Embracing Truth: The Five Daily Recollections
4-Week Practice Support Group
with IMT Dharma Leader David Bornstein
Sundays: May 10, 17, 24, 31
10am-12pm MT
Held online via Zoom
“The Four Heavenly Messengers” is a well-known story about the Buddha. At the age of 29, young Siddhartha traveled beyond his family's castle walls, encountering profound suffering and spiritual inspiration. For the rest of his life, he would spend his days teaching what he learned.
He encouraged his students to contemplate five truths each day:
I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape aging.
I am of the nature to become sick. There is no way to escape illness.
I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death.
Everything I love and all that is dear to me are impermanent. There is no way to escape being separated from them.
My actions are my only true possessions. I am the owner of my actions, the heir of my actions. There is no way to escape their consequences.
Contemplating old age, sickness and loss goes against our cultural norms, but this practice can bring vividness, gratitude, resilience, and wisdom into daily life.
This 4-Week Practice Support Group (PSG) includes guided meditation, Dharma talks, and time for inquiry. Suitable for practitioners of all experience levels.
WHEN
Sundays: May 10, 17, 24, 31
10am - 12pm MST
WHERE
Held online via Zoom
COST
Suggested Donation: $125-$40.
No one will be turned away for financial reasons.
Registration is closed.
MEET THE TEACHER
David Bornstein, MSW began meditating in 1997 and has worked with many teachers including Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, and Anna Douglas. He graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Dedicated Practitioner’s Program in 2016 and completed the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program created by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, in 2019. In January 2025 David begins Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader (CDL) program, a two-year training that, for over 20 years, has been preparing the next generation of dharma leaders.