent and fluid commitment to personal authenticity; and for the exploration of voicing one’s emerging ideas\, concepts and individual expressions of personal and collective Liberation. \n \nThomas Davis IV is a native of Oakland\, California. He currently resides in Los Angeles and is a Teacher with the InsightLA Meditation Center\, InsightinSchools and Guiding Teacher of the InsightLA POC Sangha. Thomas has also served non-profit organizations and entertainment industry clients with his teachings. \n \nThomas is the Founder of Avant-Dharma which is the present expression of his cumulative years of practice and service. Learn more about Thomas and his work here
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-sangha-thomas-davis/
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