At the Threshold

Hosted by Lama Willa and Deborah Eden Tull, these gatherings invite us to experience Dharma not as fixed doctrine, but as a living, relational field—one that emerges spontaneously through authentic dialogue and shared presence. Guests for this series include Kazu Haga, Susie Harrington, Kritee Kanko, Adam Lobel, Thanissara, and Karen Waconda-Lewis, with additional guests to be announced. You only need to register once to access the full year of monthly Dharma Dialogues and you may join at any point during the series.

Helena Norberg-Hodge examines how the scale, speed and distance of the modern economy have broken our relationships with community, nature, place and one another. She asks what it would take to move from a path of disconnection to reconnection, ultimately recovering our deep interdependence with the rest of life. This is an invitation to see more clearly, understand more deeply, recover our spiritual roots, and discover new possibilities for action. Exploring localization offers a practical pathway towards both inner and outer systemic change.

In this five-week study series, we’ll explore the hypothesis that the monastic Saṅgha functions—in ancient India and today—as an active social intervention: offering genuine mobility and liberation to people otherwise locked into their conditions by birth. And we’ll turn that lens on our own communities: How do wealth, race, education, and class shape who gets to practice and lead today? How can we make this Dhamma we love more effective as a response to systemic oppression?