Teachings
Here you will find brief descriptions of many of the teachings I have given over the last ten years. They are here to give you feeling for the scope of the many learning projects of the Orphan Wisdom teaching house.
In our teaching tours in Canada and the U.S. we have worked with local people and organizations to create hundreds of teaching events that respond to the needs and concerns of those communities and of the helping organizations that serve them.
One sure way for you to attend any workshop that interests you is to become a local sponsor and help to make a teaching event that we could present in your community. We have a ‘How It All Could Work’ promotional kit to help you plan and produce a workshop where you live and work. This spirit of partnership is the essence of Orphan Wisdom’s work. Contact us an email to learn more about these teachings.
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Spiral of Life
There are those whose life asks them by crisis or job description or great change to begin learning the techniques of helping others in the …
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Way of Grief
From a young age we see around us that grief is mostly an affliction, a misery that intrudes into the life we deserve, a rupture …
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Care of the Dying
How we care for the dying people in our midst, and how we die when it is our turn: these together are the proving ground, …
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Hand Made Life
If you go far enough down into your personal ancestry and into the old stories of the world you’ll find three thrones of mystery, three …
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Making Wisdom
If you have ever seen a counsellor or therapist you know that the focus seems to go automatically to your childhood and your parents, or …
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Making a Village
Years ago I showed a film to a group of men who were newly bereaved about how Tibetans once – maybe still – cared for …