BUDDHISM IN EVERYDAY LIFE
A Yearlong Journey into Living a Meaningful Life
Guided by Lodro Rinzler and special guests from the Basic Goodness Collective
Below is the week over week experience / full curriculum for the year
Psst - if you’re this deep in the weeds I think you’d be a great participant for this program
This isn’t just another course. It’s a yearlong path for anyone who’s ready to stop running on autopilot and live with intention.
Over twelve months, you’ll cultivate the three principles of mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom—one step at a time. You’ll learn Buddhist teachings that translate directly to your real life, supported by a global community of practitioners who care as deeply as you do.
Whether you join for the full year or drop into individual courses that call to you, each month offers a step deeper into clarity, compassion, and embodied wisdom.
Learn more about Lodro Rinzler here and his books here.
The Full Curriculum
Across the year, you’ll move through a carefully crafted progression of teachings with each month bringing up a new way to integrate Buddhism into the nitty-gritty aspects of daily life. New 20-30 minute classes come out every Thursday to be watched at your own pace.
January -The Month of Mindfulness
Each week you are taught a new guided meditation. Each day you get a short mindful prompt with words of wisdom to integrate mindfulness into your everyday life.
Talks include:
Remembering Your Motivation: Why Meditate?
What Does It Mean to Relax When the World Is on Fire?
Working with Anxiety: Befriending an Uncertain Mind
Connecting with Basic Goodness
What you’ll walk away with: a fully established meditation practice
February - How to Be Happy in a World of Suffering
We dive into the earliest teachings of the Buddha as well as contemporary teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh. Talks include:
The Four Noble Truths for the 21st Century
Why Getting What You Want Won’t Make You Happy
Suffering Is Not Enough: The Buddhist Path of Joy
The Everyday Sacred: Finding Wonder in Ordinary Life
March - Confronting Our Demons: The Three Poisons and Their Antidotes
Looking at the three root poisons as taught by the Buddha, we learn how to unhook ourselves from negative habitual patterns. Talks include:
Anger: Working with the Mind That Says “No”
Craving: Why We Always Want Something Else
Ignorance: Waking Up from Our Biases and Blind Spots
Turning Poison into Medicine: Working with Whatever Arises
April - The Buddhist Way of Belonging: Family, Strangers and Difficult People
In today’s world, many of us suffer from loneliness and lack of belonging. In our supportive community we discuss:
What Is Society? Buddhism and Our Interconnected Lives
People We Love: Family Karma and Changing the Cycle
People We Don’t Know: Learning to Belong
People We Can’t Stand: Understanding Difficult People
May - How to Live an Intentional Life
The Buddha instructed us to look at our lives and determine what is meaningful. If we take the time to intentionally look, we determine what a meaningful life looks like for us. We discuss:
Karma: How Our Choices Create Our Lives
Who Do You Want to Be? The Power of Intention
Breaking Habits and Creating New Ones
How to Make a Life That Reflects What You Actually Value
June - How to Love: Buddhism and Relationships
Whether you are single, dating, married or something else entirely, we all struggle with how to remain open-hearted in today’s world. Here we get into:
How to Be Alone Without Being Lonely
Dating Without Losing Yourself
Staying in Love: Attachment, Intimacy and Compassion
When Love Hurts: Heartbreak, Grief and Letting Go
July - Right Speech: How Conversations Can Change the World
The traditional Buddhist framework of body, speech and mind shows us that the way we converse with others can transform our lives into a state of deep meaning. Talks include:
The Buddhist Art of Listening
How to Say the Hard Thing
Gossip, Conflict and Speaking About Other People
Right Speech in the Age of Social Media
August - The Buddha Walks into the Office
Based on the teachings from Lodro’s award-winning book of the same name, we study what the Buddha taught about Right Livelihood. Talks include:
Right Livelihood: What Makes Work Meaningful?
The Buddhist Secret to Avoiding Burn Out
Working with Difficult Bosses, Colleagues and Clients
The Six Tools for Compassionate Leadership: Transforming Your Workplace
September - Money, Consumption and the Buddhist Life
An infrequent topic in Buddhist circles, here we discuss what it means to live in a capitalistic society and have to relate to things like money and consumerism. Talks include:
How Much Is Enough? Craving, Contentment and the Buddhist Middle Way
Money Karma: Understanding Our Relationship with Wealth
Putting Your Money Where Your Values Are: Mindful Consumption
Generosity: How Giving Changes Our Relationship with Having
October - How to Live with Uncertainty
We crave certainty but Buddhism shows us that the ground is always moving under our feet. We discuss:
Why We Crave Certainty: The Buddhist Teachings on Groundlessness
Fear of the Future: Working with Anxiety About What Comes Next
When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan: Opening to Disappointment, Courage and Possibility
Hope Without Knowing What Will Happen
November - Letting Go: A Buddhist Guide to Change, Loss and Grief
Everything changes (I’m sorry). How can we apply the Buddhist teachings to make friends with impermanence and learn to grief as a form of love? Talks include:
Everything Changes: Making Friends with Impermanence
Why We Cling - and How to Let Go
Grief as a Form of Love
Death, Dying and What Buddhism Says Comes Next
December - The Buddhist Method for Living a Good Life
We close our year with specific practices for gratitude, forgiveness and generosity. We discuss:
Gratitude: Appreciating the Life You Already Have
Forgiveness Practice: What It Is and What It Isn’t
Generosity: The Joy of Giving Yourself Away
What Really Matters? Bringing the Dharma Into Every Part of Your Life
“This community and practice is life changing! $50 a month is an investment in my peace of mind.” - Cherie W, current community member