Join scholar Andrew Olendzki on Thursday, May 7 at 1 p.m. ET to learn about the importance of cultivating kindness on the Buddhist path. Drawing from passages from early Buddhist texts, cited in his year-long online course Dhamma Wheel, scholar Andrew Olendzki will explore how Right Action on the eightfold path translates to acts of kindness, and why cultivating kindness can change the world.
“The mental state of actively caring about someone and wishing them well is not to be taken for granted but is something to remind yourself of and practice doing often. The more seeds of kindness you plant, even with your thoughts alone, the more healthy fruit of goodwill and love you will reap. When these thoughts spill over into words and deeds expressing loving-kindness, all the better.” –Andrew Olendzki
Guided by a leading scholar of early Buddhist thought, this workshop will also offer broader guidance in studying passages from the early Pali texts and working with them in a way that keeps your practice alive.
Workshop participants will receive a special discount on Dhamma Wheel, Olendzki’s year-long daily contemplative study email program.
Speakers
Andrew Olendzki
Andrew Olendzki is a professor at Lesley University in Cambridge MA, and the director of its Mindfulness Studies program. He is a scholar of early Buddhist thought and practice with a special interest in Buddhist psychology and its relevance to the modern world. Prior to joining Lesley he worked for almost thirty years in Barre, MA, first as the original executive director of the Insight Meditation Society and then as executive director and senior scholar at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, where his focus was upon the integration of academic study with the practice of meditation. During this time he also held recurring adjunct faculty positions at many New England colleges, including Amherst, Brandeis, Harvard, Smith, and Lesley, and was on the faculty at Wesleyan University and Hampshire College.
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DETAILS
- Date: May 7, 2026
- Time: 1–2 p.m. ET
- Format: Live on Zoom
- Price: By Donation
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