Urban Dharma

Dharma Grass is made up of Kusala Bhikshu, Michelle Payne (www.myspace.com/michellepayne) and Mark Lennon (www.myspace.com/marklennon). We made our live debut as a group on 3/30/2007 at the "Peace is Possible" Concert held at 'One Spirit, Center for Conscious Living in Simi Valley, California. Kusala - rhythm guitar and harmonica... Michelle - guitar, banjo and vocals... Mark Lennon - mandolin and vocals... The event poster can be viewed at: www.urbandharma.org/pdf/2007PeaceConcert.pdf and a photo at: http://urbandharma.org/udharma11/peaceconcert.html

My talk at Northwood High School in Irvine, CA on basic Buddhism to a comparative religions class.

My talk at IBMC (www.ibmc.info) on the five precepts. Buddhism has two main types of practice, precept practice and meditation practice. This is my talk on what the five precepts mean to Buddhist.

My talk to the UCLA Buddhist Club on why and how I Volunteer as a Buddhist. The ups and downs of being a volunteer... Some stories and insights on being a Buddhist volunteer in a California State Prison.

My talk at the IBMC on the Buddhist Eightfold Path. IBMC (www.IBMC.info) has a Sunday Service each week. It was my week to speak and I chose the Eightfold Path.

My talk to the UCLA Buddhist club on 2/6/2007 on 'Not Self' or "Who are you, really." The UCLA Buddhist club meets every Tuesday at the University Catholic Center at UCLA. The UCLA Buddhist Club web site is: www.TheUBA.org

My Talk to the 8th graders of Chadwick School on basic Buddhism. Miss Timms a teacher at Chadwick School invited me to speak to her 8th graders on basic Buddhism and answer their questions... www.chadwickschool.org

This is Class 4, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html

This is Class 4, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html

This is Class 3, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html

This is Class 3, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html

This is Class 2, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html

This is Class 2, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html

This is Class 1, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html

This is Class 1, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html