Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.
The Buddha
The education of Buddhist monks is the equivalent of a Ph.D. with about ten years of studying the scriptures, such as the Pali Canon texts, for Theravada monks or Mahayana sutras and commentaries for Mahayana monks.
Western teachers of mindfulness meditation, in contrast, do not receive the same academic education, but often come into teaching following their own personal interest in meditation and having realized the benefits of it, choose to share it with others.
Gregory Pai does not try to emulate Buddhist monks with literal translations of Buddhist doctrine or with rites and rituals. Instead, it is filtered through his particular lens of personal growth, his own sankhara. His rich and often difficult journey may offer the Western audience, a more relatable bridge to obscure Buddhist teachings.
What is offered here is over 20 years of Gregory’s teaching of the Dharma. It comes with a heart-felt wish for your eventual release from suffering.
Classical Series
Foundational Teachings
- Four Noble Truths
- Four Foundations of Mindfulness
- Seven Factors of Enlightenment
- Buddhist Virtues Ten Parami
- Five Hindrances
- Five Aggregates
- Six Sense Spheres
- 31 Realms of Existence
- Emptiness or Sunyata
- Ahimsa or Nonharming
Understanding Meditation
- What You Can Expect
- Power of Mindfulness
- Fundamentals of Vipassana
- Meditation is Not Mind Control
- Mindfulness and Personal Transformation
- The Two Forms of Meditation: Samatha and Vipassana
Process of Awakening
- Noble Eightfold Path
- Seven Factors of Awakening
- The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
- 16 Stages of Awakening
- Who’s Living My Life?
Contemporary Issues
- Promise of Redemption vs. Power of Mindfulness
- A Buddhist Social Ethic For The New Century
- Buddhism and Quantum Physics
- The Wisdom of Alan Watts
Dharma and Psychology
- What is God?
- Why We Don’t See Reality As It Truly Is
- The Ego and Self
- Buddhist Unconscious
- Empowerment
- 25 Beautiful Mindstates
Historical Context
The life of the Buddha based on the writings of religious historian, Karen Armstrong.
Questions and Answers
Dr. Pai responds to questions posed by sangha members.