The following supplemental written materials are available as pdf downloads:

• Meditation Manual (The 10 Stages of Meditation)
• “When the Buddhadharma Came to the West” Handout 1, Handout 2
• Enlightenment   (for the talks in May)

These topics will be presented on Thursdays, as his schedule permits, by Upasaka Culadasa. Related discussions led by other Dharma Treasure teachers will take place on intervening Thursdays. The schedule is highly variable, so please check the Dharma Treasure Calendar.

Though the curriculum will shift according to the needs of the sangha, the current outline for the coming months is as follows (click on the links to access recordings of teachings in the past):

• Introducing the New Curriculum: An Overview and Explanation (March 15,’12)
• Good in the Beginning, Good in the Middle, and Good in the End:  Why Walk the Path? (March 29,’12,  April 12.’12)
• Exploring The Goal of the Path:  What is Enlightenment? (May 3,’12) (May 10,’12) (May 24,’12) (June 14,12)
• Preparing the Soil:  How to Approach the Path (June 21,’12) (June 28,’12)
• The Four Noble Truths (Handout 2) (July 26,’12) (August 8,’12)
• The Eightfold Path (September 13,’12) (September 27, ’12)(October 11, ’12)(October 25 ’12)(November 8 ’12)
• Right View (November 28, ’12)(December 6, ’12)
• Impermanence
• Emptiness
• Who We Are Not:  No-Self
• Who We Are:  The 5 Aggregates
• Suffering
• Causality, Karma, and Dharma
• Right Intention and the Practice of Virtue
• The Bramaviharas
• Light on Meditation

Note:  Each dharma talk will stand on its own, so one does not need to attend previous evenings for the talk to be accessible, though information from and recordings of previous evenings will be made available.

To participate in online discussions of the topics between Thursday nights, “like” the Dharma Treasure facebook page and check in with it from time to time.